9/11 Terrorist Attacks - 8th Anniversary [Archive]

BloodyValentine217

09-10-2009, 09:42 PM

One of the most tragic days in American history.

For those who don't know, 9/11 was an Al'Qaeda terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Another plane had crashed into the Pentagon, and the foruth crashed into a field.

The death toll was 3,017 including 24 presumed dead and 19 hijackers.

To be honest, i never heard about the attack until a year afterward, since i was only 5 years old at the time of the attack, though we will never forget those lost on this day.

game-bot

09-10-2009, 09:52 PM

It honestly isn't worth bringing this up year after year, in the spirit of "remembrance". Perhaps I'd feel different if this event affected me at all.

poguemahon

09-10-2009, 09:54 PM

I am more familiar with 9/11/01 as the day I had my first run in with a Peta magazine. It made me scream, cry, and not sleep for a week. Of course, a family friend was stuck with a band's tourbus just off of Manhattan Island, with the band on the island. They made it away alright, I'm sure. Fun stuff.

swatdude

09-10-2009, 09:56 PM

It's a sad day indeed. Those people should be remembered, civilians to firefighters to soldiers. However, we need to move on, this is a bit in the past.

poguemahon

09-10-2009, 10:20 PM

I thought that a week after the event... People just don't understand.

Dragon

09-10-2009, 10:27 PM

Guerilla

09-10-2009, 10:33 PM

8 years later....

I don't see people giving a moment of silence on D-Day. Thousands of American, Canadian, and British troops (Among others, no doubt) stormed the beaches to protect the world we all live in now (This nice non-concentration camp filled one).

Amen

wittlebaby

09-10-2009, 10:41 PM

Well, one of my teacher's godfather's and uncles was involved in this. They both died... His dad has never gone back to that place since the crash. So, sad day indeed, I remember getting home from school, then I think I went to Costco or something... we went to Cold Stone Creamery, and never have gone back... I was sorta having a bad day, the news was on, I was sitting on a brown rug when I saw the second plane swoop in and crash into the building.

cadaver999

09-10-2009, 11:27 PM

Moment of silence.

np v2.0

09-11-2009, 12:52 AM

i am drunk as ####, why the #### this this in my history

DarkReality

09-11-2009, 04:27 AM

Lovely post :)

You know more people die on a daily basis than in those attacks? The way you've been brainwashed to revere that moment is ridiculous. Where is the moment of silence for the Pearl Harbor victims? For the soldiers that gave their lives on D-Day? For the people that die because of alcohol related vehicle accidents? The people killed by cancer? Or the people who are outright murdered by others enjoying your second ammendment? But noooo, the moment terrorists are involved it's the end of the world.

Ridiculous.

Tanktunker

09-11-2009, 04:39 AM

http://www.iraqbodycount.org/

Doug05257

09-11-2009, 05:25 AM

Ah, yet another 9/11 topic in which someone mentions it for post count, someone else tries to remember those who died, someone else throws in an anecdote about someone they knew who was involved, someone else goes all emotional and brings up everything that's wrong with the world in an attempt to minimalize it, and then I start #####ing. Seems like it's every stinking year.

Chicken13312

09-11-2009, 05:32 AM

I don't see people giving a moment of silence on D-Day. Thousands of American, Canadian, and British troops (Among others, no doubt) stormed the beaches to protect the world we all live in now (This nice non-concentration camp filled one).

People died on September 11th, just like every day. It was a horrible death and a very sad day but I've been long past the point in which I cared about their deaths anymore then I do about the other people who are dying every second of everyday.

There is a difference, though. Military personal put on their uniforms full knowing that they might die. Civilians should not have to worry about that. The Military thinks of this day as a bad one, a day where they failed to protect their people. D-day was a military operation, a widely successfully one at that. We should rejoice the fact that the brave boys back then gave their lives for our freedom, and that those who died were not forgotten. The 9-11 attacks were nothing like that, they were just normal people doing what they normally did everyday that morning. They died because bad people out there wanted them dead to make an example of themselves.

danny405

09-11-2009, 05:32 AM

I feel so bad about what happend that day... For i was only a little boy.

Tanktunker

09-11-2009, 07:29 AM

Rumreaper

09-11-2009, 07:31 AM

There is a difference, though. Military personal put on their uniforms full knowing that they might die. Civilians should not have to worry about that. The Military thinks of this day as a bad one, a day where they failed to protect their people. D-day was a military operation, a widely successfully one at that. We should rejoice the fact that the brave boys back then gave their lives for our freedom, and that those who died were not forgotten. The 9-11 attacks were nothing like that, they were just normal people doing what they normally did everyday that morning. They died because bad people out there wanted them dead to make an example of themselves.

I thought it was more of a attempt to troll America to attack the middle east.
so far troll was successful. now america is now more paranoid than a engineer finding a sapped sentry. also didn't they hold up all the Jap-Americans in camps after the pearl bombing?

Dragon

09-11-2009, 08:36 AM

There is a difference, though. Military personal put on their uniforms full knowing that they might die. Civilians should not have to worry about that. The Military thinks of this day as a bad one, a day where they failed to protect their people. D-day was a military operation, a widely successfully one at that. We should rejoice the fact that the brave boys back then gave their lives for our freedom, and that those who died were not forgotten. The 9-11 attacks were nothing like that, they were just normal people doing what they normally did everyday that morning. They died because bad people out there wanted them dead to make an example of themselves.

I'm pretty sure none of the "boys" had any idea what they were really up against at the beaches along France's boarder. Pretty sure most never did as the second they landed they were already being pelted with heavy machine gun fire. D-Day should be remember over all other attacks and wars. 9/11 was just a bump in the road compared to it. D-Day is the only large scale event that has taken place within a day that has really changed the world. 9/11 just brought upon the inevitable war for oil. =P

Americans had concentration camps during WW2.

For the Japanese and Chinese Americans? Yeah, I know. Except we fed them, housed them, and didn't gas them.

Vagrant

09-11-2009, 08:40 AM

More people die in car accidents per year. I don't see any moments of silence for them, or public outcries against the evil of cars. While it certainly was a tragedy, it was the symbol that was important, not the number of deaths. We might as well mourn the loss of the building.

adapuff

09-11-2009, 08:57 AM

Inafterobligatorythreadof9/11toraisepostcount

But really.

<-- British, so i don't really give a ####. (No offense to people who lost loved ones, but..still.)

I don't see anyone HERE giving a #### about 7/7.

I mean, come on.

(If they did, then i was on holiday.)

Tanktunker

09-11-2009, 09:11 AM

For the Japanese and Chinese Americans? Yeah, I know. Except we fed them, housed them, and didn't gas them.
Well that's ok then.
Maybe they should have concentration camps for arab-americans too, seeing as you're at war with Iraq and Afghanistan.

Dragon

09-11-2009, 09:26 AM

Well that's ok then.
Maybe they should have concentration camps for arab-americans too, seeing as you're at war with Iraq and Afghanistan.

Never said it was right to have them, but they surely better then the nazi versions.

swatdude

09-11-2009, 09:45 AM

Well, ironically, back in the time when we were fighting off Filipinos guerrilla force, we shoved many Filipinos civilians into what constitute a concentration camp. Many died as a result of overcrowding condition. Sure, we didn't gas them at the time, but the condition was nevertheless horrendous.
=P Life is so ironic of course

Trask

09-11-2009, 10:04 AM

I give a moment of silence for this tragic date...

salsport

09-11-2009, 11:59 AM

Sharpryno

09-11-2009, 12:28 PM

It seems kind of pointless to keep mourning to losses of those citizens, when they died years ago.

Why do i say this? Because during the year they died, everyone had the right to cry mourn, ETC, but years later, it just seems dumb to keep mourning the losses when there are less tragic, but more recent things that happened this year (IE The death of three celebrities {Michel Jackson, Billy Mays, the third one who I keep forgetting, because I'm bad at remembering names.}). We were able to get over those, why can't we get over 9/11, and move on with our lives?
Because it was a terrorist act that could easily happen again. It is sad not because of the number of people we lost, it is sad because they were murdered by a group of idiots. Civilians murdered on homeland is sure to anger a nation. No one wants war on their homeland. We remember this date because it was our nation's innocent people getting killed by another nation. Main reason for going to war.

Catalysm

09-11-2009, 01:00 PM

Inb4 inside job

but seriously, it's just common courtesy to remember the dead, we do this on remembrance day for all veterans. That includes D-day too.

marker2105

09-11-2009, 01:03 PM

we had a moment of silence at school for it today. and people started laughing during it taoday. i was pissed.

Blastedt

09-11-2009, 01:12 PM

For the Japanese and Chinese Americans? Yeah, I know. Except we fed them, housed them, and didn't gas them.
That's like saying one murderer is better than another because the latter raped his victims first.

MadChild13

09-11-2009, 01:28 PM

marker2105

09-11-2009, 01:32 PM

I was 4 years from entering fire academy when 9/11 happened. It wasn't part of my decision become a firefighter, however as a firefighter, I choose to remember the 343 firefighter brothers that were killed at the WTC, along with every other innocent person that was massacred that day.
thank you for being a fire fighter, and to all those talibanies and all of their kind, what did america do to you? all they know how to do it try to kill us.

J.T

09-11-2009, 02:02 PM

I salute the people who died in 9/11. I also say that every Police officer/Fire fighter/News reporter/ect. were a hero too. As the Mayor of NYC once said, "We will never forget."

Defective

09-11-2009, 02:06 PM

I respect this day and will always remember what happened 8 years ago. We should remember what happened and the innocents that died. However I think the best thing to do is to try to move on.

Also: You guys are comparing this to D-day and the Americans that die everyday? Listen we all know about D-day and those who sacrificed their lives to get us to where we are today but that was years and years ago. This happened 8 years and affected us and out generation because we weren't in a war and it was so sudden. D-day is as important to the living veterans and family that lived through it, but for us now, who don't remember it can't really connect with it. This happened only 8 years ago, it affected our generation and the world. Also:We know Americans die everyday and we're sad about it but it's not like they all die from terrorist attacks on some of our nations most famous spots.

Really, you're being a tad foolish.

MadChild13

09-11-2009, 02:10 PM

and to all those talibanies and all of their kind, what did america do to you? all they know how to do it try to kill us.

You forget that in addition to 9/11 the Taliban were responsible for attacks in Spain, London, Bali, among others.

They aren't distinguishing between one's nationality. It's not all "Death to America!" They are against western civilization/culture as a whole.

I would strongly suggest that people take the time to educate themselves regarding the Taliban and their views. You don't have to agree with them, but knowledge is power.

swatdude

09-11-2009, 02:16 PM

Hold on, Taliban? You are thinking of al-Qaida. Those two are not the same group.

Tanktunker

09-11-2009, 02:21 PM

what did america do to you?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Oil_Crisis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom
etc etc

~Nooba~

09-11-2009, 02:24 PM

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09-11-2009, 02:29 PM

Anyone that tries to say that "this many people die each day/each year from this, that, and the other thing" or are concerned that every other event that is considered a tragedy is being overshadowed by 9/11 is going too far.

If you lost a loved one, you better mourn every other person that died on the same day, or else you're being a hypocrite. If you think that's a bit too hyperbolic, so are the posts like the one I have mentioned above.

I think we should move on, too, but to say that this event doesn't mean anything and every other tragedy should be honored in the same fashion is just being silly; it's not going to happen. 9/11 is going to look more tragic than something like car accidents per year whether you like or not.

Joest

09-11-2009, 02:32 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Oil_Crisis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom
etc etc
You're Israeli, right? Yeeeeah, completely forget about all of the pandering to Israel in American politics and the amount of pull Israel has in America and how Israel directly effects American foreign policy.

Chicken13312

09-11-2009, 02:40 PM

I'm pretty sure none of the "boys" had any idea what they were really up against at the beaches along France's boarder. Pretty sure most never did as the second they landed they were already being pelted with heavy machine gun fire. D-Day should be remember over all other attacks and wars. 9/11 was just a bump in the road compared to it. D-Day is the only large scale event that has taken place within a day that has really changed the world. 9/11 just brought upon the inevitable war for oil. =P

For the Japanese and Chinese Americans? Yeah, I know. Except we fed them, housed them, and didn't gas them.
You don't understand, the people who died on 911 were completely innocent civilians. Even though our forces usually fight with a good intention, they are anything but innocent. They were send in to do one thing, complete their mission, which meant killing others. We do remember those who fell on D-day, but we should feel proud they sacrificed their lives for our freedom. 911 on the other hand was the death of thousands of normal people just like you or me that died for no reason (in our eyes).

MadChild13

09-11-2009, 02:51 PM

Hold on, Taliban? You are thinking of al-Qaida. Those two are not the same group.

My bad. I fell into the category of people not knowing the difference.

Al-Qaeda is composed mostly of Arabs or Islamic militants from countries other than Afghanistan. Their agenda is global.

Taliban leadership is comprised of ethnic Pashtun Afghans who grew up in refugee camps or religious boarding schools in Pakistan. Their agenda is more provincial.

Syrito

09-11-2009, 02:52 PM

(This nice non-concentration camp filled one).Hitler's goal was to annex Canada and then gas upper middle class fat white kids living in suburbia?

Where was that written?

DarkReality

09-11-2009, 03:14 PM

"Mein Kampf", page 227.

thank you for being a fire fighter, and to all those talibanies and all of their kind, what did america do to you? all they know how to do it try to kill us.

Exploit the middle east, meddle with the politics for your own profit during the cold war? Impoverish the people and support fascist leaders for financial gain? I could do this all day, really. The entire western hemisphere totally ####ed with Arabia, Africa and Southeast Asia. Cheap labor, slave-like conditions, ruining their economy by corrupting their governments, and so on and so forth. It was high time that someone started fighting back. I mean, first you equip them during the cold war and then drop them like a hot potato? Yeah, that's going to cause some anger.

I still don't see how dying in a terrorist attack deserves a silent moment but dying of poverty and starvation because your government is too busy tending to the rich is looked upon with disdain. So civilians should expect to die in a car crash? Or they should expect to be shot by some crazy person with an assault rifle? It was 3000 people. Get over it and concentrate on the deaths that you can prevent with some decent policies and law enforcement.

Dying is not honorable. Ever. The dead should not be revered for dying. That's completely ridiculous. Surviving is honorable. Making babies and securing our future is honorable. Hell, fighting for your country/an ideology is honorable, I'll even give you that much patriotism. But dying for something? That's bullpoop. That's just outright weak. Anyone can die. Mourning the victims of some tragedy is misguided patriotism and an attempt to "do something" when in reality, both you and the people who got killed did jack squat. They're not patriots for dying and you're not a good person for mourning them.

And how have we gone 40 posts without conspiracy theories? GET STARTED PEOPLE!

I just attempted to Alt+F2 in Windows. I was disappointed :-(

glich1

09-11-2009, 03:14 PM

I heard that there is a really good documentary on the history channel.
"102 Minutes That Changed The America"
9:00 pm. est.
Emmy awarded.
So check it out.

Tanktunker

09-11-2009, 03:25 PM

You're Israeli, right? Yeeeeah, completely forget about all of the pandering to Israel in American politics and the amount of pull Israel has in America and how Israel directly effects American foreign policy.
No, sure, we made you go to war.
Israelis made Hitler go to war in '39, and they made Japan bomb Pearl Harbour, they caused the great depression, and they made Germany surrender in WW1, those damned Israelis.
In fact, there's a world wide Israeli conspiracy, all the Israelis are in on it, so if one Israeli says something that contradicts the hypothetical action of other Israelis, you can pin those actions on him, because those damn rat Israelis are all the same: cheating, lying bastards out to steal and destroy.

DarkReality

09-11-2009, 03:29 PM

How is it even relevant what America's foreign policy is in regard to Israel?

Tanktunker

09-11-2009, 03:31 PM

How is it even relevant what America's foreign policy is in regard to Israel?
Israelis made them do all the bad things, so America is blameless and holy.

DarkReality

09-11-2009, 04:09 PM

Ooooh!

That actually explains a lot.

Ignatz

09-11-2009, 04:40 PM

Why do i say this? Because during the year they died, everyone had the right to cry mourn, ETC, but years later, it just seems dumb to keep mourning the losses when there are less tragic, but more recent things that happened this year (IE The death of three celebrities {Michel Jackson, Billy Mays, the third one who I keep forgetting, because I'm bad at remembering names.}). We were able to get over those, why can't we get over 9/11, and move on with our lives?

Rudy Giuliani.

inb4shitstorm over a joke

HungryMonkey

09-11-2009, 04:45 PM

All of this blame shifting comes from the idea that is constantly harped on that Americans are the good guys and are out for the best interest of humanity as a whole. I mean, why do you think the American entertainment industry has a chub for WWII? It was the last time (you could argue that it was also the only time) that the lines of good and bad were clear cut. So, in short, tanktunker is an agent of mossad and is trying to divert us from the Jewish conspiracy that is controlling America while us God fearing Americans are blissfuly unaware.

Freddy

09-11-2009, 04:59 PM

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denacioust

09-11-2009, 04:59 PM

I salute the people who died in 9/11. I also say that every Police officer/Fire fighter/News reporter/ect. were a hero too. As the Mayor of NYC once said, "We will never forget."

News reporters? Heroes? My ass. They were just looking for money. They didn't save anyone.

The date shouldn't just be forgotten, it is still a big day, and I'm sure a hard time for a lot of people. You can't just relegate the day to D-Day status already, it's been 8 years, not 60. Plus, some good came from D-Day.

Anyway, I won't be mourning the day, but I respect anyone else's decision to do so.

Freddy

09-11-2009, 05:21 PM

Some good came from 9/11 too. Just not to us. I'm sure the Taliban are having a holiday or something today.
"Hey member that time when we totally took down those two building in New York?"
"Yeah, didn't take a good chunk of the Pentagon too?"
"Yeah! Man that was sweet. They deserved it."
"Yeah those dicks! Hey pass the white mushy paste, I'm hungry."

Tanktunker

09-11-2009, 05:31 PM

Some good came from 9/11 too. Just to us. I'm sure the Taliban are having a holiday or something today.
"Hey member that time when we totally took down those two building in New York?"
"Yeah, didn't take a good chunk of the Pentagon too?"
"Yeah! Man that was sweet. They deserved it."
"Yeah those dicks! Hey pass the white mushy paste, I'm hungry."
Hummus is delicious.

Freddy

09-11-2009, 05:32 PM

You're quote made me see my typo. Forgot a not

IrascibleTroll

09-11-2009, 09:04 PM

Isn't singing to a flag daily enough for you people? Gosh.

J.T

09-11-2009, 09:50 PM

News reporters? Heroes? My ass. They were just looking for money. They didn't save anyone.

The date shouldn't just be forgotten, it is still a big day, and I'm sure a hard time for a lot of people. You can't just relegate the day to D-Day status already, it's been 8 years, not 60. Plus, some good came from D-Day.

Anyway, I won't be mourning the day, but I respect anyone else's decision to do so.
I know they didn't save anyone, that wasn't my point. I am a knowledge freak, So today, instead of going to the football games, or hanging around with my friends I have been watching the history channel. They did help, they helped bring more knowledge upon to the world. Now this might seem like I am just rambling crap off to you. That is my opinion though, the even of 9/11 was the most documented event in history. Meaning some people did not get paid, because they were amtures. Sure many of them got paid, but some did not.

Now, back to this subject of them not being hero's, once again it was an opinion of mine. With out these reporters how would I know these facts? I was 7 years old when this event happened, I recently just learned some of the major facts about 9/11 in my 9th grade year. With out these reports I would know absolutely nothing upon the subject. It showed real people scared, real facts, ect. Most reports were not even made by professionals, so again they were amatures. Just a little opinion of mine though you can think as you want, I do consider them somewhat heroes on this. With out them this date would be forgotten instantly (within a 5 year range.)

And to actually end this post up, just saving a life does not make you a hero. Even if they were out there just for money, they were risking there lives by just being there.

P.S. if you actually watch some of the videos it shows the beginners with there camera's just filming everything, and they happened to get a glimpse of the attack, and they were surprised, the professionals did it for the money in my opinion, the beginners did it for history.

Guybrush Threepwood

09-12-2009, 12:26 AM

Eh, it's too bad that happened.
Oh well. Que sera sera.

m3mory

09-12-2009, 10:36 AM

Eh, well I actually made a parody video of 9/11 yesterday :rolleyes:. But anyways, I think you people are over reacting... Why don't we remember how many we lost on D-day? You people were only upset because it was not according to plan. If I told you I would blow up the Empire state building not many would panic. But, if I did not tell you all of you would go ape #(@!. Your probably asking why? Because it is not according to plan. So to end it all off.. HAPPY 9/11 EVERYBODY - Sorry I am late...

Liokae

09-12-2009, 02:09 PM

You people were only upset because it was not according to plan. If I told you I would blow up the Empire state building not many would panic. But, if I did not tell you all of you would go ape #(@!. Your probably asking why? Because it is not according to plan. So to end it all off.. HAPPY 9/11 EVERYBODY - Sorry I am late...

You do realize the Joker was wrong, right?

m3mory

09-12-2009, 02:37 PM

Ya I know xD.

Ttrain

09-13-2009, 10:34 AM