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sirsholly -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/12/2008 1:30:16 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: KatyLied It is called something else, *Patriot Day*. i was thinking of this too...but look at the newpaper headlines, listen to the news, etc. I can honestly say i have not heard Patriot Day said one time, nor have i read it..

Surata -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/12/2008 1:31:32 PM)
I'm one of the few people I know that mourns the aftermath of the attacks more than the reasoning behind them or the ways in which they were carried out. I didn't stay glued to the set, got all the information I needed in the first hour or so of the newscasts, checked on my friends to make sure they were alright, and really haven't worried about it since. The resulting restrictions placed on my personal freedoms and the freedoms of those around me... Now THAT'S what has me pissed off. I see no reason that innocent Americans should be punished because of this government's misguided attempts at maintaining order.

purepleasure -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/12/2008 1:33:34 PM)
holly just called pots her hero? : : : thud : : :

sirsholly -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/12/2008 1:34:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: purepleasure holly just called pots her hero? : : : thud : : : "a" hero...she is one of the first responders. but you notice i did it AFTER she logged off?[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

MistressK1964 -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/12/2008 1:48:25 PM)
Off topic.....100,000 people between 2 Texas cities are gonna ride out this hurricane. [sm=anger.gif]

LaTigresse -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/12/2008 1:52:53 PM)
I certainly didn't sit glued to the television. Like many people, I have a job. I was at work, working. Listening to the radio and checking the news online as work permitted. I didn't lose anyone I loved, or even knew. But I do believe you would have to be an utter narcissistic putz to be an american citizen and not have been deeply affected.

LaTigresse -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/12/2008 1:58:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: MistressK1964 Off topic.....100,000 people between 2 Texas cities are gonna ride out this hurricane. [sm=anger.gif] Is that like, the process of natural selection?

Surata -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/12/2008 2:22:47 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NuevaVida You didn't respond to my post and I'm curious - do you (or does anyone else here) feel we as a nation should not recognize Pearl Harbor Day? D-Day? 4th of July? I also choose to remember the millions of innocent civilians killed in the nuclear attacks on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

NuevaVida -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/12/2008 5:28:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: sambamanslilgirl quote: ORIGINAL: NuevaVida You didn't respond to my post and I'm curious - do you (or does anyone else here) feel we as a nation should not recognize Pearl Harbor Day? D-Day? 4th of July? it took the tragedy like 9/11 to happen for people to put the remembrance of Pearl Harbor back in the forefront in people's minds. I disagree. The news recognizes Pearl Harbor day annually, and has done so for 67 years. Many a book and movie have been produced about that day. I still see documentaries with interviews of those personally affected. My question was, for those who don't want to recognize 9/11 anymore, do they think we should remove other rememberances from the calendar? It wasn't about "Yeah, let's also recognize all the other bad days" it was about our nations memorials - so far if someone has answered yes or no to that, I haven't seen it. quote: D-Day like Flag Day, 4th of July, and even Memorial Day to most Americans is just another ordinary day. the 4th and Memorial Day are celebrated *not* remembering the sacrifices made but as one HUGE bbq picnicking, i-have-the-day-off holidays. Which I think is a tragedy and shows the lack of respect (in my humble opinion) this generation has for the history of this country. Every year I cringe when I hear someone say, "Happy Memorial Day!" [sm=wtf.gif] 4th of July is worth celebrating, but people seem to forget WHY we're celebrating it. I believe that's part of the contributing factor that made us so vulnerable to a surprise attack on 9/11. No one wants to remember what can happen when we're not paying attention. That's because no one seems to want to remember, period. quote: many, many, many years from now - when most of us are dead and buried, i have a distinct feeling the tragedy of 9/11 won't be remembered with the pomp and news coverage like it is now. it will be a mere 3 minute blip on the during the primetime news. I don't share your opinion of "pomp," but you're right - 50 years from now, 9/11 will be remembered with a recognized news story, just as Pearl Harbor and D-Day are. But for many citizens of this country, it's still very fresh on their minds. We're still living the aftermath, afterall.

NuevaVida -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/12/2008 5:29:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Surata quote: ORIGINAL: NuevaVida You didn't respond to my post and I'm curious - do you (or does anyone else here) feel we as a nation should not recognize Pearl Harbor Day? D-Day? 4th of July? I also choose to remember the millions of innocent civilians killed in the nuclear attacks on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. I believe those events get news recognition each year, as well.

YourhandMyAss -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/12/2008 6:50:08 PM)
No, I'm not supprised camille, just business as usual. People get to have their thread to bemoan and bandy around to support topics and expect people who don't have anything to contribute to stay out, but people who don't support that don't get to have their anti thread with our supporters flooding the thread and hijacking it. Oh well no big deal. It happens. And I am ok with being unpopular, on an internet forrum* if I am* for being who I am. quote: ORIGINAL: camille65 YHMA I sure hope that you aren't surprised by those that are posting without any support for your position.

YourhandMyAss -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/12/2008 6:57:51 PM)
No skin off my nose. I met you once, last year, and talked to beth for a while You guys are just names and faces on a message board nothing more nothing less . I don't care a bit that you want me to pretend I don't know you if I see you at Folsom. Why would I?* yes that's a retohrical question* quote: ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth quote: Ok, for those people who were deeply upset about it an cried for days and stayed glued to the news you have your thread, so please don't come in here all outraged that some people didn't. Ok, and should you happen to see us at the Fringe or Folsom Street fair - pretend you don't know us and don't be all outraged that we don't care to know you.

AMaster -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/12/2008 7:00:25 PM)
I didn't. I was in NYC when it happened. I've seen all of it I can stand.

YourhandMyAss -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/12/2008 7:02:18 PM)
I did clearly say, that I haven't lost any one super duper important to me like a child or a parent. quote: ORIGINAL: MistressK1964 . As far as the comment of not going to the gravesite on the anniversary of ones death...really offended Me. Obviously you have not lost a child.

rook42 -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/12/2008 7:36:25 PM)
Oy. Difficult to respond to without a rant :) There's no real information, and hence no reason for watching the news. It is still a tragedy, and will always be. (Sucks to have a birthday on the 11th, i bet) It's also WAY too easy to forget violence done to others. The extended focus on the atrocities of other groups can ultimately harbor ignorance, I believe. Gifts deliberately infested with smallpox spring to mind; the problems for the future are not that it happened, but that it is so impossible for the collective consciousness to acknowledge.

sambamanslilgirl -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/14/2008 10:15:57 AM)
the news may honor and recognized Dec 7 however imo most Americans cared less about it until the tragedy like 9/11 happened. i remember when Dec 7, 2001 rolled around (nearly 3 months after the tragic event), people around here were having remembrances and memorials to remember both events. there was news coverage from Ground Zero and Pearl Harbor on that day. indulge me for a moment, if 9/11 never happened, do you think people would still remember Dec 7th? honestly, i think not. yes i agree there are tons of books, movies and Time Life DVDs about Pearl Harbor but seriously it's not fresh on people's minds until Dec rolls around. call me cynical about this yet i feel it's a false sense of patriotic pride - we tend to forget about the past except when a tragic event forces us to remember. oh, btw - what i call "pomp" is all of the news coverage the anniversary of 9/11 garners with reel-to-reel CNN, Faux News and whoever else covers all of the public remembrances with replays and video montage of towers falling,etc all day long.

Raechard -> RE: Who else didn't glue themselves to the tv over 9/11 ? (9/14/2008 11:11:41 AM)
Everyone remembers it due to the fact the 24 hours news people played the same footage over and over again for weeks afterwards. I was at work at the time, the information was sketchy as to what had happened. There were questions we had relating to the size of the plane if it was an accident, then there was another plane and it was obviously at that point an intentional attack, we didn't have a TV at work, if we did all these questions would have been answered sooner. The human tragedy is something you only realise when you suffer it yourself or loose a loved one otherwise sadly it's just numbers, like the number of dead elsewhere in the world is just numbers, people were upset around the world more for the fact they knew the world was going to radically change and when you look back it has in ways we don't even fully realise. Who is really terrorising us and why do we count the number dead on 911 but no one questions why those that have died since had to die? Total dead from 911 was 2975 and 24 missing presumed dead. Total US deaths from Afghanistan and Iraqi wars 4157.

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