What happened to them sucks but hey that's life. People die everyday. Why not feel sorry for the millions of people who are alive and can't even get the basic necessities such as food, medicine, and clean drinking water. 9-11 was just another string in the line of religious intolerance. And I don't just blame Muslim extremists, I blame all of you religious zealots. Don't think you're any better Christians...lets not forget about the Crusades. And America is just as terroristic. Lets not forget about the thousands of innocent people who have died in this senseless greed motivated war. So I don't feel sad for anyone today, I feel disgusted by the entire selfish arrogant human species.
2007-09-11 09:16:00 · 58 answers · asked by Moxie! 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I agree and I don't feel sorry for them or their survivors....
...everyday sufferers of tragedy are told to buck up and deal with life but since they happened to be at work, which millions of us do everyday, and they got killed.
What about kids whose parents didn't die but they are still living without them or their love or their support. What makes the survivors of big tragedies so much more deserving.
2007-09-11 09:20:22 · answer #1 · answered by doorofperception13 2 · 1⤊ 10⤋
If you want to, sure. Some folks will probably respond fairly negatively, mind you, but it's your choice.
Yes, you're right, there's thousands who die every day, over 'simple' things like food or water. However, since many people don't have a personal connection to those folks, and there's so many of them, it doesn't have as much as an impact - it stops registering as "tragedy" and starts getting filed under "statistic." (The fact that it's an ongoing issue also lessens the mental impact - it's not a single, 'flashy' incident the mind can latch on to.)
As a New Yorker - and a retired EMT - I'm still going to feel sorry for those folks who died, especially the first responders. (We're a tight-knit community, those guys down in the Big Apple were like distant cousins to us Upstaters.) But that doesn't preclude me from feeling bad about everyone else, as you pointed out.
2007-09-12 08:56:04 · answer #2 · answered by ArcadianStormcrow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have every right to feel any way that you want. I would hope that you would feel a little compassion for the people that lost loved ones on this day.
I personally feel that grief is a private thing and should not be pulled out for the feeding frenzy of the media.
I can sympathize with the families that don't have closure because the bodies of their loved ones where never found. I can't imagine knowing that my family member did not make it out of the tower, but I have no body to bury.
So, little girl, when you become an adult, you might just understand the other person's view and have some
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2007-09-11 09:31:19 · answer #3 · answered by MissUnderstood 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You are fully entitled to your own opinion. Mine is not the same as you describe yours to be (I have a feeling your description is a little exaggerated). As for the validity of your opinion, I take the view that it equally as valid as my own.
My own opinion is that I do not feel sorry for anyone. This is because I feel sorry for people who I consider to be 'beneath' me in some way. That category has never been filled.
As for people who die, my view is that no death is more special than any other, yet ALL are special. Nobody should die at the hands of another human being.
In my opinion, 9/11 is an example of what has become of the human race. I do not put anything down to religion, as I find that there seems to be a perpetual intolerance from many sides. To favour one side over another would be blinding myself to the other, which is essentially the entire basis of all arguments.
((((hugs))))
May peace go with you throughout your life
2007-09-11 10:04:00 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sorry, but the last time I checked radical religious groups in the united states weren't bombing civilians to create social strife within their own countries. America does not support terrorism, though our government does have problems in this war, and has a tragic past involving alignment with dictators and other people who abuse human rights. I can't exactly support Guantanamo Bay, either.
But compared to the atrocities committed by Al Qaeda, the U.S. is gold. Our government provides a legal system with equal rights and treatments (or that is the idea) to all citizens. Jihadists just want everyone to suffer under their idea of a god.
2007-09-11 09:22:32 · answer #5 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
So I don't feel sad for anyone today, I feel disgusted by the entire selfish arrogant human species.
so you not real thrilled with what you have evolved into? so if we are all nothing more than animals as your buddy darwin said, what is the difference between a few thousand people or a few thousand chickens being slaughtered. Nice world you folks have created.
2007-09-11 09:32:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I feel very sorry for you, a person who doesn't comprehend empathy. I really don't think you haters are really much of an improvement over terrorists. Hate is hate, you're just picking different targets. I just love you people who keep bringing up the crusades, its so silly. You forgot the inquisition. I don't know about the rest of us guilty christians, but I certainly wasn't around then. Stalin was an atheist, so are you responsible for his crimes?
2007-09-11 09:21:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Sure, you can feel that way. It's just that that is a good indicator of psychopathy. Really, you don't feel AT ALL bad for them? Not a little? And you don't feel sorry for the people who die from not having access to basic amenities? You either poorly worded your question, or you have some serious issues. Are you ABLE to feel empathy? It's a serious question.
I hate humans too, but I love people.
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main... Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." -Donne
2007-09-11 09:20:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
You are entitled to feel however you want to feel. You are you and no one else. I would think that those who perished on that tragic day six years ago, are sitting wherever they may be wondering why people are feeling sad for them on this same day year after year. I would think that they would want their families to remember them for the lives they lived, and would want their loved ones to continue their lives and make it just as memorable as theirs were, instead of stopping their lives every september 11th. If I were them I wouldn't want someone to sit and cry over something that couldn't be stopped, no matter what anyone says.
But this is just my opinion.
2007-09-11 09:37:38 · answer #9 · answered by Ma'iingan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Compassion is Compassion for all Humans. not being picky of who you want to be compassionate towards.
I mean think what you want BUT there are those day-to-day that would rescue You in a heartbeat. Those that lost their lives to save another deserve the praise they get every year. They did not have to do that ,they could have turned there backs.
2007-09-11 09:27:05 · answer #10 · answered by Bobbie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whatever floats your boat.But I doubt you would be spouting this if you had lost a loved one.I agree that there are many things to mourn over and many things that need to be remembered as I am sure there are many people who agree to that point as well.But that doesn't negate any-ones meaningful mourning of any specific event that has personally touched their lives in some way.Somewhere someone was just killed or raped in Africa.Will you hold a memorial service for them or seek justice for them?
2007-09-11 09:24:56 · answer #11 · answered by Demopublican 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋