Comments on: September 11, 2001, and other such things

By: Robertteix

Robertteix — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:52:00 +0000

Please watch this 9/11 tribute and remember
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnDyfgoKkEg

By: Elkgroverunner

Elkgroverunner — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:16:00 +0000

I don’t have any emotional recall of 9/11. I just remember the chaos. Though I will admit that I was fortunately saved from your experience of fearing death-as-a-virgin.

By: King Midget

King Midget — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:23:00 +0000

I wish we would stop making such a big deal of events like this … we give more power to the horrors the terrorists caused and the fear they can create by turning every 9/11 as a reason to stop and remember. A simple memorial would be better than the elaborate thing going into Ground Zero. Let’s remember without giving power to the event.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:12:00 +0000

@redheadranting,
I get what you’re saying, which goes along with what I was feeling when I wrote this post. I resent[ed] the orgy of Feeling that we’re led through by the media. Except–having gone through it now, I must say I think, for the most part, the orgy was well-done, tasteful and a way of making us think once again about what it means to be united–and how far we’ve come from that these days. The only ones that made me squirm were the local news shows, but they tend to be pathetic anyway.

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By: redheadranting

redheadranting — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:21:00 +0000

I remember I couldn’t turn away from the TV. Partly because it was so horrific and partly because it distracted my from my own loss that day. For me, I would like to not have such big memorials and whatnot around 9/11. I understand the families all lost someone special and as a country we all lost something. I’m not saying we shouldn’t remember but we don’t make such a big deal out of the OK City bombing victims or any other tragedy that happens to people.

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:54:00 +0000

I asked Linda R. this but I’ll throw it out to everyone: Are all the remembrances a good thing or not? Which ones are most effective, do you think? I heard a psychologist on NPR yesterday saying unequivocally that it was a bad thing to watch the actual film of the towers being destroyed–something about we shouldn’t have that in our visual memory banks. I don’t agree; I think it is precisely that we should be thinking of and not some prettied up, glorification of jingoism.

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:49:00 +0000

Linda,
Are all the remembrances bringing those feelings back to you today?