Disturbing?

Question

I have been reading alot of the posts regarding remembering the victims of 9/11 and I am disturbed by some of th responses. For those of you who respond with malice and hate toward these tributes why are you responding so negatively? I understand that not everyone was affected by the events of 9/11 but why not just pass the post by and let those who want to remember do just that? And do it with peace and reverence for the innocent people who lost their lives that day?

God bless our troops and the victims and families of 9/11!!

no comment Seahaze...HAHAHAHA!!!

and as far as the God bless bits if you believe in God why not ask His blessing?

Answer 1

Those who respond with malice and hatred towards the tributes are doing it to get a response.

You are right in that we should remember ALL of the innocent victims of the attacks, both the dead and those that were left behind by their deaths.

I have an especially soft spot in my hearts for a small group of survivors for whom this day in history will forever taint an otherwise joyful occasion. They were parents who did not go to work in the Twin Towers that day because their child was being born. The joy of that event became inextricably mixed with the inevitable "surviviors guilt" and tragedy of that day.

Answer 2

The posts by Americans here still seem to miss the point and haven't yet stopped to ask themselves WHY they were attacked.

Six years ago today, the US was attacked on their own soil by foreign terrorists. On that day, they joined the rest of the world that had been plagued by terrorists since the seventies. The government of the US had the chance to use the wave of sympathy that this attack generated. They could have lead the world in condemning all terrorism. The whole world would have rallied around the US at that time to support them in a peaceful solution. Remember, some of these terrorist groups that had attacked other countries were funded by people in the US (e.g. the IRA). Some parts of the world are not well disposed to the US due to foreign policy decisions made and exploitation at the hands of American companies.

Instead, the government of the US used the situation to manoeuvre an illegal and ill-advised war in Iraq. Iraq had nothing to do with the attacks on 11th September 2001. Saddam Hussain, while a vile and vicious dictator, had not managed to develop weapons of mass destruction under the regime of sanctions imposed after the 1991 Gulf war. There are plenty of other dictators that the US is quite willing to leave in place.

Afghanistan was different, the Taliban government was sheltering the terrorists that attacked the US and refusing extradition. In response, the US was right to declare war and request aid under article 5 of the NATO agreement.

Answer 3

I distinctly remember where I was and what I was doing when the first plane hit the tower. I work in the aircraft industry...we all thought it was a horrible, horrible accident...a flight gone tremendously wrong. When the second airplane hit, I was standing outside, on a day much like today...it was beautiful, sunny, the prospect of a perfect day. I had just gotten out of my car, and had heard that this wasn't an accident...two planes were flown into the towers...an attack, then.

Like I said, I work in the aircraft industry, and was within a quarter mile of a large airport. As planes landed, but none took off...it was a bit scary. Then, by afternoon, the skies were clear...nothing in the sky.

I was and still am affected by ths event. I didn't lose anyone close to me...but some of our fellow citizens did. I think we should remember, and think of those families that have lost loved ones.

My last comment: I hate it when politicians and others exploit this pain for their own agenda. Grief is deeply personal...and I think it's a shame when we see politicians standing in front of victim families, or fire fighters...or our military....so that they can benefit from it.

Answer 4

I haven't seen any maliscious or hate posts on this topic.

For those who've said that this happens all the time elsewhere, well, not really. That attack was an order of magnitude greater than any other single attack (thousands, rather than hundreds dead).

On the other hand, we have directly caused the murder of more than 200 times as many people as died on that day in one country alone.

Not to mention the deaths in retribution for our destruction of Iraq.

What I have a BIG problem with is the idea that ONLY American lives have any meaning; ONLY American deaths are tragic.

I find that attitude morally disgusting and utterly reprehensible. THAT's what I consider a lack of fellow-feeling (or however one answer put it).

That attack did NOT happen in a vacuum; the world was NOT created 10 minutes before the planes crashed.

U.S. policy throughout the world has been brutal and greedy for a long time now.

And we responded with even more brutality.

As another answer said, we could have rallied the world, who, on that day, grieved for us.

Instead, we became even worse terrorists, and alienated the entire world.

It wasn't Bin Laden who destroyed us; we did it ourselves.

Answer 5

For the rest of the world, the victims of 9/11 are the victims of the brutal fascist dictatorship lead by Pinochet that seized power in Chili on 9/11.
Gal Pinochet succeeded in destroying a democratic regime with the help of the CIA.
Do you think that God can also bless those victims and their family?

Answer 6

I don't know how anyone can claim to be a citiizen of the United States of America and also claim that the events of 9/11 did not personally touch them. 9/11 changed the landscape of America forever. Our feelings of safety and self assurance that something like the events that took place that horrible day would never happen, not in America. So for those that chose to ignore or look upon that day with distaste for America, may your alegiance be sworn to another Nation for you are not by any lose term of the word a True American.

May God continue to protect our troops and bless the families of those that sacraficed so much on 9/11....

HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON......

If you don't agree, give me a thumbs down, believe me that I can take.

Answer 7

Apparently there have been many people not directly involved in the tragedy and the war to follow it. It is sad that things don't bother people unless it was in their own home. Sometimes the best thing to do out of respect is to not say anything, a simple rule most learned as a child.

I have watched friends leave for Iraq and some are still there. . . the families who have lost loved ones and the ones who are dealing with their loved ones still being in this war deserve respect and to be remembered and thought about, imo.

Edit: And, sure things like this happen everyday in other countries, which is another reason why one ought to be thankful if they are in America and that as of right now it isn't happening everyday.

Answer 8

I am a Canadian. Sometimes the horro gets too big to fathom. Schindler's List was B&W, but one little girl victim was in colour, to focus on one single horror.

September 11, 1999 a court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, convicted Canadian journalist Murray Hiebert of contempt for writing that Malaysia was becoming increasingly litigious. He was sentenced to 6 years in prison. I will not forget, even the one injustice!

Each and every life taken on 9-11 was a tragedy of biblical proportions. We will remember!

Answer 9

Unfortunately, some people don't have fellow-feeling or compassion for others. A lot of that stems from them not loving themselves.

This is truly sad! Know this, we are definitely living in the last days of Bible prophecy......In 2 Timothy 3:3, it speaks about the attitudes of most people. "having no natural affection."

To get a fuller understanding, please start at 2Timothy 3:1-9
Peace

Answer 10

No one will ever forget it. My grandparents generation had Pearl Harbor. My grandfather still gets sad.