Maximilian - thanks for your opinion. Of course, I myself am not American so I agree fully that "Americans have been setting the agendas for many peoples in many places for many decades...that is an American thing." And I actually have a problem with this agenda setting. My interpretation of your message is that you do too. In my understanding the project's main aim is not to recognize 9/11 as an international day of mourning, or anything close to it. 9/11 may (or may not, I suppose that depends on each individual library involved) be used as an example in light of which democracy, citizenship, and patriotism can be discussed. But other participating countries appropriate the project each in their own way. Spain, being one of the countries that have adapted The September Project, may choose the terrorist attacks on their trains. Democracy, citizenship, and patriotism *are* issues that concern people in many if not all countries. Not necessarily American democracy, or American patriotism, agreed. But wouldn't you agree that the idea to get together people and allow them to engage in open information exchange, discussion and debate actively is valuable? Isn't that what we are doing right here, right now, but on a much smaller scale? Oh, and by the way, in my opinion media tend to put a spin on news in a way that they believe will sell the information best. For every quote quoted there's probably one that was omitted. And the US media are particularly good at spinning. Ulla ---------------------------------------------------- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Email: bunz@scils.rutgers.edu ----------------------------------------------------