I was crossing the USA Canadian border.
Just out of interest, anyone old enough to remember the first 9/11?
Just out of interest, anyone old enough to remember the first 9/11?
Dunno, it was probably cold though!Braddock wrote:
What happened on 9th of November?
I think I do remember it being cold right enough but pretty uneventful besides that.Mek-Izzle wrote:
Dunno, it was probably cold though!Braddock wrote:
What happened on 9th of November?
Sure... but not the only attempt. I'm not saying that it shouldn't have been a big deal. It was deservedly big news, but the type of press it got (and still gets) and the extent to which it was used (and is still used) as a means of leverage make 9/11 something that, at this point, shouldn't be as present an issue as it currently is.Poseidon wrote:
The only reason there was such a major uproar was because it was the first large scale attack on American soil by foreign enemies in 59 and 1/2 years.
That sounds like the summary of a bad Tom Clancy-esq novel.AutralianChainsaw wrote:
I Was at work..
i remember being pissed about all arabs that day.
I remember hoping that the USA would nuke the entire middle east for that.
That was before i learned how it happened, why it happened, who made a lot of money out of it (Silverstein) etc..
That was before i realized that it was an inside job..
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.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.
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blah blah blah. how many times do we have to hear this? we know.FallenMorgan wrote:
The xenophobia against Arabs after that is similar to the xenophobia against the Japanese after Pearl Harbor. Both are incredibly irrational. Not all Muslims hate the United States - some love the USA. It's just extremists such as the Taliban who do this.
That, and four aircraft wer hijacked and three were slammed into well known united states buidlings/icons. If that happened in ANY country, it would bea big deal. Terrorist attacks are common in the world, but at this scale was unprecedented.Poseidon wrote:
The only reason there was such a major uproar was because it was the first large scale attack on American soil by foreign enemies in 59 and 1/2 years.
I imagine though, had it happened in another country we wouldn't be going on about it on some irrelevant date 6 and a half odd years later.RoosterCantrell wrote:
That, and four aircraft wer hijacked and three were slammed into well known united states buidlings/icons. If that happened in ANY country, it would bea big deal. Terrorist attacks are common in the world, but at this scale was unprecedented.Poseidon wrote:
The only reason there was such a major uproar was because it was the first large scale attack on American soil by foreign enemies in 59 and 1/2 years.