Sept 11th One Year later...

[Rich]

Ironplant, basically what you came off as saying to me was : I don't think it was wrong that the people in WTC died because the minimum wage in the US is 5.50 by law.

Re: Iraq, I definatly thing we should invade them..as long as there is more than enough evidence to support the fact that they are planning anything against us. Why not get them before they get us rather than letting them hit us first. Is there any logic to the latter? Either way, we will be hated by other countries for attacking Iraq, so there\'s no avoiding that.

About everyone who is devoid of compassion for human life because of the country in which they live.. WTF? You want us to die because we live in a country where we don\'t make rules, but rather corrupt political leaders?

[Stone]

Originally posted by EThugg
Because the fine staff here aren't Nazi's... like you apparently are....

I wish people like you understood what the Nazis were actually about: This hah-hah, reason-over-humanity coldness you're exhibiting is about as close to Nazism as most people can get on a daily basis. Kicking you off a board because you're a jackass that makes the place less interesting for other people doesn't have anything to do with Nazism.

It's not like it really matters, anyways - considering your post count, this message board is probably the centerpiece of your stupid, worthless life, which means you're probably too lazy to do anything with your nazi-like philosophy. You're irrelevant.

[EThugg]

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[Stone]

Oh, about Sept. 11 - I spent a lot of time in the library and with my girlfriend in the days following the event, just reading. Went to a museum. I think I'll probably end up doing the same tonight.

Thinking about Flight 93 (the people that overtook the plane from the hijackers) still just flattens me, emotionally. Even during our country's (and our species') worst days, things like this happen that redeem us almost immediately. Ah, I can't even think of it now, it, I dunno, I think memories of the stories about the event will always probably be a source of confidence and hope to me.

I can't think of many other instances where man's capacity for humanity has been drawn so boldly and so brilliantly in contrast to its surroundings.

[Fe 26]

Originally posted by Rich
Ironplant, basically what you came off as saying to me was : I don't think it was wrong that the people in WTC died because the minimum wage in the US is 5.50 by law.

Re: Iraq, I defiantly thing we should invade them..as long as there is more than enough evidence to support the fact that they are planning anything against us. Why not get them before they get us rather than letting them hit us first. Is there any logic to the latter? Either way, we will be hated by other countries for attacking Iraq, so there\'s no avoiding that.

About everyone who is devoid of compassion for human life because of the country in which they live.. WTF? You want us to die because we live in a country where we don\'t make rules, but rather corrupt political leaders?

That is not what I said at all. My basic point was that the shitty way our government and people have reacted to what has happened has made me numb to the situation. It was something horrible and our Gov is not doing all that it can do prevent this from happening again, and the American people by majority seem to be trying do something cute and fluffy like put little flags on their car and have flag bath towels instead of doing anything meaningful. The comment about the 5.50 was a example of things our government does that makes the world think that all Americans are self righteous aristocrats that think they are the only ones worth anything in the world. How can you justify going to another nation and treating people worse than you treat your own people just to make a buck? How is that person suppose to look at that?

Also someone commented that they thought I was saying our government should not have reacted violently. What I said was that we as a nation should not just being reacting forcefully but politically. Aggression only keeps this sort of crap going, using good politics with aggression brings this sort of stuff to a end. A good a example would be the way we dealt with the end of WW, and then the way we dealt with WW2. Everyone wanted revenge on those who started it and in just a little while they had another war. After WW2 we helped those we defeated and we haven't had another military conflict with those nations.

We should change these policies that make the american people seem like people worth killing, because in truth they are not. If we don't look like a monster to be destroyed, then there will be less people who want to do so. These people all over the world only have how our government acts to show them what America is like. Its not that unnatural for them to assume that we are all like the few bad examples they do see.

And talking about Iraq, I really don't care if they go to war with them. The US should be going around trying to eliminate dictators and try to uplift people. I do wish Bush would quit blowing smoke up our asses and trying to connect it to terrorism. Just be honest, "we are going to kill him because he is bad and mean" that's all I want.

[innova]

Well i was stuck in class and they did not tell us shit until the end of the day.(BTW i go to the same skool as jay did). Called my dad he could not even make it to work.

And the reason Ethugg is still here, i dunno, most of the time he is funny.

[EThugg]

Thank you... *bows*


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[Rich]

Hmm, I'm actually surprised about the way the news programs have been with their coverage of the day's events. I've been watching NBC for a few hours now, and I've yet to see the towers fall once, which is something I'm glad about.

And another note, how can you say the govt. isn't doing the best it can to it's abilities to prevent this from happening again? They certainly are, whether or not they'r doing it right is certainly up for debate, but they definatly are. And putting an american flag in their car is meant for nothing but just to prove that they remember and do have sympathy towards the victims. At least that's how I interpret it.

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Yeah Ethugg is the funniest poster around . Thats why he's here.

[Jay]

Well, I checked out the 9/11 exhibit today at the Smithsonian museum. Absolutely shocking stuff. They had beams from the WTC, doors fire engines, press passes and a camera from a victim, and other such things. There was also a newsreel room with clips of news coverage of the attacks.