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This country is filled with historical events that of course should never be forgotten. 9/11 is most definitely one of those events that has had a major impact on the future of the country once it occurred. We can say that about the Civil War, MLK, JFK. In different degrees weather events like Katrina and Sandy impacted as many lives as 9/11, if not more. We fear terrorism now more than ever on US soil, and 9/11 is the obvious catalyst of that fear, so by default it's near impossible as an American to forget 9/11.
I understand the importance of the day and I do somberly reflect the thousands of lives that were lost and the ingrained visions of that morning. But it seems to me as each year passes, the general message of never forget almost seems like a plea out of fear that we will forget. Why is there such a strong assumption with 9/11 about forgetting, at least in the message I hear annually?
You raise a good question but I really do not know the exact answer.
But I can say part of it maybe the cruel nature of the attacks, including the way it was done. Deliberately killing all those people, including women and innocent children, on the those planes for instance.
Another was the possible death toll. I remember thinking that when the towers fell tens of thousands of people just died. We know now of course about 3,000 people died, horrible enough but the thought that it could have been in the hundreds of thousands if say the buildings collapsed on other buildings in the City in some kind of chain reaction is shocking.
You and I are old enough to remember that terrible morning when those planes were used to murder but that was 15 years ago. There are now kids in high school that are learning about our History and they were not even born yet.
History is easily forgotten or worse misinterpreted as we have seen when the Confederate flag became a symbol of modern day racist hate and anything that had to do with honoring Civil War Heroes was taken down. It even went as far in the South to rename parks and streets.
Think about WW2. Every year there are fewer and fewer people that lived through that terrible time.
The only thing that many people now have to remember that War by and its suffering are movies.
Many people today live in the electronic world of the now. They know more about what Kim Kerdashian had for lunch yesterday than they know about our countries History.
There is that saying that those who forget (or ignore) history are doomed to repeat it and it's mistakes.
This country is filled with historical events that of course should never be forgotten. 9/11 is most definitely one of those events that has had a major impact on the future of the country once it occurred. We can say that about the Civil War, MLK, JFK. In different degrees weather events like Katrina and Sandy impacted as many lives as 9/11, if not more. We fear terrorism now more than ever on US soil, and 9/11 is the obvious catalyst of that fear, so by default it's near impossible as an American to forget 9/11.
I understand the importance of the day and I do somberly reflect the thousands of lives that were lost and the ingrained visions of that morning. But it seems to me as each year passes, the general message of never forget almost seems like a plea out of fear that we will forget. Why is there such a strong assumption with 9/11 about forgetting, at least in the message I hear annually?
It is not near impossible. History is often forgotten, and that is why it repeats itself. On 9/11 our guard was down because the thought of such an atrocity happening never entered our minds, even though terrorists tried to bring down the World Trade Center not even 10 years earlier. The same threat is still out there, and the call to remember 9/11 is merely a call to stay vigilant. Not to let our guard down again. We need to keep the memory alive for the people who were not even born yet in 2001, and their children after them. They will be running the country one day, and it is very easy to become complacent.
Never forget that 9/11 is the most recent and best example of how powerful of control of things the elite have... they can write history to their script and the people will be none the wiser. History is written by the victors and most of recorded history is biased and corrupted. Control the information and you control the people... this is a long practiced method of control that dates back to the dawn of modern civilization.
If you really think terrorist passports would magically survive the explosion of a plane and magically be found among the rubble of the buildings to identify the terrorists I have a bridge to sell you.... or if you think building 7 came down because of a fire and happen to implode nicely into it's own footprint like you'd see in a controlled demolition.... but it's not something I really think much about anymore... what's done is done and history is written... no points in getting worked up about it, which I'm not.. I'm being logical and telling a potential version of events that may or may not be true.
History tends to repeat itself....know your enemy, remember what they did.
IMO 9/11 and 12/7 should be national holidays.
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