At what point is it appropriate to end the 9/11 maudelinitudinousness?

[Stinky The Clown]

Wall to wall 8-year old 9/11 coverage reruns on teevee ......

Can this get ended at some point?


edit to clarify

[Dappleganger]

1. Who is forcing you to watch?

A hell of a lot of people lost their lives and loved ones that day, so at least try to fake a little bit of respect.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Respect is one thing

Respectful coverage would be good. Reliving it every year by showing the original broadcast in its full length seems a bit over the top.

[Donnachaidh]

2. I'm seeing odes to GW Bush all over Facebook

We can honor the dead without turning it into beatification of the Chimpenfueher, yes?

[Stinky The Clown]

I would surely favor that

[tularetom]

3. Seven years ago

Nowhere else in the world would people wallow in this crap the way we do here.

We have totally forgotten the freedom we claim people died for on that day.

[Echo In Light]

6. PNAC

[Pangolin2]

15. Did something happen 7 years ago?

Can't recall what...

[BlooInBloo]

4. It's not on espn.

[NotThisTime]

9. or HGTV....

[Junkdrawer]

7. When it is no longer needed as a pretext to send troops to defend the Empire...

If we would all simply agree to forgo a National Health Service in order to send troops to support the Empire, events like 9/11 could be eliminated.

But we're stubborn, so master has to resort to the whip.

Our fault, really.

[cali]

8. it's fading. And it will continue to do so.

time has a way of doing that.

[redqueen]

10. It woudln't be so bad if it were accompanied by some analysis

of what went wrong that day and why... unfortunately it's mostly just wallowing.

I'm all for respectful remembrance, but this is more like just vultures exploiting a tragedy for ratings/ad sales. I don't watch teevee news... but even if I did, I sure wouldn't be bothering with it today.

[madinmaryland]

11. If you don't like it, then don't watch it. Go outside and do something useful.

I worked in lower manhattan and was only five blocks away from the WTC when they were hit. Normally I would have been in my office accross the street from the WTC in the WFC.

Personally, I am glad that the networks are taking the time to honor the innocent victims of the attack.

[Stinky The Clown]

13. Okay .... first off ......

.... I didn't say I was watching it. I said it was being shown on teevee.

Second ...... many people were affected by it. No one is wishing them to not remember.

The issue is that this is becoming a cliche, and that is counter to the wishes you express. A ceremony, reading the names, discussing it intelligently, analyzing how it has affected us 8 (or 9 or 10 or 20) years hence ..... all that would be better than simply replaying the broadcasts of that day.

Replaying the broadcasts is lazy and increasingly meaningless.

See, your flared nostrils aside, you and I agree, mostly.

[madinmaryland]

17. What's that about flared nostrils...

You've been reading the Examiner again??

:)

[Stinky The Clown]

18. I recognize that nose ......

.... at least I think I do.

[T Wolf]

14. 99.9999 percent of the innocent victims are in the Middle Eastern countries that WE

have destroyed.

Not to mention the destruction wrought here by the Bushistas ever since that day. Without the crimes done that day by the hijackers, there would have been a different POTUS after 2004.

So, pay respects to all the victims of Bush's treason.

[Brickbat]

12. Seven years ago would have been just fine to ramp it down. But many Americans, and certainly the

media, will never let an anniversary go by without marking it if they can help it -- the former to provide some sort of ritual, meaning and purpose in their lives; the latter to fill column-inches and air time.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

16. I'm a NYer and my city was attacked and I agree with you entirely. Enough is enough.

[Stevenmarc]

21. +1

[Individualist]

19. Never forget the facts about what occurred that day...

http://unansweredquestions.org/timeline/

[blindpig]

20. We need a reminder to justify our wars of aggression.

There ain't much else reason.

Blackwater, General Dynamics, Remington, etc, depend upon it.

[progressivebydesign]

22. $$$$$$ as long as the media thinks they can make money off of it, they'll keep doing it.

Also, it's like no one wants to be the guy who says "okay, enough..." After Pearl Harbor, did they do something like this every year forever?

[Echo In Light]

23. No real $ to be made on their end at this point. Just a continuation of seeding the public mind:

"YOU'RE NEXT!!!"

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

24. You got it. +1