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Resuscitated Ethics (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:27 PM Original message |
Pearl Harbor Day never called twelve seven |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. It was never called Ground Zero either |
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Resuscitated Ethics (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Ground Zero was the specific A-Bomb terminology hijacked |
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trusty elf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. One could call this Ground Zero. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Which is unsurprising seeing as 'ground zero' came out of the Manhattan project. n/t |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. You mean the words ground and zero weren't in existence until after the Manhattan Project? |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Cute. |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thank you for asking a very important, overlooked FACT |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. so don't use the term 9-11 if you don't like it... |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
36. The "rest of the world" aren't as hung up on the event as you are ... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #36 |
48. "...as hung up on the event as you are ..." |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 05:03 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Sorry: that was a generic American "you" not a QuestionAll-specific "you". |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. I have wondered that also. But what to call it? There needs to be |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. I know it as Dec 7 - and important overlooked fact |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. Good point. Twelve seven was a much more significant event in terms |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think it's because Pearl Harbor all happened at Pearl Harbor |
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akwapez (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. ding-ding-ding n/t |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. That would be my answer as well |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. It may be because... |
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Resuscitated Ethics (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. So far I struggle with the whole date |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Which "one war"? |
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Resuscitated Ethics (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. That's just too much war |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. The issue of declaring war is a partial truth |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
41. Iraq is actually an occupation, not a war |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. But it IS two wars. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Twin Tower attacks. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. That's not all that happened on 9/11 |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. So... how do you talk about all the incidents together? |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
39. dupe |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
42. When I lived in MX, it was commonly referred to as... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. So what about the pentagon? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. The entire day... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Fair enough... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. No more, nor no less than... |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. Because this is a stupid jingo-driven country easily led by the nose |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. So what term do *you* use to refer to the attacks of September 11th? n/t |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. You beat me to it |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Same question for you. What term do you use to refer to the attacks? n/t |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. 'Nine-One-One,' usually |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. World trade center attack. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. which was completely separate and independent of the Pentagon attack? |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. What's it to you anyway? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. nothing more than it is to you. that's the wonder of a board like this |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. As pointed out above... |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. At Virginia Tech, the infamous shooting incident is still called "4/16," |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. But outside the campus the rest of us would call it the Virginia Tech Shootings |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
29. Does anybody remember six twenty five? |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. How about 6/6/44 |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
34. Intelligent post. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
35. It was automatic and nearly universal because of its Emergency Call associations |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
49. "Pearl Harbor Day"? |
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Resuscitated Ethics (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day" |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. On second thought... |
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Resuscitated Ethics (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
53. Thanks everybody for the insight |
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