The Post Your Thoughts of the Moment Thread 2

[Yug_Guy]

For anyone looking for something somber on 9/11:

Never forget.

[Altissimo]

At the risk of sounding like a complete tool, I think the entire country stopping to give remembrance on the day every year is giving the terrorists exactly what they want. A(n ex-)friend of mine suggested we erect a giant middle finger on the site, that would be the best thing

[blueflower999]

Um...?

I mean should we forget about the Holocaust and Joseph Stalin and Mao Ze Dong too

[Altissimo]

Nah, intentional terrorism is a lil different

[Pianist Da Sootopolis]

All of those, along with 9/11 are intentional terrorism.

[blueflower999]

Great tragedies of humanity should always be remembered. Not just to honor the brave but also as a reminder of what human nature is capable of.

[Altissimo]

I don't disagree with that I just disagree with the amount of attention

and Pianist Da Sootopolis I would say that what Hitler and Mao and Stalin did is not "terrorism" in a strict sense

[blueflower999]

"ter·ror·ism
ˈterəˌrizəm

noun
the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims."

Sounds pretty good to me

[Altissimo]

fair i guess

[SlowPokemon]

Not "I guess." It's an important part of American history and we should NOT ignore it, even if that's "just what the terrorists wanted." It was devastating to our country at the time.

[Altissimo]

i'm not saying we should ignore it jesus

[SuperFireKirby]

I've always wondered how long it will be before they stop reading the names of everyone who died at Ground Zero at the ceremony.

[SlowPokemon]

I've always wondered how long it will be before they stop reading the names of everyone who died at Ground Zero at the ceremony.

That is an interesting thought

[FireArrow]

I remember my chemistry teacher complaining about how the only horrible event we know about is 9/11. Remember the Oklahoma City Bombing? Probably not.

[Ruto]

Unless you count people shooting each other in schools and theatres, the US doesn't seem to have a ton of large scale horrible events, such as events where cities were destroyed or refugee crises. Even Europe had two world wars, several plagues, etc, etc. I guess having those events happen to you make you work hard to prevent them.

It explains why the US doesn't work hard enough to prevent a lot of things from happening >_>