9/11

[Bond]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

4 years ago this day I was late for school...again.



And to be completely honest, I was, and am, sick of hearing about this.


And no disrespect at all, but I dont like how they turned this 9/11 thing, into some super patriotism device. Even look at the first post made in this thread.
Yes it was a big catastrophe, and tragedy, but nationality should have nothing to do with it.

Perhaps if your country was attacked by terrorists your view may be different. It's our country, why the hell do you care if someone wants to show pride in the country they live in?

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Bond

Perhaps if your country was attacked by terrorists your view may be different. It's our country, why the hell do you care if someone wants to show pride in the country they live in?

Thats not what I meant.


Like I said, I know it was a tragedy, but I dont like how at times, its marketed to the public as a reason to boost patriotism.

And you're right, Im sure I would be talking different if Canada was attacked, but I mean, (not to attempt to start an argument) when Bush was making campaign speeches and whatnot, what did he mention the most? 9/11.

And I have no problem with showing pride in your country. I'm saying it in a way seems silly to take pride in your country over the fact you got attacked by terrorists.

When has any Canadian said something like:

"Damn I'm proud to be Canadain, thanks to SARS."

[Joeiss]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

When has any Canadian said something like:

"Damn I'm proud to be Canadain, thanks to SARS."

Hahaha... I actually am, we scored an awesome concert out of it!

[Jason1]

I remember 4 years ago today very well. I woke up and got ready to school with only one of the towers hit. At that time they had no clue what hit it, they were still sepculating on a missle or a bomb or something. I went to school not thinking much of it. My 1st hour class was Biology, and my teacher in there saying that both towers were hit and now the Pentagon was hit...I still didnt think a whole lot of it. After my first hour class, as I was walking outside the school to my PE class which is in a different building, someone said that one of the towers fell down. I told him something along the lines that thats bull, a 110-story tower dosent just "Fall down." I dont think I was really aware of the total extent of the whole thing until in my 4th hour class, English, we watched the news. And I saw it first hand. Everyone has a similar story like this im sure.

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by Jason1

Everyone has a similar story like this im sure.

Mine is very similar...

I woke up around 1, walked downstairs and my dad was in front of the TV...

They were replaying some footage of when the towers were still standing, and I was rather curious... "What's all this about?"

"Terrorist attack... This is footage from earlier, those buildings aren't standing anymore... They hit the pentagon, too.", says dad... (The Pentagon being here in Arlington, for anyone who doesn't know)...

"Crazy... *walks into kitchen to get food*"

True story...

[Swan]

I believe I was sleeping, my mom came and kicked me to wake me up. Told me to put it on CNN. I call my dad. That's all I remember.

[Fox 6]

I remember that my alarm woke me up, so I hit snooze like usual and turned on the radio and heard what happened.

[Teuthida]

I kinda found it odd how folks in the middle of the country got a hell of a lot more riled up by it than those who actually lived within the city. Besides those people I knew who lost friends and family most seemed to disregard it after about a week...probably even sooner if the media wasn't so damn crazy.

[Acebot44]

I was watching the morning news when it happened. I woke everyone up and was all excited for some reason. I had a smile on my face and I don't know why, but I guess it was just because of how [i]rea[/ii] it was. First time I ever saw somethign like it and I was experiencing it as it happened.

When I got to school I told my friends about it and they said that they'd heard about something like that too. We joked around with the idea that some of our classmates were terrorists (this was like 8th grade) and just went on with the rest of the day.

Now, I just see the day as another in the year. No mourning or anything because I don't really feel that close to it or care for that matter Apathy eh?

R.I.P to all those that died though

[Xantar]

Most people I know forgot what day it was today (including me) until I just happened to look at the calendar. It's not really apathy, I don't think. I just take it as a sign that we're moving on and doing the things we have to do. My particular circle of friends was more concerned about trying to help Katrina victims than commemorating 9/11, and in my view, that's really the way it should be.

By the way, I'm an American, and I also think equating 9/11 to patriotism is a little silly. It's not anything to be ashamed of, either, but the fact is the terrorist attacks happened, all of us here couldn't really do anything about it, most of us weren't even actually affected, and that's all there is to it. I'm quite proud of the charitable outpouring that came in the aftermath, but waving this particular date around just smacks of opportunism.

But go ahead and be proud to be an American. Certainly there's nothing wrong with that either.