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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.
PTSD is hard to deal with, my dad had it. I hear you regarding tragedy: and Im sure at Penn Station they sell souveniers, etc anything for a buck....it becomes too much to deal with.
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.
Guess what - we agree on something.
I am never in favor of celebrating defeats.
I don't want to relive what happened over and over again. I am just not going to do it.
Moment of silence, a few stories - OK.
All of the images of the horrific day - no thanks.
I just breath easier when the 9/11 anniversaries are over with. I wouldn't go to a 9/11 memorial service if you paid me because I can't get it out of my head that it will happen again on that date...I guess in that respect the terrorists have won, if enough other people feel the same way.
I think it's commercialized is why. The same reason why people are annoyed around the holidays. It doesn't seem sincere, not to mention that it is true that people need to move on, it's a part of life. There's a reason why a whole nation doesn't mourn every single casualty of every tragedy we've ever had.
I agree. Also, I think certain people in power love to keep regurgitating it to remind us how much we 'need' the govt and military to protect us from [insert boogeyman flavor of the day here].
Us crying over 9/11 is the equivalent of the biggest bully in the world breaking down into tears over a splinter.
3000 people? more die from aspirin every year. I'm sick of the sobfest, let it go.
Wow you're real heartless. If you can't see the difference between death being natural, death from asprin however that happens, and a terrorist attack, something is wrong.
I hope no one sheds a tear when you're gone. Almost 3,000 civilians died that year, which is different from 4k soldiers that we lost.
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anything for a buck....it becomes too much to deal with.
