[Grizzly]

Just that you are reminded. Myself, I don't see 9/11 as a memorial day for the kamikaze attacks on the WTC, but more as an day to think about everyone who has died/lost relatives in religous disputes (wich date back several millenia) and suicide bombings.

So... 9/11 discussion thread?

[Col. Fishguts]

You can try, but I foresee with my magical eye that nothing good will come from this thread.

[Mobius]

My old  thread about 9/11 was locked. Opening another thread is a bad, bad idea

[Mustang19]

What? Expecting intellectual comments? Oh no. This is going to be another VTech thread.

Anyway, if you want to discuss, I'm AMERICAN  and I'm not going to do anything special on 9/11. So the fact that this topic hasn't been recieved  warmly probably a sign that most of the people on this board are non-Americans and could hardly care less. Even notice the anniversary of the Madrid bombing? It was another 11, I just can't remember which month... let me think...

[Mobius]

warmly probably a sign that most of the people on this board are non-Americans and could hardly care less.

This is wrong. I cared when I creating the thread, some stupid comments made it a stupid Flame War. The closure was expectable.

It was another 11, I just can't remember which month... let me think...

11 September + 6 months =

[Mustang19]

Sorry, Mobious. I didn't read the last thread. Don't really keep up with forum stuff as much as I... should?

[Jeff Vader]

This sounds like a really American thread. Yes, even I was a bit sad when the towers broke, even though I usually resent the unnecessarily huge size of the human population on this planet. But the event concerns mostly American people, especially those who lost family or loved ones there.

If I started a topic for March 13th, the anniversary of the end of the Winter War, American members would probably feel the same way about it as I do about this thread.

But don't mind me. If you've got something to say about 9/11, please, speak.

[Mustang19]

If I started a topic for March 13th, the anniversary of the end of the Winter War, American members would probably feel the same way about it as I do about this thread.

Which is unfortunate, although I at least would be interested. If only "we" had some basic knowledge of history and geography we'd be a lot less tied to our mass media's dictated point of view. A Winter War topic would actually be a good idea, I think. We have a few Finnish members here, and it's a just plain interesting war whether you're emotionally attached to the subject or not.

[Mobius]

Sorry, Mobious. I didn't read the last thread. Don't really keep up with forum stuff as much as I... should?

Typical American misspelling. The seventh one so far. The first one on HLP. Congratulations!

This sounds like a really American thread.

Again, it is wrong. What happened in London and Madrid, what was about to happen in Italy and Germany...well, I can't consider it an "American matter".

The point is...that there's nothing to say. We discussed the subject to death. We did it at school, we did it with our friends, we did it with our relatives. There's nothing more to say. I'm discussing the subject in an Italian forum(where I can use my eloquence ), people who continue to think that "everything was planned by Bush" and/or "No airplane hit the Pentagon, it was a missile" make me angry

[achtung]

It's time to get over it.

[Shade]

Besides, it's actually 11/9 tomorrow. Why on earth do you people insist on writing the month before the day anyway? I mean, in this case it could make for some jokes, like "Who do you call if you're in the WTC on 9/11? 9 11!", which is nice, but it's really confusing to the rest of the sane world. But maybe that's on purpose

[PS] Yes. I made a 9/11 joke. It was a bad one, too. Terrible even. But seriously, it's been years. If anyone can take offense at that sorry line after this long, though, then I apologize.

[PPS] The fact that I even felt I had to write the above disclaimer to (hopefully) avoid offending anyone too badly makes me sad. You gotta be able to joke about these things, otherwise the terrorists really win.

[perihelion]

[PPS] The fact that I even felt I had to write the above disclaimer to (hopefully) avoid offending anyone too badly makes me sad. You gotta be able to joke about these things, otherwise the terrorists really win.

I didn't find the joke itself terribly funny, but you do make a good point.

[Grizzly]

This sounds like a really American thread. \

Again, Like I said in the first post, American wasn't the only place wich got bombed. Just want to turn your attention to what is actually happening in the world.

ANd, Why would I create pro-american threads if I am dutch?

[Scuddie]

Failure to care imminent.

[Mobius]

Again, Like I said in the first post, American wasn't the only place wich got bombed. Just want to turn your attention to what is actually happening in the world.

ANd, Why would I create pro-american threads if I am dutch?

As I said, however, there's nothing much to say. We can only discuss about the matrix of those events. Bush or Bin Laden(or both of them)?

[karajorma]

To be honest I think 9/11 should be a day to point out the fact that it's a ****ing national disgrace that six years later no one in America has still figured out what the hell to do with Ground Zero.

If you still can't figure it out by the 10th anniversary I say give up and just rebuild them.

[Hades]

I remember when it happend, I was in first grade; we watched it in horror on TV.
Boy that was a bad day for America.
And kara, I agree, ever since it happend, I was like "Frigging build something there you idiots!".

[Scuddie]

It's still a carcinogenic zone.  The substructure that remains is still unstable.  The powergrid is also still ****ed up.  It's gonna take a damn long time before the mess is cleaned up enough to be able to build over it.

[Mobius]

They are going to build a commemoration structure, aren't they?

[karajorma]

Six years? Come on. You're kidding right?