The big 9-11 is coming up. How does that make you feeeel?

[MrAngryFace]

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[Van Cruncheon]

i don't get as erect as i used to

[MrAngryFace]

Im just wondering what I should be like on that day. There's lots of political fired up people at work, dont wanna irk em by not looking grave enough.

[Ichirou]

As much as it's been politicized, whenever I stop to really think about what happened that day, I get really sad.  I still can't watch videos of the towers falling or news footage from that day without being emotionally affected.

[Madrun Badrun]

Im just wondering what I should be like on that day. There's lots of political fired up people at work, dont wanna irk em by not looking grave enough.

You need to look somber, but don't over do it or they will know you to be unpatriotic. 

[Smooth Groove]

Im just wondering what I should be like on that day. There's lots of political fired up people at work, dont wanna irk em by not looking grave enough.

Why do liberals hate America? 

[bagofeyes]

fuck all that shit

[max_cool]

meh, I never really liked New York anyway, a bunch of better-than-you's there

[CajoleJuice]

meh, I never really liked New York anyway, a bunch of better-than-you's there

Honestly, I get fairly worked up when I think about it. I remember most of the day pretty well. 

[CajoleJuice]

It'd probably be different for me if I lived in a different part of the country.

[bagofeyes]

don't thousands of people get shot everyday in new york anyway? lol

[Fresh Prince]

It's funny one of my younger cousins (around 9) wondered if there's a national holiday because of 9/11

[CajoleJuice]

I want to find that picture sequence of Hulk Hogan destroying the Twin Towers that Hollywood posted in GAF one time.

[Ichirou]

don't thousands of people get shot everyday in new york anyway? lol

That's just in the TV shows.  New York is pretty safe for a big city nowadays.

[CajoleJuice]

don't thousands of people get shot everyday in new york anyway? lol

That's just in the TV shows.  New York is pretty safe for a big city nowadays.

"It's because I secretly killed all the homeless people"

[bagofeyes]

It was only homeless people dressed up in suits in those twin towers

[Fresh Prince]

It was only homeless people dressed up in suits in those twin towers

Gentile homeless people.

[drozmight]

Well, I really think you should quit smoking.

[MrAngryFace]

I honestly think the magnitude of the feelings people had about 9-11 fades from east to west. Hell, I dont even remember where I was when it happened, and thats like the first question people ask you about 9-11.

[Mupepe]

I was in my debate class in HS when it happened. 

That was a great place to be   All these overly-political teenagers in an environment that encourages argument.  It was awesome....

[Van Cruncheon]

i was buying advance wars and the lynnwood mall was empty. the clerk didn't know if he should sell me my preordered game because "it might be tasteless."

[Eduardo24]

ONE attack on the US and you people get all emo.  I mean, I am really sorry that all those people died etc, but man, I find it funny you people donīt give a SHIT when some other country gets fucked up total (invade Panama to get Noriega!) while acting like victims because of 9/11.  Most other countries have suffered MUCH more than you people.  Your territory wasnīt even fucked up in the two WW even though you were a major player.

[MrAngryFace]

Well, while I dont particularly FEEL anything about 9/11, im not dumb enough to say stuff like that.

[Eduardo24]

Whatever.

[MrAngryFace]

Thats an easy way to handle things.

[Himu]

I could give two shits. People, life goes on. America has it a lot better than other places in the world when it comes to terrorism. Suck it up and grow up feggits.

[MrAngryFace]

I dunno if 'having it a lot better' makes it ok for people to have jets slammed into them. Course id expect a response like that from someone who screams 'nice tits' in parking lots.

[Ichirou]

I was asleep when it actually happened, my dad woke me up to tell me about it (I was in college at the time, but had no classes that day).  The cable in our house was out (because our cable company is terrible, it had been out for like two weeks at that point), so we went to our aunt's house.  We sat watching it, mouths agape.  We were horrified.  My mom and I had just been to NYC the previous summer, and we love the city.  It was so incredibly sad. My dad and aunt kept asking why this had to happen with someone as stupid as Bush in office, and my cousin's boyfriend (now husband) who was over there at the time kept talking about how screwed we were gonna be.  They were pretty prescient.

[Himu]

don't thousands of people get shot everyday in new york anyway? lol

That's just in the TV shows.  New York is pretty safe for a big city nowadays.

that's what they want you to think.

[Ichirou]

 

[Eduardo24]

Himuro said it better than me.  I reread my post and the WW thingie sounds dumb, but still...

[Himu]

I was in my debate class in HS when it happened. 

That was a great place to be   All these overly-political teenagers in an environment that encourages argument.  It was awesome....

Fuck you. Debate ruled.

I was in US History and we watched it in class. I remember that day because we didn't have to go to band practice. I remember something like we had the same math class or something, and the teacher didn't feel like doing shit on 9/11.

Hell, I think I went over your house on 9/11 

[Ichirou]

I could give two shits. People, life goes on. America has it a lot better than other places in the world when it comes to terrorism. Suck it up and grow up feggits.

Dude, other places have terrorism, but 9/11 was the worst terrorist attack in history.  WORLDWIDE.

[Himu]

zzz

[Eduardo24]

Does "Just Cause" count as terrorism?

[MrAngryFace]

I think we could argue how loaded the term terrorist is until the cows come home.

[Ichirou]

zzz

Jesus, Himu.  Over 2,700 innocent American people died 'cause some nutjobs flew planes into office buildings.

And Eduardo, fuck you.  Seriously.  "Just cause"?  Those people did nothing to deserve what happened to them.  Seriously, I like you guys, but your hip post-ironic posing just makes you look like assholes sometimes.

[MrAngryFace]

Just ignore Eduardo.

[Himu]

I really don't have sympathy for every single person who dies, even in situations like that. I respect them for going out like heroes though. But it's pretty hard getting sympathetic for someone I don't know.

[MrAngryFace]

That just accounts for your lack of empathy, but thats ok, you dont seem the type. See, its entirely possible to not feel anything, but at the same time understand why people feel something and maybe try to be considerate for that.

[Ichirou]

I really don't have sympathy for every single person who dies, even in situations like that. I respect them for going out like heroes though. But it's pretty hard getting sympathetic for someone I don't know.

...

They didn't "go out like heroes."  They were mom and dads, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters.  They were just minding their own business, working, when some assholes flew planes into their office buildings.  Some of them died jumping off the building.  Some of them were crushed by debris.  Some of them were incinerated by either the ignited jet fuel or by the subsequent fires.

You know, I'm sorry you don't have any feelings of empathy towards the people who died, man.  From about 1999 to 2004, I went to New York every summer.  The summers before and after 9/11 are completely etched in my memory, because of how much the city changed in the span of a single year.  So, yeah, I'm sorry you don't feel anything for the 2,700 plus who died.  But I do, and it's just bizarre to hear you being so blase about a situation which not only resulted in massive loss of human life, but changed the political and social landscape of the US, probably for decades.  Save that attitude for the Britney Spears thread.

[bagofeyes]

I could give two shits. People, life goes on. America has it a lot better than other places in the world when it comes to terrorism. Suck it up and grow up feggits.

  well said

[Robo]

I was sitting in the library when it happened.  I overheard someone say that a plane had hit the WTC and I immediately had a vision of some chowderhead slamming his biplane into one of the towers.  A television set was wheeled out and not too long after the second tower was hit.  Watching those buildings collapse and the hearing further allegations of terrorist attachment is probably the only time in my life that I've felt true dread.

[FlameOfCallandor]

I was in Japan when it happened so all I got was the news. People in Japan weren't as emotional about it as people here. I kept thinking about how often shit like this happens all over the world and Americans never care until it happens to them.

[MrAngryFace]

I think its more like 'people dont care until it happens to them', which is mostly true.

[Phoenix Dark]

I honestly think the magnitude of the feelings people had about 9-11 fades from east to west. Hell, I dont even remember where I was when it happened, and thats like the first question people ask you about 9-11.

I was at home. I had just taken a break from class and decided to head upstairs. I distinctively remember not hearing any of the many lawn service workers that were always outside at the time; instead I heard the radio on, very loud coming from outside. So I decided to turn on the TV and that's how I found out. The first plane had already hit. I called my brothers up to watch as well, at the time just thinking it was an accident. When the second plane hit I was shocked. After that I remember all the reports about other possible targets, including the Sears building. My mom was in Chicago at the time and I just freaked out.

[Saint Cornelius]

I woke up that morning and headed straight for the internet, which is what I usually do. I couldn't get to any of the major news sites; I thought that was odd and there must be something up, so I turned on the TV and it was just carnage every channel. I woke my roommate up, she came into the living room and we both sat there, slack-jawed, staring at the TV screen.

I still had to go to work. As soon as I got there, I was sent home. By the time I get back to my loft, a whole bunch of my friends had gathered and we basically commenced the drinking, since we figured this was armageddon. The day was awful quiet.

Since that time, the biggest change in my life is now the small-dicked assholes that used to cut me off in their raised trucks are still cutting me off in their raised trucks, but now they have "freedom isn't free" magnetic (don't want to ruin the paint on this commitment!) ribbons on the back of them.

[hyp]

"Makeshift Patriot
The Flag Shop Is Out Of Stock
I Hang Myself at Half Mast"

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[Madrun Badrun]

I woke up that day and turned on the tv, then commenced to call my grandparents to make sure they were watching the tv, then went to school.

I'm with Himu on this.  I have no sympathy really and thats just because it didn't directly effect me.  People died.  In the the states in 2003, 42,884 people died in car crashes, but thats just seen as a part of life.  The only difference between that and 9/11, I see, is the shock and the magnitude.  I don't feel a great disturbance in the force for the magnitude like Obi won and I don't feel the shock because things like this go one in the world everyday and NY to me is just another part of the world.  I'd probably feel different if it was Canadian.   

Also using 9/11 to justify war and stir fear of terrorism was disgraceful IMO.       

i was buying advance wars and the lynnwood mall was empty. the clerk didn't know if he should sell my preordered game because "it might be tasteless."

 

[Mupepe]

I bet Himu would care if they were all black people.

[Eduardo24]

zzz

Jesus, Himu.  Over 2,700 innocent American people died 'cause some nutjobs flew planes into office buildings.

And Eduardo, fuck you.  Seriously.  "Just cause"?  Those people did nothing to deserve what happened to them.  Seriously, I like you guys, but your hip post-ironic posing just makes you look like assholes sometimes.

Ichirou...

I was not saying that 9/11 was a Just Cause....

I was referring to the north american invension to Panama (my country as you know).  The invasion was codenamed Operation: Just Cause,  where hundreds of inocents civilians died just because they wanted Noriega.  One friend of my father was killed by an effing rocket.  US attacked and killed TOO many people and we didnīt do anything to deserve such a massacre.  But yeah, after the invasion was over, America had the cynism to call it JUST CAUSE.

Get over 9/11 people.

[max_cool]

Get over 9/11 people.

As soon as you get over the Panama Invasion

Hypocrites suck

[brawndolicious]

Hypocrites suck

funny story, the day 9/11 happened I was watching CNN and they had this analyst on there and they asked if this is something that people will forget in two weeks or if they'll remember it for years.  He said it'l be in the news for years.  The fact that they asked somebody is a bit effed up.

[Himu]

By the time I get back to my loft, a whole bunch of my friends had gathered and we basically commenced the drinking, since we figured this was armageddon. The day was awful quiet.

Hahahaha

Yeah 9/11 was basically kick back and relax day for me

[Himu]

I'm with Himu on this.  I have no sympathy really and thats just because it didn't directly effect me.  People died.  In the the states in 2003, 42,884 people died in car crashes, but thats just seen as a part of life.  The only difference between that and 9/11, I see, is the shock and the magnitude.  I don't feel a great disturbance in the force for the magnitude like Obi won and I don't feel the shock because things like this go one in the world everyday and NY to me is just another part of the world.   

Word.

I bet Himu would care if they were all black people.

9/11 kinda pissed me off because for at least two weeks after the event all my favorite tv shows were on stand by

[Ichirou]

zzz

Jesus, Himu.  Over 2,700 innocent American people died 'cause some nutjobs flew planes into office buildings.

And Eduardo, fuck you.  Seriously.  "Just cause"?  Those people did nothing to deserve what happened to them.  Seriously, I like you guys, but your hip post-ironic posing just makes you look like assholes sometimes.

Ichirou...

I was not saying that 9/11 was a Just Cause....

I was referring to the north american invension to Panama (my country as you know).  The invasion was codenamed Operation: Just Cause,  where hundreds of inocents civilians died just because they wanted Noriega.  One friend of my father was killed by an effing rocket.  US attacked and killed TOO many people and we didnīt do anything to deserve such a massacre.  But yeah, after the invasion was over, America had the cynism to call it JUST CAUSE.

Get over 9/11 people.

I read your post as saying the terrorists had "just cause" to fly planes into the WTC.  Thanks for clarifying what you meant.

Oh, and "get over Operation Just Cause" already!

[xnikki118x]

As much as it's been politicized, whenever I stop to really think about what happened that day, I get really sad.  I still can't watch videos of the towers falling or news footage from that day without being emotionally affected.

I'm the same way. I just think about the people who were in the planes or on the roofs of the buildings and stuff, the ones who knew what was happening but knew they couldn't be saved. That scares me to think about.

I was in English class when we found out. My teacher had sent a classmate downstairs to the main office to retrieve her (the teacher's) purse--she never carried it upstairs with her because she had a bad back. Anyway, the girl comes back up and is like "Mrs. B. a plane hit a big building in New York, it's on TV downstairs in the office." We turn on the TV and watch it, and the full crazy doesn't hit until 2nd period economics class where we see the second plane hit and the first tower fall. Insanity.

We live in an area where a lot of people commute the 2 hours to NYC but live here because it's cheaper, and this one girl's dad either worked in the city or in the towers or something. Apparently she was a basket case all day and they wouldn't let her leave school. Assholes.

[Bloodwake]

I didn't think how real it was until I saw the towers collapse. Then I realized how big of a deal this was.

I was in eighth grade.

Bush used these people's deaths to fucking start a pointless war that has nothing to do with this. That's the biggest tragedy of 9/11

[FlameOfCallandor]

I don't care who you are, the images of the towers collapsing is just powerfull.

[Stocky]

Flight 93 and World Trade Center sucked. Let's talk Hollywood.