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Post by pettyluv on Sept 11, 2003 0:42:35 GMT -5
How do you feel about the 9-11 attacks two years after they have happened?
Where were you when you heard about the attacks? What, if anything, will you do to reflect today?
Any other thoughts or comments about how the tragedies have affected you are welcome as well.
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Post by m on Sept 11, 2003 6:09:34 GMT -5
Where were you when you heard about the attacks?At work when the news reports were still coming in. What, if anything, will you do to reflect today?Not much, but I do think about it often, maybe now more today than usual. The biggest problem now is it's like too many have forgotten what happened. Not because it happened on American soil, but that it changed the way we do things. Heh, better not be late for a flight. And many others don't want to see action taken at all against terrorism, hoping that it will just go away tomorrow. It's not like Osama bin-Laden and Saddam are going to turn themselves in anytime soon and say, "Yunno, I did a baaad thing." I would invite Osama bin-Laden and all his other terrorist buddies over here. We gots a 22 ton M.O.A.B. enema fo' ya's!
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Post by Chao on Sept 11, 2003 15:29:28 GMT -5
I dont really reflect on it a lot, as i really had no one close to me hurt.
If that had happened,i think i would feel much stronger about it.
A little off topic now, Did anyone find these web pages about the 9/11 coincidences?
Im sure all of you noticed that the date spells "911" if you didnt,dont tell me,that would just....aggravate me
but a heard of a rumor that a gypsy or something like that "predicted" 9/11 happening anyone have anymore info on this?
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Post by YourCapnSpeaking on Sept 11, 2003 18:47:39 GMT -5
The philosopher Nostradamus actually had a prediction that said something like it would happen. But I am almost 100% sure that I heard that prediction that came out across the Internet was a hoax.
As far as the date being concerned, I am sure it was delibrately chosen by the attackers.
I was just walking into my 3rd period Biology class when everyone had the news on. The administration locked down the school and made all the teachers turn off their televisions. Some still left it on, though.
It did not affect me too much, because like Chao, I did not no anyone in the area at the time. I've talked to people who had relatives that worked at the WTC but were out of town at the time, though.
I always knew that if something like that happened, than America would have been pretty slow to respond. But that was back during Clinton's administration. But when you have a Texan in power, you know the shit is gonna get taken care of FAST.
And most people do want action to be taken against terrorism now more than ever. Well, maybe not as much anymore because most of the large cells have been scattered. Most of the ones still remaining are only interested in issues within their country and not attacking America. So ... yeah ...
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Post by pettyluv on Sept 11, 2003 23:58:28 GMT -5
I did not know anybody who perished on this day two years ago, but the event has deeply touched me, it has also made changes in me and in the world that will never be reversed.
I first heard about the attacks in 2nd period gym class, to me it sounded like a tragic accident, or if it was an attack, the first thing I thought of was not international terrorism. For whatever reason the first thing I thought (first as in within 5 minutes of hearing about it) was that maybe it was anti-globalization protestors, remember, this is just coming off the summer of huge protests of the WTO in Seattle and of the G-7 meeting in Italy. Then after awhile I started to come to the realization that it could be much more than that. After gym class I went to one of the lecture rooms where there was a tv on, and I saw the images for the first time. I was thinking along the lines of small planes like cesnas or something like that, not 737's! Then the newcaster said that the Pentagon had just been hit! This was just unbelievable to me, our nation was under siege and there was seemingly nothing we could do about it. Then I sat there for awhile crying, watching people jump from the building to their deaths. Not long after, the second tower collapsed. I thought about all the people who I just watched die, the terrible atrocity that had just occured, it was almost too much to handle. I thought about how a little more than a year before I ate lunch there at the Window's On The World restaurant, and now it was all molten ash. I watched tv in that room with about 10-15 people for the rest of the school day, I couldnt go back to class, I felt that this was history unfolding right in front of my eyes and that this was more important than whatever it was I would be doing anyhow. I saw the other tower collapse, I saw the people working together to try and save someone, anyone. I saw the flames burn at the Pentagon, the military HQ of the world's lone superpower, that made it all the more unreal. Numbers were still not all that clear at that time, and some were estimating that 30,000 people could have died in those buildings. I felt a sense of pride when I heard that the passengers on Flight 93 had retaken a plane from the terrorists en route to the White House, a place in Heaven was definitely reserved for those heroes. As I sat there, I saw President Bush speak, he was clearly shaken and he looked to be of great conviction. I knew that he would do what was necesary to get the country on track. Later, toward the end of the day, I saw Tony Blair comment on the attacks, I dont remember exactly what he said, but it was very eloquent, and it felt reassuring. When I went home I basically watched some more tv, being that this was really the only thing worth watching. I saw that day, all the congressman put aside petty political differences, if only for a minute, and gather outside the steps of the Capitol Building and sing "God Bless America." I'll never forget when President Bush spoke at Ground Zero three days after the attacks, with ash still hot, "I can hear you, the world hears you, and the people who did this, will hear all of us soon!" As the crowd fell into chants of USA USA USA, I knew we were on the right course, I knew we would rise to the challenge of our generation. Even as I sit here right now writing all this, it seems so long ago, but only yesterday.
When I saw some of the footage today, of the planes smashing into the towers, of people jumping out of the windows, and the simple bravery of men like Tod Beamer and the Flight 93 passengers, I havent seen or really even thought about alot of these images for months, and as the tragedy of that day came back in my mind I did start to tear up.
I think that we must always remember that there is evil at work in this world, and it must be confronted. We must never forget the 3000 innocents that lost their lives in this vicious act of war. We must continue to think and pray for the families that still feel so much pain for their loved ones that are forever gone. If nothing else, we must stay united in our cause to root out terrorists that are hostile to our nation and our interests and use any and all means necesary to eliminate them.
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail!
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Post by m on Sept 12, 2003 6:12:25 GMT -5
I think the changes that happened were subtle but noticable. An unfortunate change is that anyone with an Arabic name is now under the microscope, looked upon with hate and suspicion.
On the other hand, two years makes a difference. Everyone in America wanted action taken, and world leaders encouraged the US to take action. Here we are in Afghanistan and Iraq -- Taking action -- and the peace rallies pop up and suddenly we're the terrorsts.
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Post by YourCapnSpeaking on Sept 12, 2003 19:21:38 GMT -5
People always start to have contempt for the ones on top ... it is always seen. Look at MicroSoft (only example I can come up with).
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Post by m on Sept 18, 2003 7:12:12 GMT -5
Is it that, or the reality that we have not reached the Utopian Ideal of peace and harmony. Let's face it, the reason we were attacked on 9-11 is that someone disapproved of the American lifestyle, so he tried to do something about it. Sometimes embargoes and such do very well, it threatens without doing bodily harm. But people like Osama and Saddam do not listen to reason or anything else for that matter. So we have to go the route, reluctantly, but effectively, with arms.
Osama and his Islamic Fascism somehow convinced a bunch of wild-eyed druggies, screaming, "jihad!" to throw their lives away in the hopes of having sex for the rest of eternity. To stay strong, you have to be strong.
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Post by pettyluv on Sept 11, 2004 3:33:48 GMT -5
Bump for three years later.
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