The Princess Bride was on tonight for the 11th time this month. It was on W: The Woman Channel, and was preceded by "The following program contains scenes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised." The Princess Bride. Come on! This is not violent programming.

However, I was on the History Channel earlier, and they had a documentary about flight attendants over the years. You know, the pretty girls who were practically portrayed as prostitutes back in the 50's, till today's duty-free sales girls. Anyway, near the end of the program, they cut to commercial. Upon cutting back, the first scene to be shown was of the flaming towers of the WTC. After my television experience of the previous night, I was still feeling a bit fragile, and my breath caught in my throat. For a non-New Yorker (heck, a non-American), I took the falling of the Towers very hard, and I suffer nightmares to this day. It may seem excessive to some, and sometimes feels that way to me, but that's how it is.

How come I don't deserve a warning for disturbing content? How come a movie where the most violent scene involves fencing is deemed "violent", but that documentary didn't come back from commercial with a sign saying "Warning: We are about to show the burning Towers, brace yourself!"?

Your name is Osama bin Laden. You burned our Towers. Prepare to die.