September 11th...Six Years Later

[the crispy badger]

Originally Posted by JoesGonnaKillYou

I was sick of the whole 9.11 story when that was all media and people talked about for 2 years straight. I've moved on, maybe you guys should too.

So we should stop talking about WW2 and what the Nazis did to the Jews and then we can stop talking about how great of a loss the U.S suffered when JKF was assassinated..it's only been 6 years so don't expect people to let it fade it as much as i'm sure you wish it would.

[JoesGonnaKillYou]

Originally Posted by the crispy badger

So we should stop talking about WW2 and what the Nazis did to the Jews and then we can stop talking about how great of a loss the U.S suffered when JKF was assassinated..it's only been 6 years so don't expect people to let it fade it as much as i'm sure you wish it would.

I wouldn't go off comparing 9.11 to WW2 BUD.

[the crispy badger]

Originally Posted by JoesGonnaKillYou

I wouldn't go off comparing 9.11 to WW2 BUD.

thats not the point BUD..it was a major historical event that has changed our world and the events of that day will affect us in one way or another for along long time..Those who do not know history are bound to repeat it as the saying goes.

[SaskaBushFire]

RIP to those brave souls who took down the final plane.

My thoughts and prayers are with the families of all the victims of 9/11.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by JoesGonnaKillYou

I was sick of the whole 9.11 story when that was all media and people talked about for 2 years straight. I've moved on, maybe you guys should too.

If you've moved on, why are you reading and posting in this thread?

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by JoesGonnaKillYou

I was sick of the whole 9.11 story when that was all media and people talked about for 2 years straight. I've moved on, maybe you guys should too.

And you are welcome to move on again.

[jar_e]

Originally Posted by JoesGonnaKillYou

I was sick of the whole 9.11 story when that was all media and people talked about for 2 years straight. I've moved on, maybe you guys should too.

I think your failing to recognize the true effects and repercussions of 9/11. I don't want to turn this thread into a debate, but think of how 9/11 lead into Afghanistan which lead into Iraq and who knows what the future will have in store. What happened on 9/11 was a horrible and tragic thing but it was not a single day event. The aftermath of 9/11 will be felt for generations and to forget the original event which began this timeline is naive and shallow way of thinking.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by The President

The world will never be the same after this,a wind of intolerance
will be developed against Muslims,wars related to this evenement
will be created.

were those his exact words? Sounds like something out of a movie.

[JohnnyB]

Originally Posted by jar_e

The aftermath of 9/11 will be felt for generations and to forget the original event which began this timeline is naive and shallow way of thinking.

I'm all for remembering history and reflecting upon it, but I would say that to call 9/11 'the original even which began this timeline' is a naive and shallow way of thinking.

[JohnnyB]

Incidentally, it's been kind of neat being in Washington today checking out the White House and the streets around in a constant state of shift from open to closed with police and blacked out vehicles zooming around everywhere with their lights on. It's actually pretty impressive how the security seems overwhelming, and yet it's still pretty easy just walking around the place taking pics and whatnot.
I'll post some shots of the White House with the flag at half-mast when I get a chance later.

[jar_e]

Originally Posted by JohnnyB

I'm all for remembering history and reflecting upon it, but I would say that to call 9/11 'the original even which began this timeline' is a naive and shallow way of thinking.

I guess the word timeline is vague and probably not the best word I could've used. Your definitely right that there were events previous to 9/11 that affected the "timeline" (which is open to it's own interpretations) but I think in this modern era of terrorism and "the war on terrorism", 9/11 became a convenient starting point.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by jar_e

I guess the word timeline is vague and probably not the best word I could've used. Your definitely right that there were events previous to 9/11 that affected the "timeline" (which is open to it's own interpretations) but I think in this modern era of terrorism and "the war on terrorism", 9/11 became a convenient starting point.

I partially agree, if your looking at the turning point of the modern age of terrorism, where it went from blowing up the occassional airplane or business to a full fledged war, the event would have to be the 1983 attack by the Islamic Jihad on the Marine Barracks was destroyed killing 241 marines, the radicals were emboldened by the fact that the American reaction was surprisingly tempid.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by JoesGonnaKillYou

I was sick of the whole 9.11 story when that was all media and people talked about for 2 years straight. I've moved on, maybe you guys should too.

First person to ever be put on my ignore list. Absolutely brutal.

I was in Bethesda, MD (a suburb of D.C.) on 9/11. We were staying at a friend's house and I remember being half-asleep and hearing the owner of the house tell my dad that a plane had hit the WTC. By the way they were talking I thought it was a Cessna or something small that wasn't a very big deal.

I drifted off to sleep for a little bit and then my dad came and woke me up and told me what had happened. When I got downstairs I was in complete shock.

My biggest memory that day was seeing objects falling off the building, and the newscaster saying something like "There's some kind of debris now coming from the towers." I knew what they were immediately.

The other moment that sticks out in my mind was going out in the backyard, right after the Pentagon had been hit, and seeing military helicopters flying in groups of three over my head. Two of the three in each group were being used as decoys while they escorted politicians out.

I don't think a day goes by where I don't remember the complete sorrow and fear I felt that day.

[V]

Originally Posted by rubecube

I don't think a day goes by where I don't remember the complete sorrow and fear I felt that day.

That's a pretty sad and scary 6 years then.

It was a crazy day, for sure. I felt terrible, and never made it out of my house that day, just glued to the tv. Had to call my folks, just like pretty much everyone else. I remember for weeks afterwards everyone was friendly in line-ups, on the road, pretty much everywhere, it was incredible. If only we could figure out a way to get back to those weeks, except without the tragedy, of course.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by rubecube

First person to ever be put on my ignore list. Absolutely brutal.

Unfortunately, there's always going to be some who consider 911 to be nothing more than a reality show and because there wasn't a prize at the end and unphotogenic pundits in ill-fitting suits keep discussing it, figure it should be cancelled.

There's always going to be those types in the crowd. There's really no good comeback for those types, because they're just not clued in to begin with. BUD.

P.S. I like the "BUD" conclusion to arguments. I'm going to start using it. BUD.

[Canuck-Hater]

RIP...
And also I would like to say that whether its 2000, or 100,000, a human life is a human life and theres no 2 ways about it. These people all had families, and loved ones. 2000 dead, is just as bad as 100,000 dead in my mind because everyone is known to someone.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by the crispy badger

..Those who do not know history are bound to repeat it as the saying goes.

I know everyone repeats this as a truism but a lot of us and most of our leaders knew about Viet Nam on some personal level and the disastor that was, yet here they went again, into Iraq, another country where we weren't wanted or needed, and they weren't really a threat.

I think there is something else missing in our society, maybe a little awareness of ourselves.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by V

I remember for weeks afterwards everyone was friendly in line-ups, on the road, pretty much everywhere, it was incredible. If only we could figure out a way to get back to those weeks, except without the tragedy, of course.

I think sometimes the saddest part is that the U.S. failed to use the sympathy and camradarie that was created around the world on that day, and instead chose to go on a path that now makes it hated more than ever. If there was any good that could have come out of 9/11, it was all wasted within a couple of years.

[Azure]

RIP to all those that died.

I really do not want to turn this into a political bickering thread.

Let us all remember that day....I talked today with a SEAL officer serving in the Pentagon that went back in again and again to bring people out after the plane hit. The tears were flowing for both of us....and he is one of strongest human being I know. Both mentally and physically.

[ken0042]

I've deleted several off topic posts.

Lets keep this one as a memorial and / or a tribute thread. If somebody feels the need to re-hash the politics of the events since 9/11, please start another thread.