BF2S Forums 9/11

IRONCHEF wrote:

djphetal wrote:

And Ironchef is right... His comment is out of place in this thread, but 9/11 has been milked dry by politicians, especially republican presidential candidates by the name of Giuliani.

America should be over it by now. Of course we'll always remember when it happened, and the date will stick with us, and it's okay to mourn and honor those who died... But it's been 6 and a half years. We are not victims any longer.

I'm right in my characterization of political desecration of that horrible day which is perfectly valid as a conversation piece, and for this board where I don't wish to reveal my diminishing personal feelings towards the events of that day.

Mek-Izzle wrote:

On 11/9, I saw it on the TV when I got home from school and thought "wow oh shit"

And that's that. I was a kid (i think 12). No, there was no innocent "daddy ere their people in the building" nor did I cry at night. It was simply "oh shit" - I knew what happened, but that was it. There. I'm not going to make up dramatic bullshit.

Mek-Izzle wrote:

I was 11 years old, I remember, the school decided not to tell us about it, and leave it to for our parents to do.

Typical over dramatisation again. This is what I mean.

Commie Killer wrote:

Mek-Izzle wrote:

I was 11 years old, I remember, the school decided not to tell us about it, and leave it to for our parents to do.

Typical over dramatisation again. This is what I mean.

Yeah, but hell, its America, some parent would sue the school and probably get away with it...



Im guessing thats what your talking about?

IRONCHEF wrote:

Gooners wrote:

IRONCHEF wrote:

What's 9/11?  Oh, that little tool republicans use to strike fear in the hearts of Americans to vote for them.  Bummer I can't remember what it means tho...

Fuck you.

Awwwww...did i hurt your little feelings?

Last edited by Gooners (2008-04-08 13:56:23)

ghettoperson wrote:

Gooners wrote:

IRONCHEF wrote:

Awwwww...did i hurt your little feelings?

He, I'm not even American, but i think it's still sad to see innocent people die, tell me if I'm wrong.

I'm sure it would have been a different story had someone close to you been affected by the attack.

He never said it wasn't sad, he just said it was abused by the Republicans. I believe a certain man didn't shut up about it for about 6 years, and tried to run a presidential campaign off it.

Pug wrote:

IRONCHEF wrote:

I'm right in my characterization of political desecration of that horrible day which is perfectly valid as a conversation piece, and for this board where I don't wish to reveal my diminishing personal feelings towards the events of that day.

Further, I completely BLAME all the hype, political fear mongering, movie making, bickering, conspiracy theories, etc for removing how I felt that day.  I noticed in the following months and years how much of my genuine horror and vivid memory I had of the actual day was REPLACED by the stories of others (fact and fictional)..I saw how the memory of the dead were replaced with foolish "FDNY" stickers (what about PAPD and NYPD??) because some marketing asses thought they'd capitalize and commercialize that sacred day...the ribbon magnets, the TV specials, the misdirected warfare with the mastermind mocking and laughing at us in his cave, the political campaigning where apparently we're in a different world or state of mind..yet there's been very little done to secure this country, it's borders, ports, water sheds, chemical and nuclear facilities, population centers, etc....

Yes, I obviously remember the whereabouts and feelings I had that day, and I believe I've shared them on this message board at least once in the last couple years..it's hardly a debatable topic or unique from others here.  But what impassions me is the betrayal of my feelings by my country and it's leaders, hence my venting.

Then why not start another thread?

This one is about how important this event played in your own life, and wasn't meant as an opportunity to minimize the impact of the day.

You have a valid point.  Your timing just sucks.

Last edited by IRONCHEF (2008-04-08 14:28:27)

MAGUIRE93 wrote:

Today my teacher was talking about how we could forget what we had for breakfast but we would never forget where we were on that day. I remember when it happened. I was in second grade doing my spelling words. Then a teacher came in to our class and talked to my teacher in the hallway. She came back in and sat down and i saw tears in her eyes. Years later on that day our teacher told us what happened. During lunch most of the teachers were watching what was going on. I remember after lunch our teacher just gave us our work and didn't say a single word all day. When i went home and saw the planes flying into The Twin Towers i had no idea what was going on. I asked my father what happened and he said we were being attacked. When i herd that i knew there was going to be some type of conflict and that the people that committed the horrible acts would pay. What where you doing on that day?

Raga86 wrote:

Playing Diablo 2 when people in the chat tell me to watch the TV. I remember making fun of the people in the chat cos I didnt not for a second believe it was true until I saw the images on every news channel...

Last edited by avman633 (2008-04-08 17:13:11)