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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Sept 11, 2011 19:24:56 GMT -5
Was in 8th grade and 13 at the time. All my classes from 10pm were rendered meaningless as we gathered around tvs and watched.
The only class that actually taught was my algebra class at the very end of the day. As class was finishing and students were packing up and leaving, the teacher broke away from writing equations on the board and wrote "OSAMA BIN LADEN" on the white board, and didn't say a word. Really powerful, the more I think about it.
I actually wrote my personal story about that day for my creative writing class in my Senior year of university.
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Post by BlueJay on Sept 11, 2011 19:58:55 GMT -5
All respect for everyone who died and for anyone who was involved, but I can't stand the American impression that this event was a cataclysmic event for the whole world. It wasn't, it was an attack on the US.
America is not the be all, and end all. That is all.
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Post by Jessica on Sept 11, 2011 21:35:37 GMT -5
Did you lose someone? No, it was just that life had been really sucky at that time and BOOM, it made it 5x worse with everything collapsing in the US.
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Post by masterplan200 on Sept 12, 2011 0:09:11 GMT -5
in bed, it didn't hit me until the next day (being 18 hours ahead)
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Post by deasy on Sept 12, 2011 8:36:43 GMT -5
All respect for everyone who died and for anyone who was involved, but I can't stand the American impression that this event was a cataclysmic event for the whole world. It wasn't, it was an attack on the US. America is not the be all, and end all. That is all. Any terrorist attack that kills almost 3,000 innocent people in the space of an hour will be felt around the world. Sure the Americans have made a huge deal of it, but so would any other country if it had happened to them. One thing I do remember from the day is some random man being interviewed on the street and saying something along the lines of "We should go bomb the middle east. Destroy them all", and about 5 other around him all agreeing. Do some Americans really have this mentality?
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Post by BlueJay on Sept 12, 2011 18:28:13 GMT -5
All respect for everyone who died and for anyone who was involved, but I can't stand the American impression that this event was a cataclysmic event for the whole world. It wasn't, it was an attack on the US. America is not the be all, and end all. That is all. Any terrorist attack that kills almost 3,000 innocent people in the space of an hour will be felt around the world. Sure the Americans have made a huge deal of it, but so would any other country if it had happened to them. One thing I do remember from the day is some random man being interviewed on the street and saying something along the lines of "We should go bomb the middle east. Destroy them all", and about 5 other around him all agreeing. Do some Americans really have this mentality? It was an unprecedented situation, but the media saturation and dominance of America can lead its importance on a global scale to be exaggerated into imbalance. For instance, similar amounts of people being killed in the Middle East and in the poorer parts of Africa all the time rarely if ever have any news coverage - let alone on a scale to match the September 11 coverage. I also remember seeing interviews from stereotypical redneck Americans (I doubt all Americans are like this, maybe just the south) stating that they should destroy the middle east. In fact, to quote one I remember one was along the lines of; "We should blow a fucking blast crater in the middle east". It's a bit sad really, and even ironic if you told them that most of our car oil and fuels for daily life come from the Middle East
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Post by Rifles on Sept 14, 2011 12:09:18 GMT -5
One thing I do remember from the day is some random man being interviewed on the street and saying something along the lines of "We should go bomb the middle east. Destroy them all", and about 5 other around him all agreeing. Do some Americans really have this mentality? I know this is a serious thread, but I can't help but laugh at this because of the sheer stupidity in the guy's statement. And sadly, YES, there are people that have that mentality. There are plenty of isolationist Americans who think the USA is the entire world and everyone else can fuck off. An overwhelming majority of my family don't have passports and have absolutely no intention of ever getting one because they don't feel the need to explore the world in any capacity. Obviously EVERY American is not like this, but there are plenty, yes. I don't know if this is the same for other countries and it's just more prominent in the US because we're under a microscope all the time. I suppose people from other countries could better answer that. Every country obviously has their good and bad citizens.
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Post by Cast on Sept 14, 2011 12:43:43 GMT -5
I was in 4th grade in a dance class and two janitors came up and said that a plane crashed into the WTC my teacher was quick to dismiss this but a couple minutes later an announcement was made about the second plane hitting the tower and we were sent to our main class rooms then we were sent home. I remember watching the news with my parents and just being in shock. It was probably the first time in my life were I saw genuine panic, shock and despair in people I looked up to such as my teachers and parents.
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Post by masterplan200 on Sept 15, 2011 21:30:51 GMT -5
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Post by NYR on Sept 18, 2011 9:31:46 GMT -5
All respect for everyone who died and for anyone who was involved, but I can't stand the American impression that this event was a cataclysmic event for the whole world. It wasn't, it was an attack on the US. America is not the be all, and end all. That is all. Any terrorist attack that kills almost 3,000 innocent people in the space of an hour will be felt around the world. Sure the Americans have made a huge deal of it, but so would any other country if it had happened to them. One thing I do remember from the day is some random man being interviewed on the street and saying something along the lines of "We should go bomb the middle east. Destroy them all", and about 5 other around him all agreeing. Do some Americans really have this mentality? i know exactly what interview you're talking about. the guy was in times square. his city was just attacked… twice. not even five hours beforehand. thousands of his fellow new yorkers were just murdered. you don't think that in that moment, he would have been hurt and angry? he wouldn't be flashing a fucking peace sign so quickly, you know? if someone went to your neighborhood and set off a bomb in a main part of your town or city, what would be your first reactions that very day? shock, hurt, anger and a need for answers. don't fault that guy for feeling the same way.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Sept 18, 2011 17:24:05 GMT -5
Any terrorist attack that kills almost 3,000 innocent people in the space of an hour will be felt around the world. Sure the Americans have made a huge deal of it, but so would any other country if it had happened to them. One thing I do remember from the day is some random man being interviewed on the street and saying something along the lines of "We should go bomb the middle east. Destroy them all", and about 5 other around him all agreeing. Do some Americans really have this mentality? i know exactly what interview you're talking about. the guy was in times square. his city was just attacked… twice. not even five hours beforehand. thousands of his fellow new yorkers were just murdered. you don't think that in that moment, he would have been hurt and angry? he wouldn't be flashing a fucking peace sign so quickly, you know? if someone went to your neighborhood and set off a bomb in a main part of your town or city, what would be your first reactions that very day? shock, hurt, anger and a need for answers. don't fault that guy for feeling the same way. This. Emotions aren't rational. Simple as.
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Post by gdforever on Sept 21, 2011 0:55:33 GMT -5
It did affect the rest of the world. The world was and is a much different place than it would have been without 9/11.
I'm Canadian and can get as annoyed as anyone about the solipsism of the US. But to deny the impact of 9/11 on the world stage is foolish.
No those thousands of lives didn't matter in the grand scheme of things. But what that event symbolized and the event is set in motion is something the world is still dealing with. Should it be memorialized as it is? No. But it was the most pivotal world event in my lifetime so far.
I was in grade 10. They put the news on in the cafeteria. I heard about it coming out of homeroom third class of the day. Someone in the hall said "America has been attacked" and I didn't believe them until I saw the news feed.
My moms birthday is the 11th and we went for chinese. There was a Chinese family celebrating something and and American family eating. I remember the America woman standing up halfway through dinner and screaming at the Chinese people for daring to be enjoying themselves on a day like that. Tense evening.
But I'll never forget mums birthday.
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Post by BlueJay on Oct 3, 2011 22:40:38 GMT -5
My moms birthday is the 11th and we went for chinese. There was a Chinese family celebrating something and and American family eating. I remember the America woman standing up halfway through dinner and screaming at the Chinese people for daring to be enjoying themselves on a day like that. Tense evening. This is exactly what frustrates me. Americans arrogant attitiudes that because they were attacked, the whole world should weep for them and be completely stoic and supposedly remorseful on September 11 for something that doesn't involve them at all is absurd. That Chinese family has just as much right to celebrate on that day as everyday Americans would on December 13 (the date of the Nankining Massacre), Janurary 23 (Shaanxi Earthquake) or any other significant date where upon untold millions were killed. Dates don't mean much anymore do they??
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