It Has Been Six Months - Page 2

GameMaster · 03-11-2002, 11:41 PM

If my school hadn't told me, I would have sued them for everything. You'd think after eating the hot lunch you were living in a third world country they'd be so sued.

Seriously though, have you considered the option of suing?

Joeiss · 03-11-2002, 11:48 PM

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Originally posted by Gamemaster2002
If my school hadn't told me, I would have sued them for everything. You'd think after eating the hot lunch you were living in a third world country they'd be so sued.

Seriously though, have you considered the option of suing?

How the hell could you sue the school for not telling its students that a terrorist attack happened? I mean, that is really stupid. Imagine the court appearance! It would last two seconds. What would Terese be suing for? Lack of knowledge? Get real.

I don't mean to sound mean, but that arguement would never hold up in a court.

Mechadragon · 03-12-2002, 01:07 AM

I was in Algebra, we were taking notes with an overhead and the lights were off. Our Vice Principal came on the intercom and said that a tragedy has happened and for all the teachers to turn on their TV to CNN. I can't really remember my emotions to this. All I can remember is wondering if they would cancel school. I know I sound like a selfish ass, but its the truth. I don't remember seeing anybody crying that day. I know a few kids were taken out of class by their parents. They canceled our first football game that was scheduled for that day. None of my parents cried or anything. For some reason this didn't affect me very much. Makes me feel like an ass.....

DeathsHand · 03-12-2002, 01:31 AM

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Originally posted by Mechadragon
For some reason this didn't affect me very much. Makes me feel like an ass.....

Same here... well err I don't really feel like an ass about it... When I went downstairs I was like "What's this?" and my dad said "terrorist attack... those buildings are both just piles of rubble now" (at the time I came downstairs, they were showing footage of when they were still standing, even though I woke up at like 2PM

) and he just let the news people say the rest... and I just said "That's crazy......" and then walked off and got something to eat and watched the news (I watch the news everyday... I wake up and turn on MSNBC... even before 9/11... I remember before then when it was all oo Aaliyah plane crash this, Chandra Levey that, and the Mitch Albom show was on MSNBC at 3PM each weekday (I'd watch it at lunch

)... anyways...

I didn't cry or feel mad or anything... and the only worry I had was I knew that the person who lives accross the street has some sort of government job and he's in some sort of military-ish uniform, and he might have been in the pentagon... but I don't even know him very well...

I wasn't like "OOOHHHH WE'RE GOING TO KILL THOSE BASTARDS! WAR WAR WAR!" and I wasn't like "OMG this is terrible *cries cries cries*" I was just like "Errr this is bad" and I just had the news on all day for like 3 days... The only time I almost cried was like when I saw this list of names of people missing scrolling with this sad music playing...

But I could watch that special on CBS sunday... or any of that other footage... planes hitting the buildings... etc etc... the only thing I had trouble watching was people jumping... the first time I saw that it just sent a chill through my spine...

Basically... y'know how people can look back at wars now... or other terrible things where people died... and discuss it like it's some interesting little bit of information and they don't cry or anything like that...

That's how I see september 11th now... It's almost like I'm watching one of those things my dad watches on the history channel all the time... only it's very very recent... which makes it even more interesting, IMO...

I guess maybe if I had a close friend or relative that worked at the pentagon or WTC, or I went to public school and they had this big announcement and people were making a mega huge deal out of it right then and there when I was, I'd see things differently... but I was just a person used to watching the news too much everyday, not knowing anybody, and just finding the whole thing err... interesting... like it was a subject in history I was interested in...

and you know that in the future people will look back at the day and they wouldn't have been a part of it... it will be in history books and all that... and some people will find it an interesting subject just like Pearl Harbor and other major stuff like that... But I guess since I'm not all "GOD BLESS AMERICA!" and I don't know anybody who was there and... well I dunno...

Basically I know what happened was terrible, but I'm not all boo hoo or "graarr we will kill those camel humpers!" or all patriotic or whatever... so overall, I've already put it behind me and now it's almost like I'm some person watching documentaries on something that happened years ago... it didn't effect my life in any way... I'm still some 16 year old loner who stays up in his room all day

My mom was very upset about it though... that made me feel bad... she was sitting there all perfectly fine and then all of a sudden she just said "Think of all those innocent people!" and starting crying a whole bunch and left the room... That made my eyes water not only because my mom was so upset, but because, just like when I saw the names of people scrolling on the screen, I really did think about all those people for a second...

But I'd rather not sit around and dwell and be all mad and sad about something that in no way effected my life... I wish MSNBC would go back to talking more about smaller stories and still showing the mitch albom show...

This is like my longest post in a long time

hopefully it won't "offend" anybody

Ric · 03-12-2002, 06:54 AM

Nope I am not in the least bit offended by your post, your feelings and emotions are yours and I am glad you shared them with us. Just one thing though, Americans see it as an attack on 'them' and yet I grieve more than you do, strange.

Oh my god you didnt shrugg in that whole post.

Revival · 03-12-2002, 09:54 AM

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Originally posted by Ric
Oh my god you didnt shrugg in that whole post.

Heh, but he still used

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DeathsHand · 03-12-2002, 03:12 PM

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Originally posted by Ric
Oh my god you didnt shrugg in that whole post.

.... your point? *shrugs*

"Nope I am not in the least bit offended by your post, your feelings and emotions are yours and I am glad you shared them with us. Just one thing though, Americans see it as an attack on 'them' and yet I grieve more than you do, strange."

Yeah I know, but y'know how some Americans are when it comes to stuff like this...

Just like if you say you don't like the Marines and you'd never sell your soul and join the army or marines or navy or anything, gekko freaks out and anybody else who's really into the country would start yelling "NO TEY AER FDENDING OUR FREDUM!"

I think it's sad that we have to defend freedom in the first place... *cough*

Anyways

Yeah I know what you mean about Americans thinking it's an attack on "them"... When there were citizens from like I heard something like 30+ countries killed in the attacks... Although most of people I think would be US peoples, not to mention those firefighters and such...

marionette · 03-12-2002, 06:09 PM

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Originally posted by Joeiss

How the hell could you sue the school for not telling its students that a terrorist attack happened? I mean, that is really stupid. Imagine the court appearance! It would last two seconds. What would Terese be suing for? Lack of knowledge? Get real.

I don't mean to sound mean, but that arguement would never hold up in a court.

Yeah.. what he said. It's not worth the effort of suing, because it will never go on. I know they should of told us, and it did disappoint me, but that's in the past, and I can't change that. anyway, DH your post did not offend me, like I told you.

LoL joeiss. I have always been cursed from my brother, ask DH. I can't spell, but I guess I will start to use the spell checker. I don't want to pick up his reputation.

Yugi Starwind · 03-13-2002, 04:29 PM

Here's what happened to me: I was home that day because I wasn't feeling well. I was flipping through channels when I saw it...the towers,the planes...everything that happened that day changed my outlook on life. And whats even freakier is my baby cousin's birthday was 9/11.