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Sept 12, 2015 0:20:39 GMT -5 bunnyfungo said:

Sept 12, 2015 0:14:46 GMT -5 @rutherily said:

I don't avoid the information about it but I stay out of the remembrance because I'm not emotional over it and I'm being respectful to those who are. Do you get emotional over Pearl Harbor day, the anniversary of presidential assassinations, when the challenger went down, the start of wars, etc...? If not, please don't berate me for not being emotional on this day. I respect and appreciate the historical significance of the event and do feel very sad when I hear the haunting stories of people who have first hand experience. I said before, I got a lot of feels from reading the other thread.

I understand you. I don't think you need to be emotionally invested in order to grasp the importance of this day. Everyone's experiences are different. And your personal feelings on this day take nothing away from the way anyone else processes and feels about their own experience of 9/11.

I PPH the fuck outta you right now.

[icaughtfire]

Sept 12, 2015 0:14:46 GMT -5 @rutherily said:

Sept 11, 2015 23:56:52 GMT -5 icaughtfire said:

I'm just at a loss for words. I get being young, and not fully understanding the impact. But now you're fucking grown, and you fully understand what happened. To say that you avoid hearing about it because it didn't affect you personally? Are you for serious? If anything, you should be WANTING to see those flags, read those posts, hear those news broadcasts, watch the memorials...they're honoring & paying tribute to those who died as our country was attacked. It's not a matter of the affect it had on you, it's a matter of fucking respect.


I literally can't even with this shit.

I don't avoid the information about it but I stay out of the remembrance because I'm not emotional over it and I'm being respectful to those who are. Do you get emotional over Pearl Harbor day, the anniversary of presidential assassinations, when the challenger went down, the start of wars, etc...? If not, please don't berate me for not being emotional on this day. I respect and appreciate the historical significance of the event and do feel very sad when I hear the haunting stories of people who have first hand experience. I said before, I got a lot of feels from reading the other thread.

I'm not going to argue with you, because I've seen time & time again it does literally no good. I think the generational argument you're trying to use is stupid. This happened in your lifetime. You and I are not a generation apart. I'm not saying you have to be emotional, breaking down crying every year on the anniversary, but I don't understand how you can honestly say "I feel nothing about this day."

You, my dear, never cease to amaze me.

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Sept 11, 2015 23:17:45 GMT -5 cjchio said:

On a fun note, we built a blanket fort and will be living in it this weekend.

Seriously Jealous.

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I saw the post about blanket forts and the rest of the conversation did not even register.

Like pps said even if we are years apart in age, it happened during OUR generation ( our lifetime). Even if you don't have a personal connection, you can still show respect for those that do.

My family actually has a unique connection to the towers. My grandfather worked as a carpenter during the original construction of them. Just before the towers opened they held a party for the construction workers and their families. My grandfather brought two of my older cousins (who were kids then) with him to the opening. They got little hard hats and everything.
Well, one of the little kids grew up to be a NYC police officer. My cousin was not a first responder due to being located in another borough but he was heavily involved in the recovery effort.
For my family, it is heart breaking to know that my cousin had to sift through the rubble of one of my grandfather's last carpentry projects searching for his and others' friends and loved ones.

ETA: My cousin is a different person because of that experience. He lost good friends that day. People who were just doing their job to help others in need.