Words like "sociopolitical" make my head hurt, 'cause I'm kind a stoopid.
But does anyone think that 9/11 was minor or insignificant on a global or historical scale? Really? And it has nothing to do with the personal lives lost (as tragic as that is). It has to do with the event's place in history and the effect on the rest of the world (at least from a sociopolitical standpoint, rather than an environmental standpoint).