tired of 9/11?

Question

who else is tired of hearing about that and katrina ? i kow it's sad people lost loved ones but it's happened so get over it nothing more we can do

I'm not of youth tard I think america need to be patriotic all year or just forget about it

Answer 1

i agree.

I care for the lost and the heros.. But now it's just about selling 9/11.. How many more flags they can sell.. how many more wars can they push... how many more shirts can they sell? How many more movies?

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"You weren't there. I was 2 1/2 blocks away. For those of us who were there, it is still very much in the present. If you don't want to hear about it, turn your tv off."

I'm sure it is. And I'm sorry you had to live through it. But we have the right to speak our minds and if we don't like something.. we're allowed to talk about it. America + Freedom of Speech.. Right?

Answer 2

9/11 and Katrina are very defining moments in recent American history. The life I knew prior to 9/11/01 will never exist again. Today I mourn with those who have lost loved ones in the attacks. I marvel at the stories told by those who were fortunate enough to survive. I'm amazed at the bravery shown by so many. I don't think it's too much to take a day to pause and reflect on what took place on 9/11/01 and to see how far we've come in the past five years.

I would say that the media does tend to go too far with the coverage of 9/11 (i.e spending a couple weeks covering the events, making docudramas, etc.), but I've got the power to change the channel if I so choose.

Answer 3

Well, I must say that some----I mean a lot of you need to turn back the hands of time and wake up wearing someone elses shoes. Try on the shoes of the person who never made it home from either disaster. The question is would you trade shoes with them. They are both disasters. People got out of bed as you do everyday, but the twist is they did not know that a plane was going nto fly into the WTC on 9/11, so be blessed that you are reading this. Many people had warnings to leave New Orleans, but had no way to leave. I remember on TV that cars were flooded, and transit buses were turned sideways by the water....many had no access to leave...so what do you do...go back in the house. Some people had SUV's, or something with 4 tires to leave, These two domestic disasters have impacted this country greatly. Many from New Orleans will never go home, and the little they had is lost forever. Like I began this with...TRADE PLACES, it should never be forgotten, and remenber it could have been you or some loved ones.

Answer 4

I get tired of being drilled over and over if it's done for sensationalism and someone is taking advantage of the story.
If it helps us grow, than it's okay. I'm sure there is some of both going on..

I don't think many of us can ever sense what a horrible tragedy that was that day that took so many off guard. Those that were touched personally and those that were there, hoping you could forget, but will never forget. To erase that horrible pain. It is a great heartache to carry on your shoulders. It's not easy to get over a loved ones or the sadness we feel for those families/friends and fellow country men/women/children who lives will never be the same because of the death/s they endured...and for all the ugliness encountered by those involved.
I would tend to believe they have it etched in their memories, is a great mystery to them, and are still crying and in much anguish.

Answer 5

You never get over the loss of a loved one. You can't compare the attack on the United States on 9/11 to the hurricane Katrina. They are not the same at all, even though people lost their lives. In my opinion, we, as Americans should always remember what happened on 9/11; it could happen again, at any time.

Answer 6

Every year since 9/11 I've wanted to go to a memorial service. And every year since 9/11/02, when there was an official memorial at our city hall, I haven't been able to go to one because there was none in my area. And I live in the capital of Canada. I remember how, when Bush, in his first State of the Union address after 9/11, went out of his way to thank Tony Blair and the UK, but didn't mention Canada at all, many Canadians felt slighted, especially given that the then-US ambassador to Canada had referred to us as one of America's closest friends in a 9/11 memorial ceremony on 9/14/01. After all, if it hadn't been for all those airports in Atlantic Canada, all those US-bound planes wouldn't have had anywhere to land. And now the best people in Canada can do for the fifth anniversary of 9/11 is have one major memorial in Halifax, which most Canadians can't get to, and fly the flags at half-mast everywhere else? I've felt ashamed to be a Canadian under conditions like that. All I've been able to do is go to the Peace Tower and grieve alone, but I feel deprived of the opportunity to grieve as part of a community gathering.

Oh yes, the attacks took place on American soil, but the end titles of the movie "World Trade Center" make the point that the people who died in the attacks came from 87 nations. That truly makes 9/11 a worldwide-felt event. Also, many people in many of those countries have not directly experienced what it's like to be at war. It's one thing to notice all the fighting going on in Afghanistan and Iraq and think, "Oh, all that fighting is happening over there, so I'm safe." When 9/11 came along, it made people think very differently. For the first time for many people, war was happening right in their back yard. And that affected me deeply because I had a girlfriend in Connecticut at the time--the States had sort of become my home away from home--and it was *her* country, *her* people that were being attacked, and by extension mine as well.

Right after the terrorist attacks, Bush made a good point that we should go back to our routines, and it's right that we should, because if we don't, it sends a message to the terrorists that they have, in effect, won. But we must never, ever forget that event or the lessons we learned from it, because if we ever did, another 9/11, or even a natural disaster on a similar scale, could happen some day and we wouldn't be prepared for it.

Answer 7

I can't say I'm tired of hearing about September 11th because it is a very important day. I know that coverage has been a lot, but hearts need to be healed and people don't want to slip into an unconsciousness of the happenings that affected so many people. I'm actually glad to see so much sincerity surrounding the event.

Answer 8

I lost a brother in 9/11 and I lost my home in Katrina. It's easy for people who were not affected by these events to say that they are sick of hearing about it, but it's different when you lived threw the circumstances.

Answer 9

Actually I'm tired of people saying, move on, get on with it. Have some respect. We have a lot to learn from both Sept. 11 and Katrina and with the attitudes shown here in Yahoo Answers it seems we haven't learned much.

Answer 10

9/11. . .Katrina. . . .YOU'RE tired of it so WE should all just get over it ? . . . . Apparantly you have never suffered a devestating loss like the people in Katrina's path or the families/friends of 9/11 victims. Hopefully you never will, but in the meantime, maybe, instead of telling us to just "get over it", you might also offer some advise as to HOW !

What about Memorial Day, . . . . . honoring the men who lost their lives defending this country in wars . . . . .Do you get tired of that one too.

Answer 11

History is important, and this is our history. I don't get tired of hearing about December 7th or the eruption at Mt. Vesuvius and those things happened many years ago, in the case of Pompeii, nearly 2000 years ago. It is important we never forget these things.