that not all of us know someone who is in the military, and a lot of us live on the West coast.
I had a friend who was talking about day to day problems and I thought to myself life really could be worse. It was only a reminder for those who get caught up with their own problems and forget about others. Nothing more.
~CarleeofArizona.com
that not all of us know someone who is in the military, and a lot of us live on the West coast.
I had a friend who was talking about day to day problems and I thought to myself life really could be worse. It was only a reminder for those who get caught up with their own problems and forget about others. Nothing more.
Living in NYC, there is so much local stuff happening that's
related to 9/11 that, for me, it seems odd that people could forget.
They are slowly but surely rebuilding and not a week goes by
where there's not something in the news. Just today, for
instance, there's a story about how the developer of the twin
towers lost a decision in court. He was trying to have the
events declared as two separate incidents for insurance
purposes as opposed to one.
Also, the past few weeks have had the 9/11 hearings on TV for
sometimes the entire day. President Bush and Cheney were
testifying just yesterday.
sorry if I came off as too aggressive. I must have visited the
politics board right before I read your post 
.
fr
Well, i don't need one to remind me either. But i think i see her point because i DON'T live in New York City.
People are complacent. Most of the time it seems we have become a society that only has the attention span of a news blurb.
Yes, time goes on and so must our lives. But there are certain events in life that i feel should never be thought any less of just because time has past. Perhaps this is one of them.
Does it have to a certain day only that we can remember, reflect on the things that happen in our world and try in some small way to honor the people involved? Perhaps the biggest honor is the fact that we can do so any day we like. That we should do that any day we like. But most people don't.
Jeez people- we gotta get over thinking this was a huge deal- A tragedy yes, a watershed perhaps, but not really a dent in our lifestyles, except that we collectively freaked and basically let them win for about a year by changing our lives.
Far better to have the attitude that this was a bug on the windshield and we are unstoppable. Salute the fallen- but don't get all morose about it.
don't let the cumstains get you down
And some others. Not all totally along the same line, but close.
http://www.mshepp.com/911flash.htm
http://www.fdnylodd.com/BloodofHeroes.html
http://www.iamtheflag.com/win/?default
http://www.usaforever.org/PressAPrint/WeSupportU.htm
http://www.fdnylodd.com/index.htm
To all those here who have/do serve in the military in any capacity.
Thank You................Welcome Home
It is inconceivable to me that any American -- indeed, any civilized human being -- would find Carlee's post offensive, unnecessary or redundant.
This attack was not some minor local event blown out of proportion, the repeated retelling of which now grates on our collective nerves. This was an act of war. This was a strike at our nation's moral center. This was an outrage committed by those who so hate the concept of freedom that they have pledged to give their lives to ensure its elimination from our world.
We, who've been so blessed as to live in this country, naturally see the rest of the world through the filter of our own freedom. We forget the society we have here is still the exception rather than the rule. We take for granted the rights and freedoms established for us by the framers, and secured time and again by the blood of our countrymen (and women). We forget these rights and freedoms we see as being natural are denied to the majority of the world's population.
Because of our fundamental belief in the sanctity of life, we find it impossible to understand a culture that not only has no respect for life, but indeed, is violently contemptuous of the lives of any who see the world even slightly different than they.
No, we must NEVER forget. We must never waiver in our resolve to rid the world of this scourge of evil. We must teach our children the meaning, the priceless value and the delicate fragility of freedom. We must instill in them the steadfast determination shown by our forbearers, who pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor in their quest for freedom.
To paraphrase Theodore Roosevelt,
Those who would trade some of their freedoms for greater peace deserve neither freedom nor peace.
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