9/11 at the BB house
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Bbwannab

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 11:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I hope the HG are planning something special today.
Last years BB HG painted flags on white t-shirts and flew a flag in the backyard.
I wounder if the HG even know what today is?

Max

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 12:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't think it's even crossing their minds.

Tvduck

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 12:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jun should have remembered it.

Iscreamer1

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 12:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah I was curious to see if Jun spoke about it al all.

Max

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 01:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They came close. Ali said how it was so hot and didn't that seem strange since it was September-something. Jun then said something about yeah and then went on to say she wished BB would have given her pictures of something. <sigh!> for a minute I thought they were on the verge of realizing what day it was.

Sunshyne4u

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 01:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
these people are so self absorbed I wouldnt doubt that BigBrother will have to Remind them. That way they can do some 'patriotic' footage on the TV show. Splice them singing the National Anthem for instance.

Sbeachy

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 01:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Rob mentioned last week that this weeks evictee would probably be flying out on 9/11. Jun replied with there was NO way they could get her on a plane that day, give her a boat and she'd paddle to whereever she had to. After all she is from NYC!
How much you want to bet that BB will use the footage from last night when Ali and Jun sang the National Anthem, and say how the hg's remembered 9/11?
The day is still young for them, and they could still do something to commemerate the day.

Max

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 01:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, they finalystarted talking about it.

Jun isn't participating much (she's eating). Robert talked about the family updates and how he'd like to know how people are doing but they probably won't show any of it except for today. Ali talked about how the phones went out where she was and how, before that, she kept getting calls from someone with updates about the towers collapsing and the Pentagon hit.

Edited to add - Conversation didn't last long. They quickly moved on to talking about movies.

Bomom

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 02:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What a surprise.

Bastable

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 02:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Come on now. Let's not take yet another opportunity to judge the HGs. We have no idea what a person's brain does when they've been in that house for over two months. It's really not fair to pass judgment on them given that they're not exactly in normal circumstances.

Max

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 02:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm not judging, just observing. At least they remembered. For a while, I thought their internal calendars were so outta whack that they didn't even realize what day it was.

Bastable

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 02:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I know you weren't, Max. But there have been other comments and I just had to say that we have to be more understanding of them.

Sunshyne4u

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 07:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
still think that they were 'reminded' in the DR......if it was a spontaneous conversation It probably would have lasted longer.

Steveh

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 07:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
re. the current guests' disregard of 9-11. We have something to compare it with. Check the first post in the thread. And I've seen lots of posts about that bunch being the worst BB group ever.

Jimmer

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 07:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
How much time have we all spent discussing 9/11 today? I have had some sincere deep thoughts about it but not a whole lot of outward discussion with other people. Why should the houseguests be different?

Busydizzle

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 07:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well said, Jimmer. I haven't talked about it with anyone today, personally.

Mygetaway

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 07:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
We've also got to remember that there is no show tomorrow, so any footage of 9/11 stuff wouldn't show until Tuesday.

Max

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 08:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, aside from talking about it a bit in here in a couple of different threads, I had several discussions with people at work about the tragic events of 9/11/01 and how things have progressed (or not) since then. Actually, the discussions started when I watched the A&E special "Seven days in September" last week. I taped the PBS 2-part special about 9/11 tonight and will watch it this weekend. I'm sure it will spark more discussions between me and my co-workers and friends. My flag flew at half-mast today out of respect (along with all flags in the state of Oregon by order of the Governor). I printed out some artwork that folks from the PT Cruiser Club provided to display in my office and on my car in memoriam of the day and the people who died. I cried watching the news coverage of the memorial at Ground Zero today on TV. Gee, I think that about covers it. And I'm not from New York or Pennsylvania like Jun and Ali are. If I were, I think the events would be weighing on me even more than they already are.

But maybe I'm the one who isn't "normal" in this regard. Maybe Ali and Jun, although the tragedy struck essentially in their back yards, are more "normal" for going along as though nothing happened at all. Or, maybe they are just feeling it privately and not wishing to share in the fishbowl that is the BB house. I guess anything's possible.

Wendo

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 09:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And, just to add, maybe some people don't want to talk about it. It's not something some people like to reminice about. It was a devestating day. If the HG's have chosen not to discuss 9/11 then that's their personal choice. It doesn't make them selfish, sefl absorbed, or egotistical.

Thunder

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 09:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree, Wendo. I am not an American and I didn't know anyone directly involved in the attacks, but I was completely traumatized that day and had nightmares for months. It affected me so deeply and still does. Just because I didn't reminisce with other people today doesn't mean I wasn't thinking about it all day long. I would be very upset if someone misinterpreted my silence as indifference. :(

On the other hand, I know one person who is flippant, actually "angry" is a better word, about the anniversary, waving it off and complaining that people should just "get over it." Unbelievable.

It is possible that the HG's are cold fish and aren't upset, but it's also possible that they are too sad to talk about it.

Ryn

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 09:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I honestly didn't think about it in the morning - I watch Nickleodian with my kids - just like I did on 9/11/01 - they made no mention of it then - or now. I found out about the Twin Towers on this site and quickly turned on another TV to see what was up. I was in my car at midnight last night and the radio did remind me then - but mornings are not my best time.

And of course I do recall that day - and thought about it again when on my way to my son's soccer games - because 2 years ago we also had soccer games a couple days after and the silence was bizzare (no planes) - turns out I didn't hear any today either - but then it semed eirie since it had been a day at least since a plane had flown.

When I was driving to work this AM I saw a flag at half staff and thought the Govenor had died (Indiana's Govenor had a stroke this week).

Then I realized, as I flipped on the radio for news what day it was.

I was not watchign BB closely last year when Amy/Jason/Lisa & Danielle did heir 9/11 stuff. Although I do recall they raised a flag in the yard - didn't they? BB must have provided them with that - and the white t-shirts they decorated. Did BB do any of that for this years HGs? Nope - they gave them the stepping stones to work on.

You can bet if BB had given them something else to do (related to 9/11) they would have done it in a heartbeat - if for no other reason than they are bored silly now.

Woodpecke®

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 09:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think the media told us all day about it. The houseguests were lucky. They were allowed to reflect quietly without making a big spectacle. I'll never forget 9/11. Neither have they. Nobody will. Nobody should.

Bohawkins

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 10:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If we stopped to intensely remember all of the tragedies which have affected this nation we would always be in mourning. Coming up in a just a few days is September 17, the anniversary of the battle at Antietam, Maryland. American casualties in that battle, which suffered the most losses ever on American soil included 3,650 killed, 17,300 wounded and 1,770 missing or captured.

May 23 is the anniversary of the Battle at Anzio in Italy. Over a period of about a week there were 42,000 American casualties in that one battle, a tragedy unequalled by any other single event in US history.

Maybe some will want to pause and think about those horrible circumstances, but neither one will affect me on those days. I don't think it is mentally healthy to become preoccupied with these events or likewise, Sept 11. Those tragedies, like Sept 11, happened and we have learned from them and made adjustments, but we don't profit by becoming a nation of mourners.

Sept 11 should be respected and memorialized exactly the way we have done with those other events, putting such losses in their proper perspective, but going on with a positive spirit as is described in the Longfellow quote, letting "the dead past bury its dead." This media induced encouragement of perpetual mourning is detrimental to the collective energy of the nation.

Sbeachy

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 11:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bo- you said it the best. Thank You!
Sandi

Pagal

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 03:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well said Bohawkins.