Disgusted with September 11 hype
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Whowhere | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 09:04 am     I agree Azriel and I'm happy we're all coming out of the woodwork - so to speak. I usually try not to get myself so angry and it's my own fault. I'm the one who subjects myself to threads entitled "Bush Must Stop" and this one. I should just adopt the 'move right along, nothing to see here' attitude, but I can't. No one has the perfect solution to our dilemma. We are not living in a perfect world. Oh, and you are very welcome. I think that poem is something we can all agree on and it's very comforting for me to know that. |
Azriel | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 09:25 am     Whowhere, I just looked at your profile. I love your personal quote, 'The world is divided into people who think they are right' LOL! SO TRUE! And wow at that pic, you are beautiful! |
Twiggyish | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 09:35 am     Yup! I think so, too. In this case, we each know in which group we belong. =) |
Faerygdds | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 09:43 am     Twiggy. that's not true... I'm not a Democrat or a Republican.. I just follow my heart and let reason and history guide me. I'm just here to make sure everyone always looks at the other side of the issue... I'm self appointed devil's advocate (so to speak)... I figure if I make you just think about it a little more, then I've don'e my job! Unfortunatly many ppl get VERY angry and me and call me bad things... but that's ok... it comes with the job! Oh... check it out... FaeryGdds's Yahoo Tribute Page |
Twiggyish | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 09:55 am     Maybe tomorrow. I don't want to think about it today. I compare it the day my dad died, did I choose the day of his death to curse the Dr's and blame the nurses? Did I make sure everyone else that day also felt the same? No, on that day, I grieved. There are other days to feel the anger. (jmo) |
Whowhere | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 10:11 am     Thanks Azriel!! <blushing> What a sweet thing to say. That quote is virtually ingenious (I thought) and whoever wrote it remains anonymous. I can see where everyone is coming from and I respect your views on this issue. I bounce back and forth between sadness and anger. Thank you all for your posts - even if I get angry - it opens my mind. |
Faerygdds | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 10:14 am     If anyone else makes a tribute page... please post the link here.. I would love to see them Who... I'm the same way...One moment I am crying, the next I am angry, then I just sit here shaking my head at the TV... At least we have a place to share our feelings and get it all out... I was here a year ago as the towers fell... it's good to be here a year later. This is a great place to share! |
Twiggyish | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 10:27 am     I was here, too. We all cried together that day. |
Whowhere | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 10:32 am     Remember how frustrated we were that the BB folks didn't know anything?? Oh that was terrible knowing everything that was happening and watching people who didn't have a clue. |
Ocean_Islands | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 11:43 am     I was here when the towers fell; in fact, Twiggyish, I think you gave me the news that the tower fell and then the other one, and I couldn't believe what I was reading. Right after that I rushed out of my office building here in Boston and went home, along with everybody else (the financial district was shut down). |
Oregonfire | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 12:46 pm     I did notice on CBS that Dan Rather very apruptly cut off a guest correspondent who started talking about "the Phoenix memo" and other instances the the goverment/FBI ignoring warning signs. Guess criticism of the government is not allowed today. |
Jewels | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 01:25 pm     I was here last year too for most of the day, it was the first and only time I have ever been in chat, and what a comfort it was! It seems like everyone I talked to in my "real life" that day wasn't affected by what was going on and it really disturbed me, I came here and found support and people in a state of shock like I was and it was very comforting to know that I was not alone. When my husband came home from work I told him that if anything ever happened like that again, I really needed him to come home and he agreed, he didn't like spending the day away from me either. I didn't expect to feel the sad emotion that I am feeling today. I thought I was "over it" in a sense. I have only seen a few minutes of tv today, but all the emotion I felt last year has rushed back in those brief glimpses. I heard "God Bless America" and lost it. It's strange because I wasn't expeciting it at all. Anyone else going through that? |
Oregonfire | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 01:30 pm     Me too, Jewels. A year feels so short today. Maybe we all have to get on with our lives every other day, but today it's okay to take a long pause and feel the impact, which is still enormous. |
Faerygdds | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 01:31 pm     I think what affects me the most is to see how raw many ppl still are a year later. I see the stories of love ones lost through tragedy and heroism. I see their families cry... and I can't help but feel their pain. I want to just reach through the TV and hug them!!! |
Weinermr | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 01:34 pm     Jewels, I feel the same. I knew that this would be an emotional day, but both yesterday and today I've felt more uneasy and sad than I expected to feel. I knew I was not "over" 9/11, but the feelings have come back much more strongly than I expected. I think this is how alot of people are reacting. Some of it is attributable to the media onslaught, but alot of it simply has to do with how profoundly the events of 9/11 impacted us. |
Faerygdds | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 01:39 pm     I don't think we will ever truly "get over it". I know many people who were alive during Pearl Harbor... they have never gotten over it... same with those who lost ppl in Vietnam, etc. I don't think you ever really get over it, but I do think it will get easier in time. Hopefully, we, as a community, can continue to support each other to help us through these days when we remember the loss, feel the sadness, and need to grieve once again. I think anyone who's ever lost a loved one knows what I mean... for example.. I lost my Grandfather 8 years ago... most days I am fine, but some days I remember him and a fresh flood of tears come rushing to the surface... testimony that time can help us deal, but it will never be "OK"... |
Babyruth | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 01:48 pm     Yeah, me too. Today has been more of a rollercoaster than I expected. I keep going back and forth from anger to sadness and back again. And I thought I had my feelings under control-- haha. I need to go take my blissfully ignorant, cheerful dog for a walk in the woods. That's my best place to cry it all out and get my spirit renewed. |
Jewels | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 01:53 pm     I hope I didn't come across as crass by saying I thought I was "over it"...I just didn't think it would affect me this way. It seems like I have spent my day remembering what I did last year on the 11th and the few days following.... I remember the shock and disbelief I felt...the Towers fell? How is that possible? I remember being glued to my television and computer, I needed to know everything there was to know...and I remember saying over and over "What in the h*ll is going on?" I remember on the 12th going out and buying flags. I bought everything one store had and gave them out to my neighbors and friends, and I remember thinking, "Why don't I own a flag already?" I felt guilty. I remember being out on the 12th...the skies were quiet and all of the sudden two army jets went flying by....I couldn't get home fast enough. I was scared to death. I remember making a plan with my husband on what to do if the terrorists bombed the dams on the Columbia River. How long would be have to get to safe ground? Where would we go? I had never thought about it before and now I have a plan for something that seems so unthinkable. Crazy. Anyway, thanks for letting me vent and letting me know I am not alone! You guys are the best! |
Car54 | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 03:51 pm     I am so grateful for those of you who posted in this thread. Not one person I have encountered today has even commented on what day it was, and I have felt sick and sad for days now, knowing this day was coming. Just to comment on those of you who feel you are more conservative politically who feel there have been negative posts. Last year in the fall when all this was new, if anyone posted any opinions that were less than 100% gung ho about our leaders or government (I am talking about even questioning what had happened and what they were doing) there was a torrent of angry posting. There are a handful of posters (mostly OI) who kept bringing the issues up and opening discussion, but I have to tell you, for a long year, it was a pretty scary place to post if you did not agree with the party line. The recent threads regarding the possibility of war are the first time I can remember where any significant number of us who may question or disagree have ventured out to post. I was grateful to see that there were some others who are as concerned and fearful as I am of what is coming. I want to thank everyone here, and tell you how much I appreciate how civil and respectful you have been. |
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