9/11!

Tom Earp · #1 09-11-2006, 08:12 PM

Today is five years after the bombing of the Twin Tower Centers and not a God Damn Post!

I have My Flag at Half Mast!

Almost 3,000 of Americans and other Nationalitys Died that day!

Is it to soon to forget?

I don't and I Won't!

DeltAlum · #2 09-11-2006, 08:37 PM

Just brought our flag in due to thunderstorms in the area.

Youngest son is now living in New York City.

Thinking about the folks I supervised at the UN last summer -- who believe they were a secondary target five years ago.

Things are different now and will always be...

honeychile · #3 09-12-2006, 12:18 AM

No, it's not too soon to forgot. As Santayana said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

f8nacn · #4 09-12-2006, 06:21 AM

Definitely a day not forgotten....

jon1856 · #5 09-12-2006, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Today is five years after the bombing of the Twin Tower Centers and not a God Damn Post!

I have My Flag at Half Mast!

Almost 3,000 of Americans and other Nationalitys Died that day!

Is it to soon to forget?

I don't and I Won't!

Tom;
I agree with you.
Check out News thread/section.

AlexMack · #6 09-12-2006, 01:21 PM

No one's forgotten, it's just that not everyone feels the need to relive the horror of that day.

greekalum · #7 09-12-2006, 01:45 PM

Or perhaps people feel it's a topic deserving more gravity than a smiley-ridden internet thread in a forum marked "Chit Chat."

jon1856 · #8 09-12-2006, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by greekalum

Or perhaps people feel it's a topic deserving more gravity than a smiley-ridden internet thread in a forum marked "Chit Chat."

Very true-more in line with News section.

Drolefille · #9 09-12-2006, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by centaur532

No one's forgotten, it's just that not everyone feels the need to relive the horror of that day.

Quote:

Originally Posted by greekalum

Or perhaps people feel it's a topic deserving more gravity than a smiley-ridden internet thread in a forum marked "Chit Chat."

Ditto to both of those.

9/11 was terrible... but it does not consume my life for one day each year. I talk about it with people, talk about where we were, watch the news... and then I go to GC for non 9/11 coverage. You can only deal with so much!

jon1856 · #10 09-12-2006, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

Ditto to both of those.

9/11 was terrible... but it does not consume my life for one day each year. I talk about it with people, talk about where we were, watch the news... and then I go to GC for non 9/11 coverage. You can only deal with so much!

Drolefille;
I will ask you the question that was asked me the other day:
Why did you follow this thread? Was it interest or just a reason to critic it?
I do understand your POV and HO but perhaps it is not common in all.
You stated that you come to GC for anything but 9/11 coverage. GC is a section of general society so others may come here to shair feelings on 9/11. Or death of the son of a lower-list celaberaty (sp). Or the rape of a college student. And any other matter going on in the world.

As was rather stongly suggested to me, one should pick a section or thread of interest, and leave alone the ones that do not.

Just my POV and HO.

FYI: All the papers,in my area, have had front page coverage on/about 9/11 for past three days. As have the news channels both cable and basic.

Drolefille · #11 09-12-2006, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jon1856

Drolefille;
I will ask you the question that was asked me the other day:
Why did you follow this thread? Was it interest or just a reason to critic it?
I do understand your POV and HO but perhaps it is not common in all.
You stated that you come to GC for anything but 9/11 coverage. GC is a section of general society so others may come here to shair feelings on 9/11. Or death of the son of a lower-list celaberaty (sp). Or the rape of a college student. And any other matter going on in the world.

As was rather stongly suggested to me, one should pick a section or thread of interest, and leave alone the ones that do not.

Just my POV and HO.

FYI: All the papers,in my area, have had front page coverage on/about 9/11 for past three days. As have the news channels both cable and basic.

Yeah, and it's no big deal if there IS in fact 9/11 discussion on here. It's also no big deal if there ISN'T. It's not SAD or TRAGIC or anything. Any discussion is viable (not "sad"). I read the majority of the threads on here, and you'll note, only commented about why there may not be more discussion.

I'm not complaining about discussion of 9/11 on GC... but I'm not complaining about the other threads either. So there's not really a comparison to what you've been doing.

/so sad that people are discussing this on the day that South African black civil rights leader Steven Biko died while in police custody