2009-09-12, 03:05 AM
I can't agree with your post more, Matt. That's really how I've always viewed it.
I also agree with Infection. I'm so fucking tired of people bringing this up. Every year, it's the same thing. It hits 12 AM, technically being 9/11, and newscasts, stories, papers, articles, and endless threads on online forums/blogs begin to appear. And when people try to argue that it's just simply time to move on, those same Americans that are trying to get people to sympathize what happened due to the attack start threatening the people who want to move on with death threats, insults, claiming that we need to have respect--and if we don't? We should be punished, tortured, killed... basically wiped off the face of the earth.
I'm tired of the hypocrisy. I do sympathize and I do respect. I'm sorry to all those who lost close and loved ones in the attack, but the same number of people, if not more, are killed every day--even in similar or more devastating attacks.
It's ridiculous. Hell, I even remember one specific argument I got pulled into. I basically said the same thing as above and quoted a piece of evidence as proof. It was a huge attack that killed thousands and thousands. More than we lost. What was their counter argument? "Well did those attacks include hijacked planes?! No! So your point is invalid. Our attack was the worst, due to the terrorists that hijacked our planes and crashed them into our important structures!" And I'm not exaggerating.
I could really go on about this for hours, but meh, I've already had my fair share of arguing about it today and I'm through.
I also agree with Infection. I'm so fucking tired of people bringing this up. Every year, it's the same thing. It hits 12 AM, technically being 9/11, and newscasts, stories, papers, articles, and endless threads on online forums/blogs begin to appear. And when people try to argue that it's just simply time to move on, those same Americans that are trying to get people to sympathize what happened due to the attack start threatening the people who want to move on with death threats, insults, claiming that we need to have respect--and if we don't? We should be punished, tortured, killed... basically wiped off the face of the earth.
I'm tired of the hypocrisy. I do sympathize and I do respect. I'm sorry to all those who lost close and loved ones in the attack, but the same number of people, if not more, are killed every day--even in similar or more devastating attacks.
It's ridiculous. Hell, I even remember one specific argument I got pulled into. I basically said the same thing as above and quoted a piece of evidence as proof. It was a huge attack that killed thousands and thousands. More than we lost. What was their counter argument? "Well did those attacks include hijacked planes?! No! So your point is invalid. Our attack was the worst, due to the terrorists that hijacked our planes and crashed them into our important structures!" And I'm not exaggerating.
I could really go on about this for hours, but meh, I've already had my fair share of arguing about it today and I'm through.