[Contest] 9/11 museum gift shop

[Jehannum]

It bothers me that the vanes in that are set up so that the planes will go backwards.

 

[fly]

I'm not really phased by 9/11 at all. It doesn't concern me much. I don't view it as unique, or shocking. It was a surprise, and rather incredible in a way, but it didn't scar me. I followed it for about a month and then it got on my nerves. I tend to view it as more of the same, something that has happened inumerable times over the millenia but this time with modern flair in America. A bunch of guys with a malicious agenda were relatively smart and got somewhat lucky. They put a lot of thought and planning into it, and executed it very well. Still, though, it should never have happened. I do think we failed miserably. I also think it will happen again eventually. And again. And again. For as long as there are people on Earth.

I also know that worse things have happened throughout human history, and my attitude is tempered by that. Worse things by a long shot. People have massacred each other in inventive and horrific ways for at least 10,000 years. Blood has saturated every continent on Earth except maybe Antarctica. It won't stop.

American slavery was at least one million times worse than 9/11, but it was cultural and prolonged so it was different somehow. And WE did that, which is awesome to me.

The Nanking massacre defied understanding. Imagine if instead of flying planes into buildings, the 9/11 crews broke into daycares and threw babies at one another, catching those babies on knives or swords while laughing and filming it. Imagine if they went through New York raping and murdering children by the hundred, and challenging each other to kill the most.

Srebrenica was more horrifying.

Just a few of a million examples of worse things that have happened. 9/11 wasn't shocking enough to dominate our sensibilities for a decade, but Americans aren't good at being victims. And we are amazingly short-sighted, self righteous and hypocritical.

Would you feel the same way if your son died tomorrow? There have been worse things after all...

 

[Sarcasmo]

Would you feel the same way if your son died tomorrow? There have been worse things after all...

No, there haven't. Both of my sons are humanity's greatest achievement. Losing them would be snuffing out the sole beacon of hope for our species.

 

[Amstel]

Would you feel the same way if your son died tomorrow? There have been worse things after all...

did 9/11 happen to you? or the nation?

Imho, I think you're making a huge jump.

 

[Domon]

did 9/11 happen to you? or the nation?

Imho, I think you're making a huge jump.

for some of us, it happened to us. With that many people dying, the likelihood of a personal loss is surprisingly high. I bet most people here know someone, however distantly or not, that died.

 

[Wessels]

Good news! I can now buy my ticket on stub hub for 250% retail value.... Also Some dumb fuck is trying to sell some for a thousand bucks ...

 

[APRIL]

Good news! I can now buy my ticket on stub hub for 250% retail value.... Also Some dumb fuck is trying to sell some for a thousand bucks ...

He's doing it because some other dumb fuck will pay for it.

 

[Wessels]

Oh I put this in the wrong thread....

 

[Amstel]

for some of us, it happened to us. With that many people dying, the likelihood of a personal loss is surprisingly high. I bet most people here know someone, however distantly or not, that died.

I get that there's a personal relation, just like there were similar relations historically.

 

[fly]

did 9/11 happen to you? or the nation?

Imho, I think you're making a huge jump.

I think my point was mostly in awe of an American not feeling any emotion tied to that event. Did I lose someone in the towers? No. But I still feel an attachment to it. Dunno

 

[Amstel]

I think my point was mostly in awe of an American not feeling any emotion tied to that event. Did I lose someone in the towers? No. But I still feel an attachment to it. Dunno

I didn't get that he didn't feel emotion. More that he was trying to look at it in a much larger perspective.

 

[august]

I'm not really phased by 9/11 at all. It doesn't concern me much. I don't view it as unique, or shocking. It was a surprise, and rather incredible in a way, but it didn't scar me. I followed it for about a month and then it got on my nerves. I tend to view it as more of the same, something that has happened inumerable times over the millenia but this time with modern flair in America. A bunch of guys with a malicious agenda were relatively smart and got somewhat lucky. They put a lot of thought and planning into it, and executed it very well. Still, though, it should never have happened. I do think we failed miserably. I also think it will happen again eventually. And again. And again. For as long as there are people on Earth.

I also know that worse things have happened throughout human history, and my attitude is tempered by that. Worse things by a long shot. People have massacred each other in inventive and horrific ways for at least 10,000 years. Blood has saturated every continent on Earth except maybe Antarctica. It won't stop.

American slavery was at least one million times worse than 9/11, but it was cultural and prolonged so it was different somehow. And WE did that, which is awesome to me.

The Nanking massacre defied understanding. Imagine if instead of flying planes into buildings, the 9/11 crews broke into daycares and threw babies at one another, catching those babies on knives or swords while laughing and filming it. Imagine if they went through New York raping and murdering children by the hundred, and challenging each other to kill the most.

Srebrenica was more horrifying.

Just a few of a million examples of worse things that have happened. 9/11 wasn't shocking enough to dominate our sensibilities for a decade, but Americans aren't good at being victims. And we are amazingly short-sighted, self righteous and hypocritical.

I don't know. I can understand and respect that opinion, but for me, I can find all of those things horrifying and still have enough horror left for 9/11. it doesn't have to be a suffering Olympics where you try to figure out who's been hurt most or most cruelly.

to be fair, I know most people I know my age couldn't tell you where Srebrenica was on a map, let alone about the genocide there, and it happened in our lifetime, so :/

 

[Casper]

Bosniaks are muslims so we don't care.

 

[fly]

I didn't get that he didn't feel emotion. More that he was trying to look at it in a much larger perspective.

Well, really nothing matters. But that's a bullshit cop out.

 

[my little brony]

No, there haven't. Both of my sons are humanity's greatest achievement. Losing them would be snuffing out the sole beacon of hope for our species.

mmm, sole bacon of hope

 

[123]

So you yanks still lap up that official story?

 

[Applesauce]

I already get viscerally angry when I have to walk past the memorial to get to the PATH station and see people taking selfies like they're at a Justin Bieber show, and people on the street are trying to sell me some book about it, and I still have fucking nightmares about the shit I saw there and I just can't deal. I've gone out of my way and taken different trains specifically to avoid going past it.

fuck anybody who uses tragedy as an opportunity to make a profit.

Tsrh

 

[APRIL]

So you yanks still lap up that official story?

There are so many conspiracy theories going around, I don't know what to believe.

 

[my little brony]

So you yanks still lap up that official story?

they used the same production company that faked the moon landing

 

[123]

There are so many conspiracy theories going around, I don't know what to believe.

Go have a look for yourself. Make up your own mind. You'd think that if this event is as significant as people are making it out to be, that they'd be very interested to know ow exactly what happened. But they aren't. They really don't give a shit.