unorclan Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Ok well seeing this topic started off with the "no my country doesn't hold any stupid ceremony just for a bunch of people who died forever ago" thing and THAT IS NOT WHAT I WAS ASKING. But anyways, now its turning into the "lets talk about 9/11 and everything associated to it and we'll even talk about terrorist" thing and THAT IS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ORIGINAL QUESTION. Therefore, please LOCK THIS. I'm sure everyone who lives in America and is of a mature age remembers September 11th 2001. Seeing that 9/11 is just a few days away I was wondering if other countries like England remember September 11th as the day the World Trade Center was hit? Almost (probably every single) school in America have some kind of moment of silence on 9/11 and we always remember that day when September 11th rolls around. Do people living in other countries remember it also? Not as in "special way" but when its september 11th do they remember the event that took place that same day 6 years ago? DO NOT START ANY TERRORIST OR POLITIC DISCUSSION HERE AND NO FLAMING!!!!!! Thanks to the amazing talent of Jopie211 for the sig!Finest Fist of Guthix Strategy Guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbfgraphx14 Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 You know, thanks for asking this. I was wondering the same exact thing :-k They probably don't see it as so dramatic, but still a pretty bad day for everyone around the world reguardless. Tbfgraphx14Happy to find I'm not the only one who eats glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger_Warrior Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 We don't do ceremonies. We don't even do them for our own terrorist attacks on the 7th July. Life moves on - the best way to show the terrorists you're still on top is to show them what they've done hasn't made any real effect on our psyche in the slightest`. Nor did we really do any minutes of silence. We remember it as just something in the backs of our heads, but we (or certainly I at least) don't do anything out of our way for it. | Favourite Game Music | Last.fm | HYT Friend Chat Rules | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abelmisi Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 We have a minute silence during the day here in Hungary in school. The papers also write about it. It's a well known date throughout the world, don't worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runescapeloser22 Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 My school (I live in Massachusetts) for the past 2 years has only had like a 2 minute long moment of silence (it feels like forever :lol: ) and then goes on with our normal schedule. But 9/11 is when the new Kanye West album comes out, I just pre-ordered it :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSxqPowerx Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 I remember it, remeber exactly when it happened, and our teacher telling us I live in Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 The event that changed the world is hardly something for your mind to let slip. With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unorclan Posted September 7, 2007 Author Share Posted September 7, 2007 Yeah, like I was wondering if people living in other countries who don't have it anounced on TV or at school do they remember themselves? and i mean just seeing its 9/11 and thinking "thats the day the two towers fell" or whatever. I remember it like yesterday and I was home at the time. It freaked my Mom out and my dad came rushing home...its was crazy. Thanks to the amazing talent of Jopie211 for the sig!Finest Fist of Guthix Strategy Guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger_Warrior Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 The event that changed the world is hardly something for your mind to let slip. But this is the thing I have in the back of my head. I obviously remember Rememberance Day on 11th November, not through any sort of Nationalist pride (I happen to think we did terribly in the war), because of the way in which it did change the world. The destruction of the Nazi State opened the gate for Stalinist Sovietism. The bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki highlighted a new nuclear threat, and a new psychological warfare. The very fact that 60,000,000 people died, 26,000,000 of which being from one country, and the fact it lasted 6 years makes it world changing. Is 5,000 people dying in three coordinated attacks (i.e., not open state warfare), tragic as it obviously was, a world changing event? Sure, we have a new "War on Terror", but is that really world changing? In my opinion, no, it's just another area politicians fight over. It hasn't changed the world anywhere near as drastically as past Historical events such as the collpase of the Roman Empire, the Colonial Age or the World Wars have. I'm not disrespecting or shunning ay that does remember 9/11, I have the upmost respect for you for doing so, but I just question the viewpoint that it should be remembered like the two World Wars. To me, it's like comparing a mountain to a molehill. | Favourite Game Music | Last.fm | HYT Friend Chat Rules | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WutangFlu Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 *yawn* less than 3,000 people died that day? i don't even remember. who cares, thousands more die of starvation or disease alone. Not that I care, the world is well over-populated, I welcome natural selection and "mishaps" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 I don't remember doing anything for it in school the years afterwards, and I live in the US. It definitely isn't all that big of a day now, just another day of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender2516 Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 *yawn* less than 3,000 people died that day? i don't even remember. who cares, thousands more die of starvation or disease alone. Not that I care, the world is well over-populated, I welcome natural selection and "mishaps" I agree. So how can we get rid of idiots like you? :-k ~Defender~ If you love me, send me a PM. 8 - Love me2 - Hate me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warri0r45 Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 As Satenza said, such an event is hardly something you'll ever forget... if you have enough brain cells to make those neural pathways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 I remember that day like it was yesterday. None of our teachers told any of us, so I didn't figure it out until I got home from school. The only hint that I had was when one of my friends yelled, "Bring on WWIII!!" at lunch. I laughed because I was naive. Actually, now that I think about it, I didn't even know what the World Trade Center was before it got knocked down. Anyways, when I got home my mom rushed over and hugged me. Since I had no idea what was going on, I was weirded out.....then I saw the tv. I will never forget that day for the rest of my life. Last.Fm My Bloggy Proud to have served on Tip.it Crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craiglowery Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 At school, we just gave a minute of silence. I think everyone should try to move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainy_Day Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 In England, we never had any Ceremonies relating to it. A year after the London bombings, we had a 2 minute silence in my high school, but the year after it was then discontinued. Still awaiting for Osama to be found though, he needs to be charged with that crime. I'm sure many families want him brought to justice. :o ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)RIP Michaelangelopolous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelem_ryu Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 *yawn* I'm with you at that. People get slaughtered every day all over the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barihawk Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 It's my generation's defining moment. I watched the plane fly into the second tower on live television. My father watched JFK get shot on live television. My grandmother listened to the bombing of Pearl Harbor live over the radio. My great-grandfather spent his childhood during the Civil War. It's an important event, and I hope to God some of you kids don't have to have a defining tragedy for your generation. My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. -Sir Arthur Wellesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelem_ryu Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 It's an important event, and I hope to God some of you kids don't have to have a defining tragedy for your generation. Well... Kurt Cobain blew his head off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_ross0 Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 I remember the day. I was in English class in the 3rd grade..she was teaching us about properly structured sentences (we had quite a few people who couldnt write a proper sentence). The announcements came on and told us we were all leaving school early. We called our parents..the students just talked, we didnt know what was going on. The teacher was crying (I hated the teacher, so I didnt pay attention). I went home. I walked in the house..mom was sobbing a little. I was wondering why we went home early. Dad said that some people flew planes into some new york buildings. I watched the aftermath report. I never got to see the full report until 7th grade. We watched the news report in class..it was recorded. I watched the second tower fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barihawk Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 It's an important event, and I hope to God some of you kids don't have to have a defining tragedy for your generation. Well... Kurt Cobain blew his head off. The only thing that did was lead to a crappy era of rock music. Selfish fool he was. Didn't really change the entire United States, much less the world. My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. -Sir Arthur Wellesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelem_ryu Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 OMG! People get shot, raped, murdered, tortured every day. Not a year passes without thousands get slaughtered because of their race. Parents beat their babies to death, we got soo much traffic that i don't know how many die just because the world is busy place. How many young (and older) people kill themselves, because they can't stand their lives any longer? People drown themselves in narcotics, TV or stupid computer games. Don't get me started with how we treat animals or the environment in general. Why the [bleep] is everybody making such a fuzz about this particular incident?! Are you people [bleep]ing blind? (Sorry for the outburst. I just don't get it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubsa Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 You know, thanks for asking this. I was wondering the same exact thing :-k They probably don't see it as so dramatic, but still a pretty bad day for everyone around the world reguardless. Damn right we do, it was the biggest and worse thing to happen to the world for decades: Bush became a war time president. Run to the smegging hills. This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barihawk Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 The reason the deaths are significant to people other than the families is because of the reasoning behind it. Those people were flat out murdered in the name of the perversion of a religion. In fact, after watching Osama's video today I thought he was insane. Plus the fact that it was the first foreign attack on US soil in 60 years, only 3 of such attacks have happened in our nation's history. Bush became a war time president. Run to the smegging hills. Almost makes you wonder what his term would be like without the war. My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. -Sir Arthur Wellesley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedofsound Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 Bah. I'm going to have to agree with LP on this point. Since I'm not going to be able to skip school that way, I'll do the next best thing. Where a 9/11 truth shirt to school. I'll fight it if they do anything about it. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "(bleep) you" right under your nose. Try it sometime. I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say "Holden Caulfield" on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and then right under that it'll say "(bleep) you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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