I have a huge problem with "remembering" 9/11

[Phrozt 10+ year member]

I've talked to several people today.. co-workers.. friends.. people on the net.

No one was connected to anyone that died there in any way... yet they were all telling me how sad it was and how bad they feel. Yes. It was a sad thing. It was a loss of many lives. However... why in the world would you, someone who had no connection to any of these people... feel sad about it 5 years later? Hundreds of thousands of people die every year. A lot of them for no good reason. Are you mourning their deaths? Deaths of cancer patients?? Deaths of children who were killed in accidents?? Deaths of people trying to help those who are down and out that get caught in the middle of a battle and get killed?? Deaths of firefighters/police/EMTs?? Deaths of other heros?

No.

Why? Because that doesn't make you a part of a nationally recognized big event.

Anyone who's still "mourning" 9/11 is just lying to themselves. They don't really care.. they just want to say what they were doing on some day that everyone remembers so that they'll feel special.

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[JoshHd6 10+ year member]

Ur a dumb ***..how do u feel about that..

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I've talked to several people today.. co-workers.. friends.. people on the net.
No one was connected to anyone that died there in any way... yet they were all telling me how sad it was and how bad they feel. Yes. It was a sad thing. It was a loss of many lives. However... why in the world would you, someone who had no connection to any of these people... feel sad about it 5 years later? Hundreds of thousands of people die every year. A lot of them for no good reason. Are you mourning their deaths? Deaths of cancer patients?? Deaths of children who were killed in accidents?? Deaths of people trying to help those who are down and out that get caught in the middle of a battle and get killed?? Deaths of firefighters/police/EMTs?? Deaths of other heros?

No.

Why? Because that doesn't make you a part of a nationally recognized big event.

Anyone who's still "mourning" 9/11 is just lying to themselves. They don't really care.. they just want to say what they were doing on some day that everyone remembers so that they'll feel special.

I walked through the Pentagon where the plane hit. Although I didn't know anyone that died, it gave me a feeling of connection to them.

 

[cardinalsfan 10+ year member]

im gonna be frank...didnt bother me much back then, dosent bother me now....the only pain i feel from any of this is at the gas pump....

besides, i still firmly believe that we are all being lied to about most of this. as crazy as that sounds, theres alot we arent being told.

 

[Phrozt 10+ year member]

While I do agree that some people act as though they care when they really don't so people don't see them as insensitive and uncaring, I disagree that you have to have known someone who died to legitimately feel emotional anguish about the situation, even 5 years after the fact.
Not everyone reacts to situations the same way, believe it or not ...

Jmac.. I fully understand that, and I see no problem with that... however, I'm speaking against it as a nationwide call to cry about something. If you lost someone and you cannot deal with the pain, that's one thing.. however a LOT of people still talk about it simply because they have nothing better to do, so they feel psuedo-pain so that they can feel like they are a part of something.

The whole "remembrance" thing (to the people I'm referring to) is all a very selfish practice. Either you remember it because you want to be a part of something, or you want to remember it because the fact that you are vulnerable makes life more exciting.

Keep in mind.. these motivations could be COMPLETELY subconscious and unknown to the individual, but we all want to feel important and/or validate our life. Personally identifying with a national tradgedy is exactly how one can accomplish this... whether they know they are doing it or not.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

im gonna be frank...didnt bother me much back then, dosent bother me now....the only pain i feel from any of this is at the gas pump....
besides, i still firmly believe that we are all being lied to about most of this. as crazy as that sounds, theres alot we arent being told.

The building was hit, why who , ect. But I feel pretty confident the building was hit.

 

[cardinalsfan 10+ year member]

The building was hit, why who , ect. But I feel pretty confident the building was hit.

i dont disagree with that...if i did then i really would be crazy. yes the building was hit...but that didnt bring the WTC buildings down in my opinion. i dont think, however, that neither the pentagon nor that place in PA were hit by planes...

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

I've talked to several people today.. co-workers.. friends.. people on the net.
No one was connected to anyone that died there in any way... yet they were all telling me how sad it was and how bad they feel. Yes. It was a sad thing. It was a loss of many lives. However... why in the world would you, someone who had no connection to any of these people... feel sad about it 5 years later? Hundreds of thousands of people die every year. A lot of them for no good reason. Are you mourning their deaths? Deaths of cancer patients?? Deaths of children who were killed in accidents?? Deaths of people trying to help those who are down and out that get caught in the middle of a battle and get killed?? Deaths of firefighters/police/EMTs?? Deaths of other heros?

No.

Why? Because that doesn't make you a part of a nationally recognized big event.

Anyone who's still "mourning" 9/11 is just lying to themselves. They don't really care.. they just want to say what they were doing on some day that everyone remembers so that they'll feel special.

Two words...

Pearl Harbor.

/thread

 

[cardinalsfan 10+ year member]

Two words...
Pearl Harbor.

/thread

what are you saying?

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

Two words...
Pearl Harbor.

/thread

Rawanda(sp).

Tokyo fires.

Africa.

/thread ends

 

[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

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[thadman 10+ year member]

Two words...
Pearl Harbor.

/thread

??

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

i dont disagree with that...if i did then i really would be crazy. yes the building was hit...but that didnt bring the WTC buildings down in my opinion. i dont think, however, that neither the pentagon nor that place in PA were hit by planes...

It sure as hell as hit by something. I have been to the pentagon. You can tell that something happened.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

how come rescue was so quick to arrive to ground zero, bush was in new york the same day, all the ruble has been cleaned, and they were really on the ball with the rescue mission, but in new orleans, they new ahead of time a hurricane was coming and there was gonna be disaster, but yet the rescue mission was so ****ed?

this was a sensless act and should be remembered, things like peral harbor that jntar mentioned, and the hollacaust etc. it's a sensless act that shouldn't have happened

 

[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

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