Without a doubt one of the strangest questions asked again and again in the weeks just after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, was, "Is it all right to be normal again?" Over and over, in contexts ranging from the broadest general culture to the most intimate and personal, people repeatedly asked themselves if it was too soon to resume one kind of activity or another. Should professional and collegiate sports activities be postponed, and for how long? Once they did resume, how long should overt patriotic displays be a part of the pre-game pageantry?
