9/11 memorial?

That's what I tell my relatives @ funerals, but ppl don't like that idea, don't get it, or just think that when THEY die, they wanna be remembered I guess.

I consider this a very perceptive remark.

Thanks Ordinal, it's just the way I see death personally, and I treat other people's deaths the way I wanna see them act when I kick the bucket myself.

Pay respects, yes last RESPECTS, but they can save the long term depression & trauma if they can help it. If I'm even in any crazy state of awareness after I "pass away" I sure as hell don't feel like watchin a church full of slobberin folks who could be celebratin' my life instead.

It's offensive to many people......and you know it is. You say it anyway......what does that tell people about you?

Umm this will probably stir something i don't wanna stir but...
Isn't there better things to do than mourning the deads? It isn't like they can hear it.

I dunno... celebrate the livings?


All this is doing is fueling up the hate against Muslims.
Every minutes babies are born and peoples die across the globe, there are happy moments and sad moments, and life goes on.

Kyrah, Dakota, Nina -- /me squints at the original post. Jannae made a simple request for information. I don't see anything there requesting a discussion on either politics or the ethics of mourning.

For once, let's pretend this is still Resident Answers.

*points at the Politics forum over on SLU*
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Kyrah, Dakota, Nina -- /me squints at the original post. Jannae made a simple request for information. I don't see anything there requesting a discussion on either politics or the ethics of mourning.

For once, let's pretend this is still Resident Answers.

*points at the Politics forum over on SLU*
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?? i def didnt discuss politics or ethics. rather i indicated that we didnt need yet another discussion.

and dont tempt me with a discussion of slu, where disagreement is met with hostility and bannings.

Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it. Would you suggest that we stop remembering the dead of the Holocaust, the World Wars, and Vietnam, too? Maybe that big wall in Washington, D.C. should be torn down. All it's doing is fueling up the hate against the Vietnamese, right?

Umm this will probably stir something i don't wanna stir but...
Isn't there better things to do than mourning the deads? It isn't like they can hear it.

I dunno... celebrate the livings?


All this is doing is fueling up the hate against Muslims.
Every minutes babies are born and peoples die across the globe, there are happy moments and sad moments, and life goes on.

DAMMIT WOMAN!!! Or man.... Quit thinking my thoughts!!!

While I'm sorry about the loss of "life", I don't hang on to those who passed.

I've had grandparents die on the bed while I sat beside them but didnt totally "freak out" about it. The funnerals were a tear-fest tho.

Life is a Lottery. Every day you may be the Unlucky Winner & have your number come up.

Enjoy Life as you know it. You never know when that unlucky number of yours will come up.

For every five helpful, sympathetic people you may find in these forums, you will find one who simply has to make their point, regardless of whatever offense or harm they may touch off in the process. My best advice to you, Jannae, is to leave this thread and not look back.

Umm this will probably stir something i don't wanna stir but...
Isn't there better things to do than mourning the deads? It isn't like they can hear it.

I dunno... celebrate the livings?


All this is doing is fueling up the hate against Muslims.
Every minutes babies are born and peoples die across the globe, there are happy moments and sad moments, and life goes on.

I'm sorry to hear you have such a sad day ahead Jannae. I can sympathise to an extent in that I did know two people who thankfully escaped physically unscathed from the south tower.

My understanding is that there will be a memorial service at the World Trade Center Memorial (NYC Sim) starting at 8:30 Eastern after which a new installation will be unveiled to commemorate the Firefighters who died.

To an extent it is very sad that grief and mourning on such a personal level is so linked to the political and historical baggage that goes with such an event.

I think however (as an uncivilized european) that there are definite issues to be discussed regarding what happened on that date, the implications and historical reverberations and it's use as a political and economic tool.

As for those that bemoan the dwindling of the US's interest or rememberance of the event (US Today reports that only 6% of americans will formally observe the anniversary), I'd happily pay each of you L$100 who could (without googling) give me the date of and number of casualities inflicted by the attack on Pearl Harbour.

I guess what I'm saying is, that as the pains of personal loss fade (thankfully), so do those of nations.

The important about events such as September the 11th and WWI and WWII is that you must REMEMBER what happened.

If the people who died are not remembered, then obviously the wars and the bravery of those who lost their lives trying to drag survivers out of the towers was a waste of time, and that is basically what you are saying in a nutshell.

I am from the UK, and I am sure Americans who see this topic will be pretty pissy too. We can't NOT remember the fire fighters, paramedics, police officers, and normal civilians who lost their lives just because it may stir hatred against Muslims - only a small minority of people will do this.

The important thing is that we REMEMBER what happened, it is exactly the same with everything.

If a member of your family which you were close to died, you would want to REMEMBER them once in a while, and hope that other people remembered them, right? It is the same with this...

except ppl WILL NOT remember what happened that day.
they will remember what they were told happened.
there is a big difference between the two, and an honest discussion of the matter is quite impossible given american sensitivity on that topic.

thats why i mentioned that we really didnt need another 9/11 thread.