Put 9/11 Behind Us

September 13, 2008, 3:01 AM

So, there seems to be a movement to 'put 9/11 behind us' by many others, questioning if it's still really necessary for everyone to continue the tradition of the remembrance of 9/11. I just wanted to see what you guys think. Should we or should we not? What's your reasons?

Honestly, I think it's very contradictory to when it first happened because the message in the end is, "We will never forget."

September 13, 2008, 3:07 AM

Nobody will ever forget it, but dwelling on the past will only cause the future to suffer. But to forget the past is to incite it's lessons to be forgot.

The lesson varies form person to person, but basically, the prevention of such a event was horribly fucked. Multiple people knew about it and were either ignored or didn't speak up. Nuff said on that subject.

September 13, 2008, 3:25 AM

That sounds ridiculous, we need to remember history in order to avoid repeating it, although in all futility history tends to be circular anyway.

September 13, 2008, 3:47 AM

I think what we should be asking more so than 'putting it behind us' is why it actually happened. Terrorist attacks don't sporadically occur when a country is completely innocent; they obviously had a reason (logical to them) behind it in order to make a statement. I know it was a horrible occurrence, and a countless number of people died (though it was no excuse to kill so many), but seriously... am I the only one a tad bit concerned about the fact that two commercial jets were flown into the WTC buildings? Not only that, but another one into a field and another into the Pentagon?

Maybe us American citizens should pull our heads out of our asses, wake up and smell the roses. This happened for a reason no matter how unnecessary it was.

September 13, 2008, 4:12 AM

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Maybe us American citizens should pull our heads out of our asses, wake up and smell the roses. This happened for a reason no matter how unnecessary it was.

Yeah, the hijackers were Saudi Arabian university graduates, not some "oppressed arabs" from some hell hole. Saudi Arabia is an incredibly rich country and their people pay almost no taxes and receive free monthly payments from the Saudi government because of all the oil being sold thus mostly living very well off (often more so than the average American citizen). The psychology of the hijackers is more or less complex at best, but we can reason that they fell under a spell "pointlessness" as do many young people who live well off without worries or duties, and after being heavily influenced by their savage backward religion, it's only logical that "becoming heroes through death" brings a kind of romantic purpose.

September 13, 2008, 4:16 AM

"Savage Backward" religion? How so?

September 13, 2008, 4:19 AM

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Originally Posted by aerocrystal

"Savage Backward" religion? How so?

Please read the Quran.

September 13, 2008, 4:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Katsky

Yeah, the hijackers were Saudi Arabian university graduates, not some "oppressed arabs" from some hell hole. Saudi Arabia is an incredibly rich country and their people pay almost no taxes and receive free monthly payments from the Saudi government because of all the oil being sold thus mostly living very well off (often more so than the average American citizen). The psychology of the hijackers is more or less complex at best, but we can reason that they fell under a spell "pointlessness" as do many young people who live well off without worries or duties, and after being heavily influenced by their savage backward religion, it's only logical that "becoming heroes through death" brings a kind of romantic purpose.

All I was saying is that it happened and it happened for a reason, no matter what religion it was advocated under, and we should, instead of forget it, try to understand it so that we may come up with a plan (or several) to prevent it from ever happening again.

**Battle Royale: Profiles** · September 13, 2008, 6:43 AM

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To be on topic:

I'm a bit torn on the topic of 9/11. I admit I was one who was rather intrigued by the conspiracy theories surrounding the attack, so my sympathy level for it is a bit lower than it should be. I can't really say that I believe the conspiracy theories, but the lot of the videos certainly did offer up a lot of interesting information. As for myself, on the recent 9/11, I didn't even realize what it was. When I saw it on tv, I mentioned it to a few co-workers, and they all gave a response of 'oh! I forgot today was 9/11!" I think for some, the event is already being forgot, or, at the very least...it's not as fresh in our minds as it used to be.

I believe any travesty in history should be remembered by it's country, because as mentioned earlier...without remembrance, history repeats itself. Although, in some cases, remembering isn't enough. The issue I have against remembering 9/11 is...with most other holidays or 'days to remember,' it was about some war or some bloody struggle, which ended in some sort of victory. There was no glory, and no victory to be associated with 9/11. It was just a tragedy, and we don't really have any holidays associated with pure tragedies. If we did, we should remember the day the Titanic sank, or remember every terrorist attack on our country. It just seems that it's a poor message...to remember a tragedy for no real purpose.

September 13, 2008, 7:41 AM

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Make your posts longer as well, and please refrain from using sarcasm or rude remarks. You can get your point across without resorting to crude behavior.

Sure, but how was anything I said crude?