In Memory Of The 9/11 Victims

[Himura_77]

I would like to dedicate this thread in memory of the many people who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It is hard to believe it's been 5 years since the tragic day that struck the the hearts of each and every American, and I give my deepest sympathies to those who lost so much that day.

Anyone who wants to give sympathies or dedications to those effected, please do not be affraid to do so.

[AnimeDudde]

Yikes... I cant believe its already been 5 years. That was fast, 9/11 feels so recent. I remember it perfectly, we had a 2 minutes of silence right after the news spread to our school, back in grade 6. I didn't really think it was a big deal until I saw it on TV when I came back from school.

[Iblis]

that struck the the hearts of each and every American,

Speak for yourself.:o :o :o

[Aratos]

5 years, eh?I'm still waiting for the annual media circus to end so that I can really stop ans consider it.

[Gogatsu]

It is hard to believe it's been 5 years since the tragic day that struck the the hearts of each and every American

9//11 didn't affect me one bit.

Speak for yourself.:o :o :o

What he said.

[Aratos]

didn`t affect you one bit, eh?What about the anti-terror legislation introduced as a result? I`ll bet that`s had something of an effect, hmm?

[Gogatsu]

didn`t affect you one bit, eh?

Thats what I just said. Thanks for being my echo, the position has been vacant for some time now.

[Aratos]

The arrogance of some people around here amazes me, I must say.

[Gogatsu]

The arrogance of some people around here amazes me, I must say.

I agree with you.

[Arcademan]

Yes...the arrogance of people here REALLY amazes me!!!

Let's re-read the first post in this thread...CAREFULLY!!! Especially the LAST sentence:

I would like to dedicate this thread in memory of the many people who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It is hard to believe it's been 5 years since the tragic day that struck the the hearts of each and every American, and I give my deepest sympathies to those who lost so much that day.

Anyone who wants to give sympathies or dedications to those affected, please do not be afraid to do so.

Now, if you people want to say how it did NOT affect you and argue about it, this is NOT the place to do it!!! If you wish to say something about the event and how it may have changed your perspective on everything or just wish to reflect back on this horrible event, then post it here.

[Aratos]

Apologies.

[Gogatsu]

sorry.

Edit: the event did affect a lot of people around me in a very negative way.

[YamPuff]

Well, it affected more than just Americans anyway and certainly not all. I remember being over at my newly-married cousin's house when we turned on the TV and lo and behold! the Twin Towers are being blown up before our eyes and I know my dad is in that area at that very moment. He finally calls to tell us he's ok and that he actually saw the plane go into it and saw it go up in flames. 0.o Than we get an email from my uncle; he's a policemen there and helped go through the rubble.

I only wish they would stop turning what should be a tragedy into a media fanfest and a load of propoganda. Its sickening. Many tragedies happen, stop publicising them for God's sake. No one honors the people who died in car crashes. No one honors the thousands of murder victims. And who cares about the President's moment of silence? So he shut up for a minute, so what? The only people who do care are the ones who couldn't get to work because you roadblocked the streets you're driving and the security measures they had to take. :rolleyes:

[renrenren]

is it ok to also remember the people who died in relations to 9/11 such as the american soldiers & korean translator who was beheaded live? (his name is kim sung il).

[Himura_77]

Please do, that is quite ok by me. This is a day of remembrance to the victims of all types from 9/11.

[Kyaa the Catlord]

Interesting statistic: 20% of Americans know someone who died in the WTC event.

And, to those who think they're not effected by this, remember there are side effects that aren't immediately apparent. Do you use sudafed? This product was moved behind the counter at pharmacies because it can be used to produce something nasty due to increased regulations after 9/11. Do you drive, or ride in the car with your parents? The rise in gas prices, in some part, were caused by increased risks involved in the transport and delivery of gasoline. This rise effects everything you purchase. Sure inflation hasn't risen as much as feared, but a penny here and there does add up. And 999 pennies is one volume of most manga.

I'm happy today. I'm glad that 9/11 reminded me that there are heroes still. The men and women who ran into the burning towers to rescue strangers. Those who gave blood and donated money to help those displaced, knocked out of work, injured in the attack, and to help the recovery/rescue efforts. These people may be invisible, but damnit, there is still good in the world. God, or the invisible pink unicorn, bless them. :P

[YamPuff]

Woah...Kyaa gone patriotic? How odd.

[Kyaa the Catlord]

Woah...Kyaa gone patriotic? How odd.

There really isn't anything inherently patriotic with aknowledging that people can do good. :P

America may not be the best nation in the world, but its hard to find one that is more willing to give, even to those who seem to be its "enemies". (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam%2C_Iran)

[Gogatsu]

Well, it affected more than just Americans anyway.

Correct. After the events of 9/11 there was a lot of accepted racism against people of Middle Eastern descent, which I felt was a little uncalled for.

[kyothekitty]

Correct. After the events of 9/11 there was a lot of accepted racism against people of Middle Eastern descent, which I felt was a little uncalled for.
yeah well not all people think the way they should and then they turn out punishing people that had nothing to do with the inccident i personally think that it's pathetic

[Cowboychamploo44]

I was scared! I was in the 5th grade and the teacher turned on the news and I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

I'm not trying to get outta school but I think we should consider September 11th a no school day ^_^ j/k

[kyothekitty]

in reallity i did take the day off hehe not really it was kinda scary well i was really scared at least

[Jacku]

Correct. After the events of 9/11 there was a lot of accepted racism against people of Middle Eastern descent, which I felt was a little uncalled for.

There was a kid in my class at the time who had some trouble. He didn't deserve any of that.

When everything happened the kids at my school weren't told what exactly happened. I found out what went on only when I arrived at home (I got to leave early) and turned on the news. I was like "Wow."

:(

[kyothekitty]

There was a kid in my class at the time who had some trouble. He didn't deserve any of that.

When everything happened the kids at my school weren't told what exactly happened. I found out what went on only when I arrived at home (I got to leave early) and turned on the news. I was like "Wow."

:(
yeah i know whta u mean there was a lot of that over here 2

[Kaoru]

Wow, I remember that day. I was in the 7th grade I think.

[Ichigosmiles]

I was in grade 6 I think. Me and my family are'nt what you would call patriotic, but we felt as bad as everyone else did. I really can't process through my brain the fact that it's already been 5 years though...

[Freakazoid]

When i heard about it on the news i was shocked i never thought that anyone could
do something like that. I guess i was wrong.

[marukufusen]

:) i only hope that families of the people that died, or that were really effected by this tragedy be okey and move on with there lifes.who didn't go to school? i did.:confused:

[Kaoru]

\who didn't go to school? i did.:confused:
Like today or that day? Because I didn't learn about the attacks 'til I was at school on 9/11, so I didn't get the chance to stay home.

[KeoKa]

God Bless Amercia and the families of the victims of 9/11.

[AnimeDudde]

Yea, and our lives techinically went on normally in Canada here except for a moment of silent remerbance that day during school. I cant really remember what else happened afterwards, 5 years is a long time... but Im sure we did other stuff, I think we have even had an assembly for it or something. I cant believe its already been 5 years either though. I mean wow... I miss grade 6 T_T

And of course, Since I was always afraid of riding on airplanes, that just made it a whole lot worse ~.~ I hate it when the plain is going up >.>

[Aratos]

Well thanks to time differences and the like, I found out about it when i got home from school and everyone was sat around the TV. And being that I live so close to said school, I knew before most of my friends. hmm.

Took me a while to grasp the severity though. I still have problems with not seeing it as just another terrorist attack, which I guess is probably with all the coverage of the IRA etc on the TV for years before that.

[Nekochii]

I remember hearing about it at school in 8th grade. Our teacher let the whole class watch CNN for an entire period. It was one of the very few times I actually got to watch non-educational television in class.

[MomoxD]

I remember that day. I was in the 7th grade and my teacher's cell rang. She picked it up and her friend told her about it and she turned on the tv/radio (Can't remember). A lot of kids went home that day. Only about 8 out of 30 students per class remained. All schools in the city were closed the next day. I didn't really realize the severity of the situation since my parents didn't want to tell me much. All I knew was that it smelt awful and the Towers had fallen. (And if I could smell the burning building at home, I don't know how bad it was actually at the site)

[Angel of Chaos]

I was totally against the 9/11 movie. Nothing like making a bit of profit off of a tradegy.

It affected my family because my dad was getting ready to retire and they had to postpone it. We were all afraid that my dad would be serving in the war when he was suppose to be retiring. They almost didn't let him, but he did. It's sad to see all those parents fighting people when they should be at home with their families. I know because my dad was gone most of my life off in the Desert Storm/ Desert Shield war.

[Kyaa the Catlord]

I was totally against the 9/11 movie. Nothing like making a bit of profit off of a tradegy.

It affected my family because my dad was getting ready to retire and they had to postpone it. We were all afraid that my dad would be serving in the war when he was suppose to be retiring. They almost didn't let him, but he did. It's sad to see all those parents fighting people when they should be at home with their families. I know because my dad was gone most of my life off in the Desert Storm/ Desert Shield war.
9/11 movie? Which one?

[Angel of Chaos]

Both really. I mean FLIGHT 93 doesn't look as bad as 9/11. Emotional wise. I just think it was too early for those movies. People are still hurting just as if they were living that one day over and over. The film industry is really sucking if they have to make such movies as this.I guess because they figured out that society knew they were making remakes because they were out of ideas for movies.

[YamPuff]

Hey, they would have made a movie out of the Titanic back then if TVs were around. Its the way the business goes.

[marukufusen]

Like today or that day? Because I didn't learn about the attacks 'til I was at school on 9/11, so I didn't get the chance to stay home.

ammm.. that day and today.9/11/06

[Kaoru]

Oh, well I didn't stay home that day.

[RBTCS]

9-11 changed my perspective quite a bit. It served as a wake-up call that snapped me out of dreamland and made me realize the peachy, wonderful sugar-coated lies our government shoves down our throats are a bunch of crap. It showed me politicians are willing to strip us and everyone else of every right imaginable in order to seek vengeance on anyone who would dare challenge American imperialism. It showed me that there is a sick legion of people willing to go out and maim, murder, rape, and torture innocent people under the guise of 'protecting American freedom'.

And so I look back on 9/11 as the day I made a radical transformation, one that made me who I am today..

[Aratos]

9-11 changed my perspective quite a bit. It served as a wake-up call that snapped me out of dreamland and made me realize the peachy, wonderful sugar-coated lies our government shoves down our throats are a bunch of crap. It showed me politicians are willing to strip us and everyone else of every right imaginable in order to seek vengeance on anyone who would dare challenge American imperialism. It showed me that there is a sick legion of people willing to go out and maim, murder, rape, and torture innocent people under the guise of 'protecting American freedom'.


You do realise there's also a legion of folk willing to do all that in the name of islam, right?

[Kyaa the Catlord]

9-11 changed my perspective quite a bit. It served as a wake-up call that snapped me out of dreamland and made me realize the peachy, wonderful sugar-coated lies our government shoves down our throats are a bunch of crap. It showed me politicians are willing to strip us and everyone else of every right imaginable in order to seek vengeance on anyone who would dare challenge American imperialism. It showed me that there is a sick legion of people willing to go out and maim, murder, rape, and torture innocent people under the guise of 'protecting American freedom'.

And so I look back on 9/11 as the day I made a radical transformation, one that made me who I am today..

Wow, the terrorists won. I'm sorry you live in fear.

[YamPuff]

You do realise there's also a legion of folk willing to do all that in the name of islam, right?
Well, supposedly the idea was to go there and show em how wonderfully superior Americans and democracy is and stop terrorism...not act like them.

[Aratos]

True, true. But the point is that, if you look at it in the big picture, it's a small minority of sadists on both sides. Supposedly.

[YamPuff]

Its the way of the world.

[Nekochii]

I hate it how some people blame Islam for 9/11. Those people weren't Muslim, they're just crazy! @.@

[Aratos]

So what of all the muslims who say the bombers where in the right? Are they not muslims either?

[YamPuff]

They are muslims who do either do not get their religion or just don't follow its teachings. But still muslims. There is no excuse for killing innocent people, no matter what country they may be in. There were probably muslims in the twin towers at the time, and a large number of them in New York in the first place!

Of course, this is all assuming the bombers were muslims and this isn't all just propoganda.

[Aratos]

Well the muslim council of Britain seems to think they are. Some of them are amongst those who say that it was a good thing it happened.
But then others claim that the US government were the ones who did it so they're not exactly as one on the issue.

...yep. I pay too much attention to politics.

[YamPuff]

That's never a good thing. :p

[Aratos]

Yeah, but it means you have lots on in-jokes, snide remarks etc to stick into the comments when you programme somehting. Stops y'going mad. (hell, the windows sourcecode has a couple hundred swearwords. Linux is supposedly even worse!)

[kairi990]

I hate it how some people blame Islam for 9/11. Those people weren't Muslim, they're just crazy! @.@

I agree.
Just like the "christians" who went on the crusade during the middle ages weren't real christians...

[Nekochii]

I don't even think I'm a real Christian cause I never follow any of the rules. Yep, I'm going straight to Hell for sure. :)

[kairi990]

I don't even think I'm a real Christian cause I never follow any of the rules. Yep, I'm going straight to Hell for sure. :)

I hate rules...

Although I was baptized catholic, and confirmed anglican, I don't believe in organized religion--better yet--organized religion is not for me. Most organized religions have too many rules, and I'm the type of person that loves to question authority. Therefore, I've created a patchwork religion for myself.

[RBTCS]

You do realise there's also a legion of folk willing to do all that in the name of islam, right?

Aye. And I never said those people were any better. There's also legions willing to do so in the name of Judaism and Christianity too. It comes from every side. But there are common, ordinary people who simply do not want to stand by as a foreign force invades and begins killing women, men, children, and the elderly...Bombing mosques, homes, schools, hospitals,...So they take up arms and do what's necessary to drive the invaders out.

Wow, the terrorists won. I'm sorry you live in fear.

Yeah, they sure did win, alright. I put duct tape over my windows, I don't go on planes, I fear anyone with brown skin and would feel safer if they were locked in small cells and beaten, starved, electrocuted, sexually abused, and frozen. I want my government to monitor my every move, scrutinize my every word for hints of disloyalty, and beat and/or kill me for disagreeing.

(In case you didn't realize, I was being incredibly sarcastic.)

Those who worry about terrorists are the only ones truly living in fear.

[Aratos]

And those who turn against their goverment are the ones who comply with the terrorists wishes.

...So, how about the pope then, eh? Y'have to admit, he does have a point about religeon and violence being mutually exclusive.

[Ichigosmiles]

Well of course he does, Mr.Pope is always right.:)

[Aratos]

Oh, no-one's infallible. Except me.

[YamPuff]

No, that's not true at all. Do you really think that if there was no religion violence would vanish? No. They'd just find another excuse for violence. Religion has nothing to do with it; its just being manipulated.

[Ichigosmiles]

Yeah, so there! Arrrrgh!!

[Arcademan]

For something that was suppose to be a reflection of a terrible event, this thread had turned into a political and religious debate so guess what?

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