(09-11-2024, 05:09 AM)FlyersFan Wrote: I saw a discussion thread on YAHOO yesterday in which people were laughing about 9/11 and talking about 9/11 memes. They actually think it's joke material. The young people on TikTok apparently have zero respect for what happened and the suffering, and they think that people who tell them they are wrong to laugh about it are weird.
I was dismayed and disgusted.
It is disheartening.
But I know that feeling judgmental about those who are ready to laugh and joke about it are not 'exactly' in the wrong. I'm sure there are many things that I find funny, or 'got over' that are just as likely to offend others... I suppose it's a human nature thing.
But it does make me believe that some of these people might suffer another event like 9/11 in their lifetime, and be "surprised" and offended when others aren't as affected as they are.
"Respect".... that is a strange animal in virtual society. Inconstant and unpredictable... and we like to 'pretend' that it has a cost... when it is as simple a thing as 'good will.'
(09-11-2024, 06:05 AM)xpert11 Wrote: Where were you when you found out about 9/11 is a generational question. Anybody old enough to recall that horrific event will never forget their answer to that question. Older generations shared that sentiment and point around Pearl Harbor and JFK's assassination.
Such awful memories aren't comparable to those who lost loved ones on 9/11, but they form a vital part of our collective memories. Eventually, like Pearl Harbor, 9-11 will fade from living memory and is consigned to holding the interest of historians and other people interested in historical events.
It's a hard lesson. (At least for me.)
The disconnect between generations seems like something that would be smoothed out by intergenerational social interaction... but it's squelched... I wonder if that effect is exacerbated by the "social media" mindset? (Not to mention the dishonor and dishonesty of industrial media productions... said to be "fair and true," but in the final analysis, they're not really.)
(09-11-2024, 09:58 AM)Tecate Wrote: I remember being in the middle of unit checks (Ambulance) at the fire hall at shift change, and everyone being called in to the lounge where people were standing around watching the television.
As Canadians, and fellow North Americans we were horrified, shocked and angry. I remember thinking “oh fuck, what have they done…”, not knowing who did it, but knowing that this was going to change our perception of the world and that what would follow would definitely not be for the good.
The fact that the seemingly impenetrable bastion of power of the western world was attacked in such a dramatic and direct manner was unbelievable to me. I always felt that it couldn’t have happened how it was depicted in media and by the talking heads.
I felt sorrow for my brother and sister first responders, the families who lost loved ones and all others affected…
We may never know the truth of the matter, but it was obvious to me that there would be a “Warren Commission” type inquiry that would place blame upon a patsy of sorts, and that some very bad reparations would follow.
I may not have direct skin in the game, but I feel your sentiment…
Tecate
I caught the news when it was still a rumor... the radio jockey said there were reports of some airplane hitting the tower... not specifying which... but that it was not known if it was a smaller private aircraft or 'something else.' By the time I reached my office we knew... and while I was there, the second plane struck... and then we "really" knew.
I can feel my blood pressure rising just recounting the event.
When the Pentagon was struck I had to leave my office to make a few phone calls... thankfully I lost no friends... but sadly they did.
The "Warren Commission" effect was in full swing thereafter... sequestering evidence (then sending it to China,) planting bogus 'evidence,' spewing forth a platoon of know-nothing talking-heads, and vilifying those who theoretically fall into the category "You ain't with us, you're against us." It was a 'project' executed almost as if they had known it was coming... next thing you know we have a new "department" of government... "Homeland Security" - which neither secures the homeland, nor improves any operation anywhere... but there are many new contracts, and government political appointees... an army of them.
I should stop... I'm not helping my emotional state with all this....
