9-11 Over?

[Evil]

As I was sitting at my desk I looked at my clock. So I move my mouse down to the bottom right to find the time is 11:56 PM, September 11. I had totally forgotten until the last 4 minutes. Not only that but I didnt see anything on the news, or hear anyone else mention it. Now I was fealing guilty. The day was over with and I had forgotten. Not only that but I couldnt remeber how many years ago it was. I had to sit and think for 2 minutes to remember. Have we all forgotten about this day already?

[[Cameron]]

Forgotten about what day?

[MrColossal]

I don't think people forgot about it, there's just nothing new to report really. It's been 3 years and we've had a thread about it each year except this one. I figure there's nothing left to say.

I could go on about how the Republicans used it as a publicity stunt at the convention, and that it's been 3 years and Osama still isn't caught, that nothing has been done to protect us really, that first responders still don't have the funding they need, that the Bush Admininstration uses the terror alert like a toy to scare people into not caring about bad press which in turn makes people desensitized to it and when it really HAS to go up for a legitimate reason no one will pay attention.

But there's no point in going into all that, we'll have a big arguement thread and nothing will get resolved and my questions will get ignored and then we'll stop.

It's a horribly tragic thing that happened and it sucks so hard that it did. All the remembering in the world won't help the families of the victims so there's no reason to feel bad.

I say deal with it in your own personal way and then cheer up on monday cause that's my birthday [so people! stop PMing me wishing me a happy birthday! It's the 13th!]

eric

[R4L]

You know what I just realized? I never thought about the fact that as much as people say they hate politics and such, they still talk about it.

I will never forget 911...

[BruisedWeasel]

I think Bush said it best:

We've turned a corner.

Perhaps our failure as a people to throw ourselves upon the ground and throw dirt over our backs in anguish simply means we've  realised that "hope is on the way".

But please, let us not forget september 20.

[rodekill]

I spent a good part of the evening looking at photos from 911.
Brought back a lot of feelings...

[Kinoko]

I'm with Eric. Noone's forgotten, but there's no need to expect some kind of uh... hoo har (?) just because it's the same date some years later. People won't forget in the long term, but it does need to be ... I'm searching for a word, not "forgotten" but... left alone, I think, so we can get on with life again. As much as it was a tragedy, we can't constantly honour every one of these things and there have been a lot of things more devestating in terms of human life than this that weren't even remembered the day after by a lot of people. There's no real crime in this - it's necessary to move on. I don't want this date to become something that has to be dredged up every year for the rest of my life. Even though it's only 3 years, I don't think much needs to go publicly. I always feared it would be so when they started referring to it as "9/11". It was a bit like, "Oh god. It's been named after the date it happened, that means this date will be tainted forever".

[Vel]

I was flying from Prague to Sofia yesterday, and I didn't realize it was 9-11 until the middle of the flight. I didn't get upset though... 9-11 is history, as is everything else but the present.

[evenwolf]

One of my best friends' birthday is 9-11.  So in that sense treating the day in grief is insulting to him.  He deserves a birthday as much as any other person.

[Kinoko]

kingsized: That's exactly the kind of situation I was thinking of. Lots of people have birthdays on that day and I'm sure more than a few really dread the date now.

[Oliver]

I relized that it's 9-11 in the last minutes too. I didn't panic.   I though, if nothing had happend so far, there probably won't happen now.

[DGMacphee]

I didn't forget. In fact, I did a net search an found proof of a prior attempt at a terrorist attack on a famous landmark. Only that time, they didn't have access to a plane so they had to use the next best thing they could find.


I think the prior attempt didn't work as well as the terrorists hoped.

[Moox]

I dont mean to sound rude or anything, BUT I DONT CARE ABOUT 9-11.
Yes people died, Yes I am heartless, but I truelly dont care. We acted as if the world was coming to an end but in truth all that happened is a building collapsed. We need to stop thinking about ourselves and start thinking about others. Maybe if we helped other nations more often then destroying them not as many attacks would occur.

[PurpleMouse]

If people really cared they would be remembering on days other then when it happened.

[Andail]

Either way, it belongs to the past. Several years have passed, worse things have happened. Just let it rest.

[Phemar]

I dont mean to sound rude or anything, BUT I DONT CARE ABOUT 9-11.

I hate to say this, but me neither.
Sure I can feel sorry for everyonewho died that day, but do you sit and feel remorse for that poor guys father who died yesterday? That 42 year olds' mum who will die tomorrow?
That fact is you don't really know those people, so I can't really care.
Yes I am a heartless bastard.
Yes I say screw the world.
Yes I'm eating chocloate cake.
What's that got to do with anything? ABSOLUTELY FRIKKIN BUGGER-ALL NOTHING!
Nothing at all! What's my point? Do Need a point? Hm? Do I have to have a point for every single little pointless rant that I make? Does there always have to be motive behind something?
Why can't we just do things for the hell of it anymore? What's anything got to do with anything?

WHAT IS WRONG WITH US?

[Al_Ninio]

What the hell are you talking about, Zor?

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Nothing is (wrong with us). As big a tragedy as it was, there's lots of big tragedies in the world. Daily. What makes this one different is simply that it happened in a place where no one expected it to - in the middle of one of the greatest cities of the world, by eastern civilization standards.

Sure, it was dreadful. Sure, it DID change lots of things artistically. But, it's over, and the day itself is as meaningless as any other.

In my opinion, bugger the day. Remember the event.

[Evil]

My point wasnt to morn or be sad. The fact that that day pushed us into billions of dollars in debt and I didnt see one banner, or hear about it on tv at all, bothers me. Our nation is at fear, at war, and these topics are very important to the presidential candidates. Yet, I didnt even hear a "Well its Sept. 11th, and we'd like to send our condolences to the familes who have lost" on the news.

They've crammed this idea that terrorists are going to blow up the United States and rape our women or whatever, but it isnt a national holiday?

Frankly, I agree with Lost Traveler. I dont really care. Its sad, its over, move on. But no, I mentioned this to a teacher and I got bitched out because I wasnt patriotic. "Go back to Russia, you damned Commie!"

Our country is a sad and confusing place.

[Moox]

Your teacher really said that?
Damn facists dont even know that USSR wasnt commie under stalin!
Sorry bout being off topic