RE: 9-11, give me a break.
September 12, 2016 at 9:13 am
(This post was last modified: September 12, 2016 at 9:17 am by Tiberius.)
(September 12, 2016 at 1:49 am)Minimalist Wrote: 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?
9/11 wasn't a "defeat" because it wasn't a battle or even part of a war. It was a tragedy, and is remembered as a tragedy just like many others are. Innocent civilians lost their lives...that's why we remember.
(September 11, 2016 at 11:53 pm)Maelstrom Wrote: 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.
You're right. It doesn't make you less American. It makes you more of a dick. If you honestly think remembering 9/11 is about "government" then I really think you should go back and read what happened that day, because it has nothing to do with war, but more with the fact that so many innocent people lost their lives.
Honestly, even if you disagree with the war that followed, that's no reason not to remember the people who died in it. Do you think people in Germany refuse to remember the dead of World War II because they were Nazis?
