The only time we as a country can seem to stand together is when something terrible, like 9/11, happens. and that only lasts a year or so and then it is back to normal. Do people forget, or do we just need something like that to happen to remind us who we really are and what this nation is suppose to stand for?
2006-09-06 08:17:04 · 12 answers · asked by yetti 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It's like family . You might not like what uncle Norm does and talk about him to your sister , how you don't want to be around him . But just let a stranger talk about him the same way and the whole family comes together to help Uncle Norm . Right !
Actually , we haven't stood together since WWII , when we all had to sacrifice for the War effort . That was our greatest Generation . We have not been asked to do so this time and we have been cheated , to come together again .
So no body thinks about the fighting and goes on with their lives .
We don't even see the dead coming home , It might upset us , well it damn sure should upset us . Anytime an Americana's life is lost in battle or because our Nation was attract and the Commander in Chief asks a soldier to fight for his country , we should morn them all , every day til they come home .
That's the way Americans are about our country . All for one and
one for all .
Are you doing your part for your America
2006-09-06 08:31:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because this nation is made up of self centered, stupid, morons whose idea of "future planning" is whats on TV tonight.
America also has a sever case of collective ADD.
They want an end to everything at a certain time. Americans think that the real world is just like TV, where at the end of the show, the bad guy gets caught and everybody live happily ever after. Fools and troglodites all.
2006-09-06 08:25:27 · answer #2 · answered by machine_head_327 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because during times of national tragedy people are so emotionally distraught they are willing to believe anything. It's a typical move in the ongoing campaign of fear our nation has employed since the cold war.
2006-09-06 08:31:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah I'm afraid we need something to happen so that a lot of the peoples here in the u.s. would start caring more about what going on here .we have become to passive and lazy .our days are number for another 9/11 or bigger .
2006-09-06 08:23:24 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yah. I like how after 9/11 there were calls to close the schools and lock up anyone who disagreed with nuking everyone who might have caused it. That's fascism, Ace, not standing together.
2006-09-06 08:20:51 · answer #5 · answered by Hate Boy! 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
People are too consumed with their empty shallow consumer driven lives to care other wise. Its hard enough to deal with your own **** to care about others sadly enough. 9-11 needs to stop being invoked as a rallying cry for the kool aid drinkers.
2006-09-06 08:24:21 · answer #6 · answered by stephaniemariewalksonwater 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
People get wrapped up in their own lives. I know I am overwhelmed with work, kids, school, bills, etc. Sometimes I don't think about anything else. But I still care.
2006-09-06 08:24:34 · answer #7 · answered by TigerLilly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We didn't stand together in 9/11. Just more people stood closer, because everyone was focused on the same enemy.
2006-09-06 08:19:11 · answer #8 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
b/c it's a tragedy and that's the time people realize how weak they are and they need the emotional and physical support. sadly people get to be too egotistical during other times to care.
2006-09-06 08:20:01 · answer #9 · answered by loretta 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to what's "taught" in this country's schools and what the huggy-wuggy crowd so fervently believes in, "standing together" is highly-overrated.
In fact, "standing together" is functionally a non-issue. Really.
2006-09-06 08:19:41 · answer #10 · answered by Walter Ridgeley 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋