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not to sound like the cold hearted TA asshole or anything...but why should we keep remembering this? so it was something bad that happened in our nations history...let's leave it in the past and worry about other things...

It is the reason people remember any tragedy in world history. People remember all types of events from D-Day to the bombing of Hiroshima, the bombings in London and Bali, etc because you remember the victims of that day, what they died for, and to remember the lessons learned on that day so they may never happen again. We must learn from our mistakes or be doomed to repeat them.

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Originally posted by Floorfiller not to sound like the cold hearted TA asshole or anything...but why should we keep remembering this? so it was something bad that happened in our nations history...let's leave it in the past and worry about other things...

i agree but be careful you could get banned for speaking ur mind. for the ppl who were directly effected sure they will never forget. i find it distasteful how the media feeds on these types of tragedies. would be nice if the administration actually did some thing instead of paying lip service. We saw during Katrina how much progress they have actually made.

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Originally posted by BadBadNeil It is the reason people remember any tragedy in world history. People remember all types of events from D-Day to the bombing of Hiroshima, the bombings in London and Bali, etc because you remember the victims of that day, what they died for, and to remember the lessons learned on that day so they may never happen again. We must learn from our mistakes or be doomed to repeat them.

yeah i understand remember your mistakes, but this wasn't the holocaust or the civil war. we don't have like oklahoma city day or US embassey day or any of that...i'm glad people are sorry for the victims of the attack...i am too, but to sit and dwell on it year after year seems pointless to me...

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Originally posted by Floorfiller yeah i understand remember your mistakes, but this wasn't the holocaust or the civil war. we don't have like oklahoma city day or US embassey day or any of that...i'm glad people are sorry for the victims of the attack...i am too, but to sit and dwell on it year after year seems pointless to me...

I don't know. Maybe it's something about the cold, calculated and deliberateness of the terrorists attacks that angered and shocked so many Americans.

it's tough to say why this should have any precedence over any other tragedy..but still it's an event that pretty much has changed the course of history.

I guess eventually it'll just become a remembrance day where it doesn't have to be displayed by every media outlet and crammed in our face 24/7.

It's not 9/11 day(at least not officially), it just happens we are in the United States where this occured and this is the day of the tragedy. Oklahoma has a rememberence each year at the memorial with all the empty seats for all the victims. Each year on December 7 we remember pearl harbor, we show movies, our grandparents share stories and visit the memorial. On the bombings of Hiroshima they stop with a moment of silence in Japan and we remember it here too with movies and that was like 50+ years ago. Hell there are even rememberences for Lady Di and she is just a single person. I'm sure all around the world countries celebrate and remember their disasters.

Doesn't seem to me to be dwelling as much as remembering. I don't see what the problem is really showing things on tv and talking about it.

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i guess i just think that spending everyday thinking about past disasters isn't a great way to go through life. certain events are going to have greater importance to certain people, but i don't think they necessarily need to make it a point to say something on the news or in the newspaper or something...

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Originally posted by Floorfiller i guess i just think that spending everyday thinking about past disasters isn't a great way to go through life. certain events are going to have greater importance to certain people, but i don't think they necessarily need to make it a point to say something on the news or in the newspaper or something...

Plus you're also saying that without a direcet relationship to anyone connected with the September 11th attacks (i'm guessing). You could be singing a different tune if something happened and you or your family was affected in any way.

It's easy for people like you and me who didn't have anyone perish in the attacks say "move on" as opposed to people who lost a loved one.

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Originally posted by Mebot Plus you're also saying that without a direcet relationship to anyone connected with the September 11th attacks (i'm guessing). You could be singing a different tune if something happened and you or your family was affected in any way. It's easy for people like you and me who didn't have anyone perish in the attacks say "move on" as opposed to people who lost a loved one.

read my post noob

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Originally posted by igottaknow read my post noob

I did.

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Originally posted by Mebot Plus you're also saying that without a direcet relationship to anyone connected with the September 11th attacks (i'm guessing). You could be singing a different tune if something happened and you or your family was affected in any way. It's easy for people like you and me who didn't have anyone perish in the attacks say "move on" as opposed to people who lost a loved one.

yeah you're right, i was not directly affected by 9/11 and if i had lost someone specialy to me it'd have more significance no doubt, but i still don't think that means that everyone has to "remember" and have a moment of silence or have to watch shows about the brave firefighters etc. if people feel the need to grieve on 9/11 i'm not going to tell them not to, but i'm just saying that there are those of us that don't need to...and they shouldn't be offended if we don't...

do we start a columbine school shooting 4/20 thread every year? of course not...i think it'd be ridiculous...