Did you actually care about 911? Be honest.

Yes. It angers me to this day and will untill I die.

Seriously? In a weird sense I respect your honesty, though it's pretty unecessary in how it's worded. There are many different levels of care, but to not care at all is pretty heartless I'd say.

Anyhow, I'm from New York and my best friends father was lost (he was a fire fighter). It was a haunting time and still hurts in ways.

I care about the same for these events: 9/11 Pearl Harbor Dresden Firebombs, Nagasaki, Hiroshima.

"Wait, what happened?  Oh man that sucks"  

Then I am fine the next hour/day whatever.

[QUOTE="OhJayDubya"]No I didn't and still don't. I personally think that 911 is the most over glamorized event and is milked to no end, even though tragedy's on a much larger scale are pretty much forgotten. Can't remember the last time I heard about the Asian Tsunami, but reminded of 911 almost every week in some form.cain006

Of course, it was a tragic day for the US and, in some respect, much of the world as well given the international significance of the WTC.

I was not directly affected by it, but as a human being I have some sense of sympathy and empathy so naturally I felt for the victims and survivors to some extent.

And, I dont know, I was an adult (a young one, a senior in high school...18 years old) at the time, I think seeing those buildings fall has more of an effect on you as an adult than it does as a kid.  I think kids might have this coping mechanism that doesnt let them fully register the horror of what theyre seeing at times.

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[QUOTE="OhJayDubya"]No I didn't and still don't. I personally think that 911 is the most over glamorized event and is milked to no end, even though tragedy's on a much larger scale are pretty much forgotten. Can't remember the last time I heard about the Asian Tsunami, but reminded of 911 almost every week in some form.Nibroc420

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[QUOTE="OhJayDubya"]No I didn't and still don't. I personally think that 911 is the most over glamorized event and is milked to no end, even though tragedy's on a much larger scale are pretty much forgotten. Can't remember the last time I heard about the Asian Tsunami, but reminded of 911 almost every week in some form.Nibroc420

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="cain006"]

[QUOTE="OhJayDubya"]No I didn't and still don't. I personally think that 911 is the most over glamorized event and is milked to no end, even though tragedy's on a much larger scale are pretty much forgotten. Can't remember the last time I heard about the Asian Tsunami, but reminded of 911 almost every week in some form.lo_Pine

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="cain006"]A natural disaster is different. 9/11 was people purposely killing thousands of civilians.

Yusuke420

I don't know nor do I have direct control over foreign policy. Drones are a fairly new thing, so I'm not sure that is justification for something as horrid as 9/11. 

I don't know nor do I have direct control over foreign policy. Drones are a fairly new thing, so I'm not sure that is justification for something as horrid as 9/11. 

Yusuke420

[QUOTE="lo_Pine"][QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

Say hello to the daily drone strikes the USA does.
Oh wait, those aren't American lives.

9/11 was over televised, it was certainly a pretty major event, however more people died from Cancer or Starvation last year than from 9/11.
Why aren't Americans spending trillions to defeat cancer? Cancer has killed more than "terrorism".Nibroc420

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Americans aren't spending trillions to defeat cancer because the cure for cancer requires an ingenious idea. No matter how much money you give to a man or woman, won't cause them to compose that idea faster or more efficiently.lo_Pine

[QUOTE="Yusuke420"]

I don't know nor do I have direct control over foreign policy. Drones are a fairly new thing, so I'm not sure that is justification for something as horrid as 9/11. 

Nibroc420

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="Yusuke420"]

I don't know nor do I have direct control over foreign policy. Drones are a fairly new thing, so I'm not sure that is justification for something as horrid as 9/11. 

Yusuke420

For the record also the cure for HIV is closer then you might think 

Link

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[QUOTE="Nibroc420"] I'm not justifying it. I'm simply saying the USA is currently (as in at this very moment) flying drones around civilian areas. "TBIJ reports that from June 2004 through mid-September 2012, available data indicate that drone strikes killed 2,562 - 3,325 people in Pakistan, of whom 474 - 881 were civilians, including 176 children. TBIJ reports that these strikes also injured an additional 1,228 - 1,362 individuals," according to the Stanford/NYU study." It's hard to be outraged that a country would attack the USA, when the USA is killing innocent civilians in other countries on a daily basis.Nibroc420

For the record also the cure for HIV is closer then you might think 

Link

Yusuke420

[QUOTE="Yusuke420"]

For the record also the cure for HIV is closer then you might think 

Link

Nibroc420

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="Yusuke420"] 9/11 was before all that though, I doubt any of that would be going on if those people hadn't commited that atrocity. 

Yusuke420

War is always going to be ugly and I have no doubt terrible things have been done in the name of winning it. Tell me, if you were the sitting US president after 9/11, how would you have handled things? No dodges please, I want you to outline an agenda that would be effective at both eliminating the enemy and at the same time preventing civilian casualties. 

[QUOTE="lo_Pine"][QUOTE="Nibroc420"]

More people looking for a cure, the faster the cure.
It's just like your terrorists, the more soldiers looking, the more terrorists get found.
I'm simply noting that more is spent to find the thing that kills less people (terrorists).

But i suppose that's for the best, they killed more less innocent civilians than the USA has in the past few months.Nibroc420

War is always going to be ugly Yusuke420

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War is always going to be ugly Nibroc420

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War is always going to be ugly Nibroc420

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="Yusuke420"]

War is always going to be ugly Yusuke420

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="Yusuke420"]

War is always going to be ugly lo_Pine

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[QUOTE="Nibroc420"] There ya go. Just shrug off 9/11, as you're shrugging off the deaths of hundreds of innocent women and children. War's ugly, and the people in the WTC were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sucks for them, but ah well, War is war.

Nibroc420

[QUOTE="lo_Pine"][QUOTE="Nibroc420"] There ya go. Just shrug off 9/11, as you're shrugging off the deaths of hundreds of innocent women and children. War's ugly, and the people in the WTC were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sucks for them, but ah well, War is war.

Nibroc420

[QUOTE="lo_Pine"][QUOTE="Nibroc420"] There ya go. Just shrug off 9/11, as you're shrugging off the deaths of hundreds of innocent women and children. War's ugly, and the people in the WTC were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sucks for them, but ah well, War is war.Nibroc420

I am more disturbed by everything that happened after it, and the fact that we still do not know who was responsible for it.Laihendi

I am more disturbed by everything that happened after it, and the fact that we still do not know who was responsible for it.Laihendi

[QUOTE="Laihendi"]I am more disturbed by everything that happened after it, and the fact that we still do not know who was responsible for it.MakeMeaSammitch

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[QUOTE="Laihendi"]I am more disturbed by everything that happened after it, and the fact that we still do not know who was responsible for it.Laihendi

[QUOTE="MakeMeaSammitch"]

[QUOTE="Laihendi"]I am more disturbed by everything that happened after it, and the fact that we still do not know who was responsible for it.Laihendi

[QUOTE="MakeMeaSammitch"]

[QUOTE="Laihendi"]I am more disturbed by everything that happened after it, and the fact that we still do not know who was responsible for it.Laihendi

[QUOTE="MakeMeaSammitch"]

[QUOTE="Laihendi"]I am more disturbed by everything that happened after it, and the fact that we still do not know who was responsible for it.Laihendi

probably when the rest of the building falls on top of it

[QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="MakeMeaSammitch"]Osama bin ladin and a bunch of pissed off muslims.

lostrib

probably when the rest of the building falls on top of it

My friend asks, if he half cared does it still count?

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[QUOTE="Laihendi"] Do you really think crashing a plane into the top of a tower would make the base of it collapse?Laihendi

probably when the rest of the building falls on top of it

[QUOTE="lostrib"]

[QUOTE="Laihendi"] Do you really think crashing a plane into the top of a tower would make the base of it collapse?Laihendi

probably when the rest of the building falls on top of it

[QUOTE="lostrib"]

[QUOTE="Laihendi"] Do you really think crashing a plane into the top of a tower would make the base of it collapse?Laihendi

probably when the rest of the building falls on top of it

So when did you get your PhD in engineering and physics?

[QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="lostrib"]

probably when the rest of the building falls on top of it

lo_Pine

So when did you get your PhD in engineering and physics?lostrib

[QUOTE="Nibroc420"][QUOTE="lo_Pine"] Then don't complain about citizens in the Middle East being killed by drone strikes. War is war.lo_Pine

yeah, the loss of civilian life on either side is tragic, but at the risk of sounding juvenile, they (muslim extremists) started it, so if you are really pissed off about innocent Afghanis dying, well, lets share the blame at least a little bit and put it as much on the terrorists as the US military.

Dont start none, won't be none...so they say.

Lets also not forget about the decades of embassy bombings, airline bombings, and more, all done in the name of Islam.  This is nothing new.  If you ask me, the more backwards parts of the Muslim world had this coming for 30-40 years now.

I really just hope this is the death gasps of the extremists and fundamentalists, the last vain attempts to scare people into thinking their way is better.  I hope in the next decade or two there will be a massive drop in these attacks, followed by fewer Muslim-on-Muslim attacks (as are occuring in democratic muslim states now, actually).

Most Arab-Americans I know (is that the proper term? I dont know...) are pretty damn awesome, and the few that are religious are all right too...only thing I can object to is that they won't drink a beer with you :P  Wish the rest of the Muslim world would get on board, realize that ancient faith and modern society can coexist.