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Whether Planned Or Not, Humor Takes Our Mind Off Of Our Troubles.

Zen Teaches That Once We Can Open Up To The Inevitability Of Our Demise, We Can Begin To Transform That Situation And Lighten Up About It.

Any Attempts At Humor Immediately After September 11th Were Deemed Tasteless.

When Times Get Tough, At Some Point, People Instinctively Know They Need To Lighten Up In Order To Get Through It.

The Tragedy Of September 11th Was So Sudden, So Enormous, And So Horrendous, Both In Terms Of Lives Lost And Global Consequences, That This Country And The World Went Into Immediate And Prolonged Shock.