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What you do...on this day...

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:05 am
by Kaome Sky Deathand
A moment of respect for the fallen.
Reflection, then a sense of pride.
Still we stand.

Re: What you do...on this day...

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:13 am
by Oxygen
who died

Re: What you do...on this day...

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:57 am
by Jericho Veronus
Oxygen wrote:who died
You're shittin' me, right?!?

Re: What you do...on this day...

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:46 pm
by Oxygen
Jericho Veronus wrote:
Oxygen wrote:who died
You're shittin' me, right?!?
Yeah, I was. If I didn't hear about it, it probably wasn't important.

So, who died?

Re: What you do...on this day...

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:07 pm
by Rising_Dusk
You must be living under a rock. This day, 8 years ago, the twin towers were felled by acts of terrorism against the United States of America. I will tolerate absolutely no disrespect towards the day or the memory of those who died on it. Period.

Re: What you do...on this day...

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:14 pm
by Deschain
*Silence*

Re: What you do...on this day...

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:29 pm
by Oxygen
92,489 – 100,971 violent civilian deaths as a result of the conflict.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War
I absolutely love how iraqui citizens are suffering as a response to this attack. We can all agree that sept. 11 was quite a day, but the amount of innocent casualties in iraq is just flabergasting and overshadowing. Can you guys think about the attack's kills for me? I'll do what not many other have done and actually dedicate my moment of silence to the iraqui victims of the us retaliation. Thanks.

edit: oh, and by the way, I'm totally not biaised. One of the family's friend actually died in the attack, I'll keep that one for me too.

Re: What you do...on this day...

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:35 pm
by Rising_Dusk
I like how despite the fact that apparently a family friend died from the attack, you entirely disrespect everyone who died in the towers because George Bush was a f*cking moron and took advantage of a terrorist attack to plug us into a war that killed civilians.

I think I can speak for everyone here when I say the following: "F*ck you."
Locked because I don't bloody care what you have to say in response.

Everyone here feels sorry for the people in Iraq, but on this day, this day of all days, we pay respects primarily to the group that was killed by a terrorist attack. Just like I feel bad for the tens of thousands of Japanese that died at our hands after the Pearl Harbor bombing, I still pay respects to the Americans that died on that day of every year. Learn some bloody respect.

Furthermore, a good friend of mine had something else to say on the matter:
Jericho Veronus wrote:Hell I love the fact that you're accusing the response of the US as the cause for those accounted deaths. Especially since you use 1 single source as your evidence. A source that doesn't even need to be checked and that ANYONE can post on, not to mention the "primary sources" it uses don't all clarify what they deaths were directly, physically caused by, and in cases that they do,never say who fired the shot, made the IED or dropped the bomb.

Not to mention you fail to recognize how many Iraqi deaths had been a result of actions by those organizations the US is over there fighting, and oh yes there were plenty. And the fact that the Iraqi government SANCTIONS every organized attack and assault that has taken place on their soil since the war has started. Never taking into account how many of those civilian casualties would have died because of these organizations anyways or how many civilian lives were saved BECAUSE the U.S. responded.

And all that's just the tip of the iceberg that not only are you shaming the memory of U.S. citizens that died in 9/11 for dedicating your moment of silence to the Iraqi's on this day rather than them,but also the memories of the police and firefighters who died that day trying to save lives,as well as the memories of any U.S. or any ally soldier who's died in the war since