You should be sick.

Post #267,193 by bionerd 9/11/06 11:12:55 AM Reply	You should be sick. The events of 9/11 were sickening. The work I had to do in the months following 9/11 was sickening. It is my duty and obligation to remember. I owe it to the people who died, and it's a small price to pay.
Post #267,223 by jbrabeck 9/11/06 3:21:44 PM Reply	Why? Why is it your "duty and obligation" to remember? I know it happened. But not to anyone I know personally. I do have a friend who lost a parent. Today also happens to be my father-in-law's birthday. I also won't bother watching any of the political theatrics today, nor the made-for-tv movies. A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. (Herm Albright)
Post #267,236 by bionerd 9/11/06 4:31:41 PM Reply	I guess because All those people were killed just because they went to work that day. They werent soldiers. They werent fighting any war. They said goodbye to their families just like we all do everyday, went to work, and died a terrifying death. It could've been any of us in those offices or on those planes that day. They died. We lived. I counseled hundreds of people in the following weeks and months. I heard story after story from people who escaped the buildings and watched bodies fall. I helped people connect with family members they thought had died. I listened to flight attendants and pilots agonize about going back to their jobs. Maybe it's survivors guilt. So many suffered greatly while the impact on my life was minimal. I dont know. But I need to remember.
Post #267,238 by bionerd 9/11/06 4:36:28 PM Reply	And- my task at work today was to revise our Aviation Disaster Manual. The sections on the morgue, identifying remains, and death notifications were really hard to get through. I hate my job today.
Post #267,264 by xtensive 9/11/06 9:56:02 PM Reply	Do you have the same feeling ... of sickness on behalf of the Iraqi's dying daily? (Honest question, not accusation). mX. "I'm man enough to tell you that I can't put my finger on exactly what my philosophy is now, but I'm flexible." -- Malcolm X
Post #267,267 by bepatient 9/11/06 10:25:40 PM 9/12/06 10:55:07 AM Reply	Victims of the random attacks are tragic but they aren't getting 2900 of them at a time. So there is, at least, a slight difference. What I find more tragic is that in Iraq, the terrorist/insurgent attacks are killing there own...with very little "point"...so for some that could be considered even more tragic. Edit: Point to above paragraph is also echoed in Malegaon blasts in India. The anger/bitterness I attach to cowards who decide to blow people up while mourning and/or at their place of worship is just as present while reading those stories. Again, not as powerful as the WTC because of personal stakes...but still there. And at least one point of our current regime does carry some validity. Look at [link\|http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=72279\|these acts]. This is the new enemy. Find a crowd of civilians and blow them up. Don't tell anyone why or offer an acceptable middle ground. They don't agree with my reading of war and peace...so they (and their children) deserve to die. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew} Edited by bepatient Sept. 12, 2006, 10:55:07 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #267,294 by bionerd 9/12/06 10:37:06 AM Reply	Yes, but to a lesser degree because I am more removed from them. Havent talked to any of them. Havent seen where they live. I dont identify with them as much. But it still sickens me to hear about innocent people dying because of someone elses agenda. If I was born there instead of here my reality would walk the path of the people living in Iraq today. So yeah. I have sympathy. There but for the grace of God go I.

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