I am not celebrating 9-11

TXgolfer said:
I am with you. My DVR is probably full now with specials.
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In addition to the news network specials, we watched the special produced by the French brothers who filmed the original footage of the first plane hitting the Tower while they were making a documentary about a firefighter. It was called 9/11: Ten Years Later, narrated by Robert Deniro, on CBS. It was mostly about the firefighters who were killed, and how the surviving firefighters are coping now. It also covered the long term medical problems that they've experienced.

We also watched an interesting program on the SCI HD channel produced by Steven Spielberg about the destruction suffered by the neighborhood around the Twin Towers, and how that whole area is being renewed. It included the small businesses and residents nearby. It's called Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero.

Our church had a tribute during the morning service.

I noticed flags, especially at the fire stations, were at half mast today.
 
Also, in rememberence of the fallen, I tried to wear patriotic colors of red, white, and blue today. IE - I had on my red American Eagle t-shirt, blue jeans, and blue Converse All-Star Chuck Taylors.
 
Reba said:
I guess I'm in the minority here (nothing new about that).

I feel that the events of 9/11 each year should be remembered, and special ceremonies of honor should be held at the memorials. That's not the same as "celebrating" 9/11, just as Memorial Day and the attack on Pearl Harbor are not causes for celebration. They are days of remembrance and honoring.

It's good to watch and review the videos and pictures, especially for those who are too young to remember what happened.

Much of the special programming is about what has happened since 9/11. The interviews with survivors are very interesting and inspirational. The documentaries about the construction and components of the memorials are informative and touching.

For those who complain about government or military leaders being involved in some of the ceremonies, there would be just as many who would complain if the leaders weren't involved. People expect their leaders to be involved with events that touch the nation. Otherwise, they seem out of touch or uncaring. From the speeches that I heard, no one was campaigning.

No one is forced to participate, of course.
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I am with you on this Reba, I agree 911 is not about "celebrating" it. It about honoring the people that dies . I was very moved when I watch a man kissed a name on the wall at Ground Zero today. I can only guess it was his wife and that her body was never found. It was so sad to see all the people grieving of the lost of their loves ones. The military lost thousands of troops in the war because of 911 of course there should be military leaders there! And our leaders better be there , that is their job to be there for the people in a time like this.
 
Dixie said:
Also, in rememberence of the fallen, I tried to wear patriotic colors of red, white, and blue today. IE - I had on my red American Eagle t-shirt, blue jeans, and blue Converse All-Star Chuck Taylors.
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I put a small up in my condo, I broke the condo by law doing it but I did not care!
 
Reba said:
In addition to the news network specials, we watched the special produced by the French brothers who filmed the original footage of the first plane hitting the Tower while they were making a documentary about a firefighter. It was called 9/11: Ten Years Later, narrated by Robert Deniro, on CBS. It was mostly about the firefighters who were killed, and how the surviving firefighters are coping now. It also covered the long term medical problems that they've experienced.


I noticed flags, especially at the fire stations, were at half mast today.
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I own this on VHS. Not sure if they showed the whole thing but if they did there is one scene. ( I mentioned this last year) where the elevator opens in the lobby and the people get off not knowing what has happened. They just thought they were stuck.
 
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I've not heard/seen of that scene. The lobby you mentioned -- was that Ground Floor? So they got off not realizing the towers had been hit? Wow !!!!
 
I see 9-11 as a day of remembrance just like Pearl Harbor and so on. Of course, it shouldn't be "celebrated." Now, I'd like to add something about politicians. I don't like politicians but they are often stuck in the situation of "damned if you do, damned if you don't." It is always better to be called a stereotypical politician than a politician who completely "ignores" a horrible day. Even those who don't believe in doing 9-11 events most likely will think that a politician is just being an asshole when he turns down all 9-11 events. A politician has to always look "American" and "wholesome" to get somewhat of a positive response/recognition, even from those who hate stereotypical politicians.
 
My girlfriend watched some 9/11 documentary and wouldn't go to sleep. She had nightmares about those events. I didn't watch any 9/11 related thing. Only thing I saw was the really, really BIG flag at Soldier Field during national anthem for Bears game. Other than that, I didn't really do anything about 9/11. I did post on my Facebook page where I was on 9/11 and talked to my girlfriend about that important date. Other than that, not much.
 
I remembered, but I didn't 'celebrate' 9/11.

I also feel a bit conflicted whenever I hear people making a big thing about it, because quite frankly it should not be treated as 'more special' than the other acts of terrorism committed in other countries - I feel it's wrong to think to that what happened in those incidents are any less tragic then 9/11. That just doesn't seem right.

And I personally think when we start putting ourselves above others, that's when we're becoming part of the problem...
 
Daredevel7 said:
I see 9-11 as a day of remembrance just like Pearl Harbor and so on. Of course, it shouldn't be "celebrated." Now, I'd like to add something about politicians. I don't like politicians but they are often stuck in the situation of "damned if you do, damned if you don't." It is always better to be called a stereotypical politician than a politician who completely "ignores" a horrible day. Even those who don't believe in doing 9-11 events most likely will think that a politician is just being an asshole when he turns down all 9-11 events. A politician has to always look "American" and "wholesome" to get somewhat of a positive response/recognition, even from those who hate stereotypical politicians.
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But you can tell who says it up front is being honest.
 
cmdrwhitewolf said:
I remembered, but I didn't 'celebrate' 9/11.

I also feel a bit conflicted whenever I hear people making a big thing about it, because quite frankly it should not be treated as 'more special' than the other acts of terrorism committed in other countries - I feel it's wrong to think to that what happened in those incidents are any less tragic then 9/11. That just doesn't seem right.

And I personally think when we start putting ourselves above others, that's when we're becoming part of the problem...
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Each country remembers and honors the victims of terrorist attacks in their own way. The 9/11 attacks happened on American soil. That's why America makes a "big thing" about it.

The people in other countries that have been victims of terrorist attacks can make a "big thing" about that in their countries, too.

That doesn't make Americans more "special" or people in other countries less "special."

I haven't seen anything about the American 9/11 remembrances that indicated people in other countries were less "special."

Obviously, tragic events that happen in one's backyard or to people one knows are more of an impact to one's self.
 
posts from hell said:
lol............ welcome to america......... sigh
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It's not just America. It's every nation. The people in each nation expect their leaders to make public pronouncements about important events.
 
I don't typically do a ton of "remembering" on 9/11, but I did yesterday because, hey, it's been ten years. I watched a special on TV about the newscasters' and journalists' reactions when it happened, and I really liked it/it made me cry, but my... "favorite" I guess I'd say, was when MSNBC showed 2 hours of the original news footage of that day, because I was 8 when it happened and I only remember bits and pieces. Smoke coming out of two tall buildings and people running from dust with their hands over their mouths were the only things I could remember other than school letting out early.
 
purplewowies said:
I don't typically do a ton of "remembering" on 9/11, but I did yesterday because, hey, it's been ten years. I watched a special on TV about the newscasters' and journalists' reactions when it happened, and I really liked it/it made me cry, but my... "favorite" I guess I'd say, was when MSNBC showed 2 hours of the original news footage of that day, because I was 8 when it happened and I only remember bits and pieces. Smoke coming out of two tall buildings and people running from dust with their hands over their mouths were the only things I could remember other than school letting out early.
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Purplewowies, You make a good point. It's good for us to spend some time on this every few years. Each generation will need to be educated in our history. I would hate for our children's children to not understand what we went through.
 
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