I hate 9/11

[cali]

I hate it more every year. I hate the way politicians- almost all repukes- use it in the crassest of ways to stir up fear and loathing, and this year, to give a boost to rudi's campaign. I hate the way Americans act as if this was the single most vile thing ever done. I hate how it's used to bolster American exceptionalism.

I also worry every damn year, that another attack will take place on that date, whoever it's perpetrated by.

I wish we could just skip it.

[Dammit Ann]

1. No skipping, I'm afraid.

How about we actually care? Make sure New Orleans has it's share? Didn't mean to rhyme.

[lvx35]

2. Me too. It is vile.

Its all the silent deaths that bug me. These 3000 people died at once and its terrible, but in the 6 years since like 110,000 poor Americans have died from lack of health insurance and they are somehow insignificant because their deaths weren't shocking TV spectacle. Fuck 9/11.

[kdmorris]

7. Not to mention

the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and Afghanis who have died in retaliation for the 3000 dead that day.

[Mythsaje]

3. It's three days before my birthday...

I don't like it much either.

Even if I AM now middle-aged, I wish I could approach my birthday with some sense of joy rather than a sense of sadness at the needless deaths that can all be laid at the feet of that particular day in history...not only the victims of the twin towers, but all the dead soldiers and dead Iraqis and everything that goes with it.

[cali]

6. I know exactly what you mean

It's three days before my son's birthday too, and he say's virtually the same thing.

Happy early birthday. May it be a joyous one.

[Mythsaje]

9. Thanks...

No telling what it'll bring this year. I'm sure my wife is wondering what to get me, but I'm not much help in that department. I don't really WANT anything. LOL

[spoony]

17. My sister's anniversary, too.

The key is to turn off the TV and try to celebrate life instead of what they'd like us to celebrate.

[regnaD kciN]

4. I think that, if we're going to commermorate 9/11...

...as a day to mourn and memorialize those civilians whose lives were lost to a conflict over which they had no control (and in the name of a group that claimed a moral right to strike at noncombatants)...

...we should do the same for 8/6 (Hiroshima) and 8/9 (Nagasaki), both of which killed innocent civilians at far more than an order of magnitude greater than the 9/11 attacks.

[silverojo]

8. Better talk that up with the Japanese

It's disgusting, but young Japanese people barely even care about those anniversaries. Very sad.

[Nutmegger]

5. I feel the same way.

It just gives Americans a chance to "feel good" about themselves, and it gives Bush Inc an opportunity to spread the fear and push this failed war on terra.

How come we don't mark Pearl Harbor day? Each year there's no M$M circus. Greedy politicians are not trying to take advantage of people's emotional states. It just kind of comes up, then goes by. Those who want to reflect on the events, do so. Those who don't, don't.

That's the way 9/11 should be. Not this media / political frenzy that just gets people all hopped up on their "patriotism".

I hate 9/11 day.

[renie408]

10. I just sent this email to everybody in my address book.

>>On September 11, 2001 almost 3000 Americans lost their lives in the worst terrorist act in the history of our country. It was a terrible tragedy which is still very much in the forefront of political debate and public conscience.

Every single year, 18,000 Americans lose their lives due to a lack of health insurance. That means, that since those attacks, roughly 110,000 Americans have died needlessly.

This country has spent nearly $500 billion dollars in the 'War on Terror'. That amount of money could provide national health insurance for about 107 million people, twice the number estimated to be without coverage.

We spend $7 billion a month on the war in Iraq. That is 7,000,000,000 dollars. For some perspective, just ONE billion minutes is 1901 years.

Just food for thought.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/healthcare/2002-05-22-insurance-deaths.htm

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34040<<


People need to think about stuff like this.

[dipsydoodle]

11. So do most of the entire population of Chile

since the CIA led coup against Allende , 9/11/73 led to about 10000 deaths at the hands of School of the Americas trained death squads. In comparison 9/11/01 pales into insignificance so maybe focus on the original and forget the lesser duplicate date.

[H2O Man]

12. It can't be long

before the "9/11 Sales!" start up.

[cali]

13. *splutter*

The 9/11 Flag sale. I'm sure it's going on somewhere.

[Vinca]

14. I agree, especially when you consider the number of soldiers

killed in Iraq has surpassed the number of people killed in the WTC and the number of dead, innocent Iraqis makes both of those numbers seem small. It seems 9/11 has caused our country to revolve around terror, fear, death and paranoia. That wasn't Osama's fault, that was Shrub's choice.

[blogslut]

15. Hate 9/11?

Then you'll absolutely despise my craptacular Flash animation, starry Shiny: The 9-11 Pony!

http://shiny911pony.com

:)

[Norrin Radd]

18. Good one!

[blogslut]

19. Thanks

Craptacular, isn't it? ;)

[mmonk]

16. I do too.

It really marked the end of meaning concerning my country and religion for me. Neither have meaning for me anymore. Now I will be comsumed with trying to get some constitutional framework back for the rest of my life. I'm uncomfortable living in this bubble. I fear there will be no swing back to the way things were when I was a little younger. In the past, we may have veered off course and then back on track, but I don't see it happening in this case.