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The US media and government (official 9/11 report) will only give Americans the 'information' they want Americans to know, nothing more.
The 10th anniversary of 9/11 will be a horrible day, except for the flag wavers, fear mongers, and political and religious exploiters.
Frankly, the day is irrevocably etched into my mind and heart, and I would rather not relive the trauma all over again. As I rapidly approach my 60th year, I just feel that I've experienced more than my share of American tragedies non of which require a weeks worth of 24/7 media on steroids reminders.
Just as an example, I was in DC for a couple of meetings and made the "mistake" of driving along the National Mall, past the MLK memorial, the Vietnam Memorial before making a wrong turn and finding myself in front of the Arlington Cemetery where I foolishly decided to go up to the Tomb of the Unknown, which of course required me to pass the the rows of military dead and the JFK gravesite. PTSD just won't allow me to handle much more.
I wouldn't say I'm all that terribly emotional about it. It was ten years ago.
Anniversaries are more or less arbitrary things anyway, they only have the significance we give them. I think it more appropriate to mark the day with some quiet reflection than all this melodramatic and sometimes nationalistic and maudlin nonsense.
My family will spend the day doing volunteer work for veterans to honor the anniversary of 9/11.
You can spend you time and energy with negativity whining about how others choose to spend their time (which really doesn't concern you anyway) or you can try to make something positive about it.
You probably have no problem with "Bachelor Pad" or "Toddlers and Tiaras", but you feel the need to start a thread about honoring heroes like those on United 93? Baffling.
My family will spend the day doing volunteer work for veterans to honor the anniversary of 9/11.
You can spend you time and energy with negativity whining about how others choose to spend their time (which really doesn't concern you anyway) or you can try to make something positive about it.
You probably have no problem with "Bachelor Pad" or "Toddlers and Tiaras", but you feel the need to start a thread about honoring heroes like those on United 93? Baffling.
Yes, I have also wondered if there will be a ceremony to honor the scrap metal that was hauled away from the Shanksville site.
I wouldn't say I'm all that terribly emotional about it. It was ten years ago.
Anniversaries are more or less arbitrary things anyway, they only have the significance we give them. I think it more appropriate to mark the day with some quiet reflection than all this melodramatic and sometimes nationalistic and maudlin nonsense.
Perhaps a poster of Dick Cheney, with the towers collapsing behind him, should be posted at all the airports - you know - to remind people why TSA is groping them.
Frankly, the day is irrevocably etched into my mind and heart, and I would rather not relive the trauma all over again. As I rapidly approach my 60th year, I just feel that I've experienced more than my share of American tragedies non of which require a weeks worth of 24/7 media on steroids reminders.
Just as an example, I was in DC for a couple of meetings and made the "mistake" of driving along the National Mall, past the MLK memorial, the Vietnam Memorial before making a wrong turn and finding myself in front of the Arlington Cemetery where I foolishly decided to go up to the Tomb of the Unknown, which of course required me to pass the the rows of military dead and the JFK gravesite. PTSD just won't allow me to handle much more.
If America is good at anything, it's memorials and commemorations. We're obsessed with it as a nation. I'm tired of it myself and i try to ignore it as much as i can.
Originally Posted by floridasandy
who is going to give us money?
Thats the problem. We put money in head of people.
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the great thing about america is FREEDOM..... YOU can make a voluntary choice now, and others can as well.
Its not FREEDOM when an employer forces you, and threatens you with termination, to work on those days. There is little to no voluntary choice for the worker.
But the employer rarely ever works those days. So who really has the freedom??
Thats the problem. We put money in head of people.
Its not FREEDOM when an employer forces you, and threatens you with termination, to work on those days. There is little to no voluntary choice for the worker.
But the employer rarely ever works those days. So who really has the freedom??
Those wut got lotsa money, man.
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