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So does the tragedy still resonate with you? Are you doing anything in remembrance? Do you still care? Or did you just forget?



 

 

 

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I still remember but not sure what to think about all of it. The way the country went on 2 wars that costs and length were way higher than ever projected.  The countless innocent lives destroyed by the wars. The way the country responded by passing the bs law known as the Patriotic Act. The way President Bush signed laws (or forced to sign laws, aka torture bill being sent back to him after veto) then saying he was above the law and didn't have to follow it. The way we disregarded the Geneva Convention. The disrespect given to the first responders that became sick.  I could list many other instances that have eroded the democracy since 9/11 but I suppose I'll let others bring them up.  All I can say is that I am ashamed that USA acted the way it did following the tragedy.



9/11 was a criminal act not an act of war like the propaganda would have you believe. Rather than going on two multi trillion dollar wars, it would've been far cheaper both in lives and money and much more efficient and effective to treat terrorists like criminals and use the FBI and all the international equivalents to hunt them down, arrest and put on trial. Instead it's the same old imperialist grand strategy being used with masses of death and destruction and occupation and other acts of horrendous crimes left in it's wake. The world is less safe now then before and the Western world is near bankrupt.



I'm still amazed by the footage, I don't know if "amazed" is the right word to describe it, but it's just so epic to watch.

I love skyscrapers, watching them collapse was just painful.

Still, it was a terrible tragedy and something that should never happen again...R.I.P all the victims.



It looked like a controlled demolition! Or a demolition, lol. What's the difference between a demolition and a controlled demolition!!!! And yes, it's sad that innocent people died. RIP (to the good innocent people).



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Never particularly cared. The number of people that died in the attacks is miniscule compared to the casualties from the countless wars, famine, natural disaster, curable disease, murdered by their own government. If we stopped to mourn everything as significant as these attacks, then we would be constantly mourning.



scottie said:
Never particularly cared. The number of people that died in the attacks is miniscule compared to the casualties from the countless wars, famine, natural disaster, curable disease, murdered by their own government. If we stopped to mourn everything as significant as these attacks, then we would be constantly mourning.


Pretty much this.



scottie said:
Never particularly cared. The number of people that died in the attacks is miniscule compared to the casualties from the countless wars, famine, natural disaster, curable disease, murdered by their own government. If we stopped to mourn everything as significant as these attacks, then we would be constantly mourning.

The death tolls never really matter, it's the fact that these people were killed in the most horrific ways while they were working in a heavily populated city.

The death toll was surprisingly low though. The 1993 bombing, if successful, would have killed roughly a quarter of a million people. 



As horrible a tragedy as it was and as much as my heart goes out the victims and their friends and families, I feel that the coverage leading up to the 10 year anniversary has been WAY TOO MUCH. I have been hearing about 9/11 for the last two months and to me, if anything, it lessens the impact of what happened. It's a shame that I feel this way, but it's true.

Another shame is that everyone in America knows what happened on 9/11 but how many of them know what happened on December 7th? That used to be big news, but now is just a paragraph on the 13th page of the newspaper on that day. Such a shame.



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I was only 9 when it happened so I was too young for it to have any impact/meaning on me. I didn't even know what the World Trade Centre was when I was 9.

Its sad but it never meant that much to me because of my age.