I don't think you remember...

[mickydaniels]

[Happydude]

heh...it is 9/11 isnt it...well...thats all in the past but will never be forgotten...

[mickydaniels]

Originally Posted by happydude666

heh...it is 9/11 isnt it...well...thats all in the past but will never be forgotten...

Sounds like you've already forgotten. And seems like everyone else here in NYC has forgotten. Why there's school or nothing notable going on on a day like this, I just can't understand. Maybe if they rock us good next time, people will take note of days like this.

[TheGame]

THey are reading off the names of people who died where the towers used to be... But you ain't getting out of school that easy

I think it will be a memorial holidy after the war is over... because who knows, somthing way worse could happen.

[jeepnut]

Originally Posted by mickydaniels

Sounds like you've already forgotten. And seems like everyone else here in NYC has forgotten. Why there's school or nothing notable going on on a day like this, I just can't understand. Maybe if they rock us good next time, people will take note of days like this.

We don't get off for Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7th.

[mickydaniels]

Originally Posted by jeepnut

We don't get off for Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7th.

Hawaii didn't become a state until 1959.

And I wasn't saying we need school off so we can just have a day that feels like Saturday, I was saying that so that people could remember the significance of it like King's Birthday in January and the 4th of July.

[The Duggler]

Originally Posted by mickydaniels

I was saying that so that people could remember the significance of it like King's Birthday in January and the 4th of July.

And what's that significance?

[jeepnut]

Originally Posted by mickydaniels

Hawaii didn't become a state until 1959.

And I wasn't saying we need school off so we can just have a day that feels like Saturday, I was saying that so that people could remember the significance of it like King's Birthday in January and the 4th of July.

It has nothing to do with whether or not Hawaii was a state. Thousands of American soldiers and citizens were injured and killed in a surprise attack outside the grounds of war just like 9/11. What I'm saying is why would we do the things you propose we should do today when no one does anything for what until 9/11 was considered the worst tragedy in our history even if it didn't happen on American soil.

[Angrist]

Aren't you an hour late?

So yeah, I still remember where I was and what I did.

[Professor S]

I think part of us wants to forget such a horrible moment in American history. And while I am not one to operate out of sorrow or fear, there is something to be said for recognition. 9/11 should be recognized as a significant and world changing event; a wake up call that speaks of the dangers of head-in-the-sand isolationism.

What angers me is when poeople want to twist recognition of a significant event into claims that we are all scared and/or hateful because of the terrorist attacks on 9/11. This is not the case. We, or at least most Americans I know, operate as students who learned well at the school of real life.

Here I remember friends lost with one that made it out alive.

[GameMaster]

I have no problem taking a moment or even a day of remembrance, but just thinking about all the hokey, cornball phrases that'll be tossed around on the news networks today makes me glad I'm at school and unable to watch TV.

The news networks will try to grab more viewership today by exploiting that tragic day 7 years ago. With 'special segments' dressed up like Hallmark cards coupled with generic piano accompaniments.

Since I'm in California, both attacks had already occurred by the time I was up and getting ready for school. New York and the nation at large were in complete shock and in a state of chaos. I stayed home from school that day to watch the coverage but also because we suspected more attacks might occur in other significant U.S. locations.

I think most work places and schools came to a stand-still that day. Either huddled around a radio or TV.

Its hard to believe its been 7 years. I'm curious to see how people born after 2001 are responding to today's anniversary. They'll never experience it the same way we do.

[Professor S]

[The Germanator]

Ya know another tragedy we'll remember on 9/11 now? Sarah Palin's ABC interview. VP FAIL.

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by The Germanator

Ya know another tragedy we'll remember on 9/11 now? Sarah Palin's ABC interview. VP FAIL.

You watch Veep Palin for the interviews?

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by The Germanator

Ya know another tragedy we'll remember on 9/11 now? Sarah Palin's ABC interview. VP FAIL.

Lets not let this thread degrade into partisan bickering over the election. Its below us. Save it for another thread...