Two years later....

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Originally Posted by 88mph

That means the terrorists have already won! :o

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They're still in the White House, arent they.

I'd forgotten. It was a scary day, as my son was only born a couple of months earlier and it was a shame to see exactly what he'd been born into, but... I didn't know anyone there. It's sad that any of it had to happen, not just what happened to us, and I don't like destruction and death happening to anyone. If I don't have a moment of silence for all the innocents we kill, I certainly don't feel the need to do it simply because these folks came from the same country as I.

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Originally Posted by Master of 7s

Americans

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Change that to humans and I'll agree.

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Originally Posted by Master of 7s

News Flash: Americans ALWAYS forget if it doesn't personally affect them. San Francisco 1908 earthquake, Watts Riots, L.A. Riots, Hurricane Edna, and now 9/11.

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I think that's what drove me nuts about the coverage of the event as it happened. Talking head after talking head got up and spouted the same absurd cliches - "the world will never be the same". And I kept thinking, you have to be kidding me! True enough, 6 months later it was barely a topic of conversation. I was almost offended by it - they were just trying to play up the "event" as something to keep you glued to your tv set, rather than offering any genuine thoughts or feelings (ie., something other people hadn't said 15 times before in that hour, using the exact same words).

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People die from malicious terrorist attacks and iron-fisted dictatorships all around this screwed up planet on a daily basis. Get the fuck over it already.

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I think the last two years have been one massive overreaction to the whole event. I know that's hardly a sensitive thing to say, but come on. A couple of city blocks were lost, and now all of Afghanistan and Iraq are smoking ruins, with thousands more innocent lives lost or destroyed. That simply isn't fair, no matter what spin you want to put on it.

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America is nothing special and will fall like every other empire before it.

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All things will come to pass.

But all that said, 9/11 was a tragedy, and its anniversary well worth remembering.

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Originally Posted by DarkCrow676

I don't know about the rest of you, but whenever I see the number 911, whether it is 9:11am or just some random thing on has 911, weeman33 and I always have a good laugh. Sure many people got iced, but many people made it seem like it was the end of the US. God forbid we have one terrorist attack while other countries deal with this shit everyday.. Personaly I couldn't give a damn if no one ever mentioned 911 again. Sorry to sound like such a cold hearted bastard, but thats just the way I feel.

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Considering that NYC is like the flagship of the US cities, it was quite a shock. The US has'nt been attacked on it's shores, since the revolutionary war, unless you consider the Mexican/American war, but that was for a part of the country, that was'nt even a part of the union at the time.


I know this may seem hard to believe, but if you've ever heard, or read about the prophecies of Nostradomas, this event would send shock waves down your body. He did predict a fire from the sky hitting NYC and with it a culmination to a war that would last 20+ years. He also talks about how the war would finally end, with the US and Russia combining to end it. Stupid to the non-beleivers, but still a very interesting read.

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Eh, you don't even live here. Traitor. :)

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Well, I'm from there and serving, Jackass. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by gamevet

I know this may seem hard to believe, but if you've ever heard, or read about the prophecies of Nostradomas, this event would send shock waves down your body. He did predict a fire from the sky hitting NYC and with it a culmination to a war that would last 20+ years. He also talks about how the war would finally end, with the US and Russia combining to end it. Stupid to the non-beleivers, but still a very interesting read.

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The whole Nostradamus thing was really a hoax by a grad student trying to prove how easy it was to write fake Nostradamus prophecies. Ironically, he ended up being more accurate than Nostradamus himself!

Incidentally, said student was from Brock University, named after a Canadian general from the war of 1812 - another time that the US was attacked at home (although they started it that time).

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Originally Posted by gamevet

He also talks about how the war would finally end, with the US and Russia combining to end it.

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Now the US / Russia Vs. China would be freakin' interesting.

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Originally Posted by Matt

The whole Nostradamus thing was really a hoax by a grad student trying to prove how easy it was to write fake Nostradamus prophecies. Ironically, he ended up being more accurate than Nostradamus himself!

Incidentally, said student was from Brock University, named after a Canadian general from the war of 1812 - another time that the US was attacked at home (although they started it that time).

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I don't know anything about the hoax, but the fire from the sky reference came from the movie, "The man who saw tomarrow", filmed in the mid 80's. The movie even talked about great floods and droughts across the planet. Coincidence?

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Originally Posted by gamevet

Coincidense?

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Yes.