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9/11 The Anniversary.. What Did You Do Today?
YaadPyar:
Firstly, I offer the the appropriate respect and solemnity for the event itself. And secondly I will offer the thought that at this point it seems almost self-indulgent to consider the anniversary of this tragedy a somehow greater cause for sorrow than the very real tragedies everywhere on this precious planet.
I'm sure I've said something similar somewhere at BetterMost before: the suffering and pain of this event is the suffering of famine in the Sudan, war in Iraq, genocide in Rwanda, earthquakes in Pakistan, bombs in India, poverty in North Korea, suicide in France, child abuse in Russia, political corruption in Brazil, economic devestation in Congo, pollution in the Arctic...
That we are united in our sorrow and grief and tragedy is at least to be united. There is no story more important - no sorrow worse than your own. For me the anniversary is a reminder of what Golda Meier said: "There will be no peace in the Middle East until the Arabs love their children more than they hate the Jews."
Tragedy can only end when love is more powerful than hate ~ in our own hearts, minds, words, actions, relationships, philosophies, politics, and policies.
Katie77:
I dont think anyone will forget the first sight of the Towers after the first plane went into it....Yes it was late at night, here in Aussie, I was in bed...my hubby was surfing the channels before he too was coming to bed, and he happened on the news bulletin, and came in and woke me up, and then we saw the second plane hit......we sat there dumbfounded....and then sat there all night, watching proceedings.....
The other night, my hubby and I watched a documentary on 9/11...actually it was about the man they photographed, jumping out of the building.....we saw so many pictures that we had never seen before.....
When it was over, my hubby said, "When we all get a bit complacent about those bastards, we should be forced to watch something like that, so we dont forget, and we dont stop trying to get rid of them".....
I guess thats what we all should be feeling today, five years later.....we MUST NOT forget, and we must destroy terrorism.
Meryl:
--- Quote from: YaadPyar on September 11, 2006, 07:37:14 pm ---Firstly, I offer the the appropriate respect and solemnity for the event itself. And secondly I will offer the thought that at this point it seems almost self-indulgent to consider the anniversary of this tragedy a somehow greater cause for sorrow than the very real tragedies everywhere on this precious planet.
I'm sure I've said something similar somewhere at BetterMost before: the suffering and pain of this event is the suffering of famine in the Sudan, war in Iraq, genocide in Rwanda, earthquakes in Pakistan, bombs in India, poverty in North Korea, suicide in France, child abuse in Russia, political corruption in Brazil, economic devestation in Congo, pollution in the Arctic...
That we are united in our sorrow and grief and tragedy is at least to be united. There is no story more important - no sorrow worse than your own. For me the anniversary is a reminder of what Golda Meier said: "There will be no peace in the Middle East until the Arabs love their children more than they hate the Jews."
Tragedy can only end when love is more powerful than hate ~ in our own hearts, minds, words, actions, relationships, philosophies, politics, and policies.
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Thanks, Celeste, that's what I've been feeling all day and not realizing it. I stayed away from the TV because I couldn't watch those poor families dragged once again through those long memorial services downtown, reciting all the names of the victims, reliving the grief, reopening the wounds. I didn't want to see the politicians looking solemn and making patriotic speeches--tomorrow is a primary election, and they were all out making themselves very visible. I hate the pageant that this has become. No one is about to forget what happened. Pounding it into the ground only feeds the hate. Let be, let be.
Amber:
I too avoided any documentary/news programs regarding 9/11. I just couldn't handle it - it both makes me sad and just angers me. Especially knowing like meryl posted above, that it's an election year and the politicians were going to be out in full force.
Instead I spent a few quiet moments thinking about the day, how things have changed for the nation since the day and how I have changed since that day.
Kelda:
so, what were people doing that day?
Me, I was doing a weeks unpaid work experience in a small advertising & animation agency in Irvine. I was due to go back to do my final year at uni the next week.
Only 2 guys and me in the office
Someone along the corridor in this business centre told us the news that a plane had hit the trade centre. I didn't realise how much of a big deal it was until later - probably not till I saw the tv footage. This was just after 2pm so not long after the first plane hit. We put the radio on and listened, tried to get online to see what was happening, but couldn't. Everything was down.
When I got home, well to my sisters, we just sat and watched the news all night.
There was nothing in the newspapers I saw today re: Sep 11. maybe there will be tomorrow.
(Most were focussing on Maddie McCann and also about a huge murder case in Scotland which got thrown out due to lack of evidence when its clear the guy is as guilty as hell, (he is already in prison for natural life for other murders, etc etc) but given the murders of the 2 teenagers took place in the 70's the DNA evidence is not enough. >:()
I was out tonight so didn't see the news to see if there was anything.
I did think about it when I was in my trainnig session today and realised the time.
RIP.
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