9/11 question

[Sarah]

Is the footage from 2001 always reaired ad nauseam on the anniversary?  (I only started watching news regularly last year, hence my ignorance.)  If not, why do you supposed it's happening this year?

[AndrewVDill]

I think MSNBC does it yearly but I can't understand why.  Is there anyone who wants to relive that?

[Pastor Josh]

Of course there are.  9-11 is our annual celebration of our own victimhood, when we celebrate how weak and defenseless we are, which justifies all the horrible things we're doing.  It's why 9-11 is such a big deal among conservative Christians, the ones who think acknowledging that there are other faiths out there is taking away their rights.  It's pretty alarming to me, actually.

[CharredBronson]

I think as a country, we're only allowed to band together over things like killing.  Whether it happened to us, or by our own hand really doesn't seem to make much of a difference.

[Sarah]

I think, though, that the hoopla might be even greater this year because 9/11 has been declared a national "Day of Service and Remembrance."

[Pastor Josh]

Upon reflection, I think my post might have seemed insensitive.  I'm not meaning to downplay the horror of the day.  I merely wanted to express my frustration at the way the horror has been memorialized.

[Keith Whitener]

At Rutgers, someone made a memorial by sticking miniature American flags into the ground to form the Twin Towers, a "9-11", and a "U93" inside a giant Pentagon.

[orator]

I think, though, that the hoopla might be even greater this year because 9/11 has been declared a national "Day of Service and Remembrance."

If Obama was to open his mouth and not even say anything, Republicans would make a hoopla over the wasted breath.

[nec13]

Upon reflection, I think my post might have seemed insensitive.  I'm not meaning to downplay the horror of the day.  I merely wanted to express my frustration at the way the horror has been memorialized.

I understand what your saying, Josh. There's a thin line between pride in one's country and blatant jingoism. Clearly, there are people who have and continue to leverage the events of 9/11 to advance their agendas. However, on this day, I think a certain degree of introspection and remembrance is warranted.

[erika]

I think, though, that the hoopla might be even greater this year because 9/11 has been declared a national "Day of Service and Remembrance."

If Obama was to open his mouth and not even say anything, Republicans would make a hoopla over the wasted breath.

Are you saying he shouldn't?

I'd rather hear "A Day of Service and Remembrance" than "Patriots Day".

[Pastor Josh]

Certainly, TRG.  My frustration especially comes from those who use this day for religious ends, stoking the fires of an imaginary culture war.

[nec13]

Certainly, TRG.  My frustration especially comes from those who use this day for religious ends, stoking the fires of an imaginary culture war.

Agree with you 100%, PJ. The fact that there is even an "imaginary culture war" is both maddening and deplorable.

[yesno]

I have dedicated my life to battling imaginary culture.

[orator]

The Great Jewish Conspiracy is trying to take away Christmas.

[Big Plastic Head]

Upon reflection, I think my post might have seemed insensitive.  I'm not meaning to downplay the horror of the day.  I merely wanted to express my frustration at the way the horror has been memorialized.

I don't think you need to apologize. We ALL know it was a horrible thing. I think what you said was fine and I totally understood and agree with your point.

I remember reading an article in the early eighties that compared how America chooses to remember the horrible things that have happened to it as a country opposed to how Russia chose to remember their triumphs instead. I thought it was interesting.