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About This Page: This is a discussion on Politics within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. I get so tired of people calling 9/11 a tragedy.
It started (again) a few weeks ago when I was watching something on HGTV, and the host said something like,
It started (again) a few weeks ago when I was watching something on HGTV, and the host said something like, "after the 9/11 tragedy, their loft was unliveable..."
CNN went at it again this morning remembering the "9/11 tragedy."
What happened on September 11, 2001 was an attack and an unprovoked act of war, not a tragedy.
A tragedy is a car accident, hurricane, fire, illness or some other "natural" occurance that could be chalked up to just incredibly bad luck.
Would anyone call Pearl Harbor, London or Dresden "tragedies?" They were attacks. No other word really describes what happened.
Why does the media (many at least) try to make 9/11 sound like some "unfortunate tragic event" instead of what it really was?
both apply (tragedy and attack) but I believe that the media uses tragedy to divide the attitudes of the general public. Lets face it, back when it was "an attack" a vast majority of Americans were in favor of war. We all know what side of the political fence CNN and the media in general tends to lean on.
Because remembering that day reminds us of our mortality, of how safe we really aren't and sadly,a good portion of our countrymen believe the government either planned it or at least allowed it to happen so that they could justify going into Iraq. They don't care what happened on that day, because for most, it really didn't happen to them. It happened to people far away and they watched it on television. It was almost like a good Michael Bay flick for them. Nobody gives a **** anymore Butch, they really don't.
My wife was a substitute for a sixth grade class today, and as they were observing a moment of silence there were children who were actually making fun of it and joking around. These kids were what... first maybe second graders when it happened, and mommy and daddy don't know how or don't care to educate their children on the matter.
The only way American citizens would give a damn about something like that is if it happened to them, and continued to happen. If we lived in an occupied land, then they'd care. But all they have to do, and all they had to do that day, was turn it off. It was so beautiful that day in San Diego it was almost surreal on September 11th, 2001. There wasn't a sound on base other than the creepy voice over the loudspeakers throughout that kept repeating that all hands must report to their commands immediately, and I could smell the ocean from the flight line. As always there was a slight ocean breeze, not a cloud in the sky... and we all watched the world change forever while awaiting some word as to our next action.
However, to the people who lost loved ones that day, it was a tragedy and will always remain one. Most of us cannot fathom how our world would be turned upside down if it happened to us. You kiss your husband/wife and kids goodbye, head to work, get irritated at traffic on the way there... just a normal work day. Make plans for the weekend, bitch about the spouse and their little quirks, and suddenly that's all gone. Maybe you get the chance to call and say goodbye, maybe you don't. Maybe the spouse is at home watching it all unfold and watches you jump from 1300 feet above the street to your death... maybe the kids see it on t.v.
We've allowed ourselves to become so calloused that there's nothing left in the brain to react to things like this. Especially when we can pay 10 bucks here or 5 bucks there to see the same thing. You can even watch most of the events unfold on the internet for free, to include a lengthy video specifically in remembrance of the jumpers. One scene actually follows a person all the way down to an awning and you see them go right through it. People watch this, yet they're completely detached from it. It holds no merit to them. There's plenty to distract them from remembering these horrific events, and they'll choose it.
We're not the country we once were, and the future looks gloomy at best. Six years ago from the 20th, which was the first day we were allowed off base, I told one of my good friends that all of the flags that were all over the place would be gone by December, and the hero label that civilians so quickly label us with would be gone shortly there after. Sure enough... that's how it went down.
You don't like the movie, you can change the channel or get up and walk out. The Ducks kicking your ass on NHL08, you can turn it off or reset the game. Don't care for the music on the radio, turn the dial.
Attacked?
Isn't that coming out next Friday? We should get together and go see it...
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Last edited by Royal P.I.T.A.; September 11th, 2007 at 04:24 PM.
It started (again) a few weeks ago when I was watching something on HGTV, and the host said something like, "after the 9/11 tragedy, their loft was unliveable..."
CNN went at it again this morning remembering the "9/11 tragedy."
What happened on September 11, 2001 was an attack and an unprovoked act of war, not a tragedy.
A tragedy is a car accident, hurricane, fire, illness or some other "natural" occurance that could be chalked up to just incredibly bad luck.
Would anyone call Pearl Harbor, London or Dresden "tragedies?" They were attacks. No other word really describes what happened.
Why does the media (many at least) try to make 9/11 sound like some "unfortunate tragic event" instead of what it really was?
Another inspired post by Butch19. Now we just gotta wait to hear from Kingsrick.
I get so tired of people (media) calling 9/11 a tragedy... 
PuckMonkey
