A lot of hard words have been exchanged over the last five years.

One of the bitterest, to my mind, is the idea that the world divided into distinct streams of thought on 9/11/2001.

"Pre-9/11 thinking" was supposed to be naive, destructive, and unpatriotic.

So here's some pre-9/11 thoughts for the end of 9/11/2006, courtesy of The Neville Brothers. They bring forth the words of Bob Marley, Curtis Mayfield, and John Newton (whose story of "Amazing Grace" evokes the spirit of Jesus Christ, another Pre-9/11 Thinker).

The Neville Brothers, Woodstock 1994, "Amazing Grace/One Love/People Get Ready."