9-11, give me a break.

[Silver]

9-11, Never Forget?

Here is my spin, and you can hate me all you want for it.

America the great imposes itself on countries that have been around longer than America, and it is surprised when a retaliation happens due to what we are wrongfully doing to other countries; i.e., those unspeakable acts that cannot be disclosed to the public due to national security.
Therefore, I will forget what happened on 9-11.

It does not make me less American. It actually makes me more of an American for having the gumption to stand up to the government.

[Arkilogue]

So it was justice served by righteous jihadis? Certainly Allah's hand was on building 7....

[Jesster]

Most of what I remember is my enlistment during the "war on terror". Trust me when I say that I absolutely won't forget that. I am not proud of my country even if there are worse people elsewhere who want to kill us. This is a day that I want to forget, but I doubt I will.

[rexbeccarox]

9-11, Never Forget?

Here is my spin, and you can hate me all you want for it.

America the great imposes itself on countries that have been around longer than America, and it is surprised when a retaliation happens due to what we are wrongfully doing to other countries; i.e., those unspeakable acts that cannot be disclosed to the public due to national security.
Therefore, I will forget what happened on 9-11.

It does not make me less American. It actually makes me more of an American for having the gumption to stand up to the government.

The government??? Really? That's the only entity you can remember when thinking of 911??

I'll never forget the sheer number of classmates who dropped out of school because they had lost a family member or two in the attacks or the recovery, or the pall that existed throughout the city and beyond, or the worry I had for my loved ones, or the worry my loved ones had for me, thinking I was probably in the city since I spent as much of my free time there as possible. I'll never forget how downright friendly people were afterwards, in a place where "friendly" was a word that could garner dirty looks or worse, or the gnarly hole that marked where the towers used to be... only blocks from the apartment of my oldest friend. Sure, I think about the government and it's possible involvement, but I'll never forget a lot more than that.

[Silver]

Like a friend stated, "From the perspective of those over there, we are the terrorists".

[Divinity]

Fuck you.  I knew people who died that day.  And you're nothing more than a piece of shit who wants to look 'brave' for taking a 'controversial' stance.  Well fuck off.  You're not 'brave'.  You're a fucking idiot, nothing more and nothing less.

[Silver]

Thank you, dear. Your comment is duly noted.

[Minimalist]

I'm curious.  Do other nations spend as much time recalling their defeats?  Do the French memorialize Waterloo every year?  Do the British memorialize the Somme?

[Arkilogue]

Like a friend stated, "From the perspective of those over there, we are the terrorists".

Yes...and?

It's easiest to frame someone with wood they've carved themselves, especially when you supply them with it.

I don't think the alleged Israelis or Muslims were the only ones dancing the day America got it's new Pearl Harbor.
This New American Century ain't gonna project itself!

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I'm curious.  Do other nations spend as much time recalling their defeats?  Do the French memorialize Waterloo every year?  Do the British memorialize the Somme?

What you mean like immortalize a trauma in the cultural mind so that the victim/aggressor card can be perpetually played?

Couldn't put my finger on one....

[Silver]

This New American Century ain't gonna project itself!  

You should think more and project less.