REMEMBER September 11, 2001 - TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF 9/11

[boutons_deux]

WTC was pinprick economically, not even Manhattan was hurt that much, never mind the entire economy and country.

The American erroneous reaction and over-reaction has been extremely expensive in lives, liberty, privacy, money, and will continue to be for decades. Now they're gonna xray pregnant mothers and children. OBL is laughing his ass off. He suckered America worse than the VRWC, BecKKK, etc sucker red-state bubbas and tea baggers.

[MannyIsGod]

I'd dispute that.

How a government reacted to thousands of murder is related to the individuals who lost their lives for no reason that day, but that subsequent decision doesn't change the heroism of those who helped save lives on 9/11 and it doesn't change the tragedy of the lives that weren't saved that day.

Personally, I believe separating them to make us feel a bit better on this day is a disservice. The truth is that the memory of those people we seek to honor on this day is now invoked far too often for political gain and was invoked to start those wars.

When Condi Rice spoke of mushroom clouds she wanted the images of 9/11 to appear for people and she wanted people to remember in order to get the political outcome and pressure that administration sought. Today the GOP uses 9/11 as a threat and a political chip.

I can't get sentimental on 9/11 any longer. That sentimentality is used by our politicians to lead us down horrible paths. When I hear or read the words "never forget" I feel patronized beyond belief : Is it so POSSIBLE for me to block the greatest event of my lifetime to this date that other supposedly more patriotic members of my country feel the need to remind me? I feel as though I'm just being asked to be part of the rabble rousing and I feel the memory of those lost being used so cheaply.

Maybe for others its possible to memorialize on that day, but for me its not. The past 10 years have made sure of that.