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Permalink Reply by EndOfTheEarth on
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It's gratification over a sense of closure, like the end of the Superbowl or World Cup. None of these things change anything, but it's one more thing out of the way.
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Permalink Reply by Jessie~the~Singer on
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Some kid in my homeroom had the gall to ask me what the big deal about 9/11 was. His exact words - "I really don't get 9/11. Yeah, a building blew up. So what?"
I wanted to just stand up and slap him. Ok, so you don't know who Osama is. Yeah, I can somewhat understand that. Most 9th graders really don't care and would rather live under a rock. But you don't know/don't care about 9/11...
Why are people so stupid?!?!
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Exactly.
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Not stupid, just ignorant.
Ten years ago I was in 5th grade. So the person you're describing would have been a kindergartener on 9/11. That's like asking me how much I cared about what happened in Bosnia, or the Iraqi no-fly zone; I only recently heard anything about Bosnia, and I didn't know about the no-fly zone until today.
That's the problem of fighting a long war. You find yourself with a bunch of ignorant people who don't understand what's going on, and don't see the point in caring because it didn't happen to them.
My younger sister was born only a few months before 9/11--now she's about as old as I was when Osama first started this mess. I bet she has no clue what's going on.
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Permalink Reply by Contradiction on
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I was in first grade on 9/11, and I hardly think those comparisons are justified. There is huge anti-Muslim sentiment in this country, not to mention we entered one war and were mislead into another because of 9/11. Also, it was an attack on American soil, which is much different to an American kid than something in Bosnia or Iraq.
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I wouldn't say that for sure. Before the star trek movie came out recently, My dad and I were teaching a class on religious philosophy when I interrupted and asked if anyone knew who Spock was. No one did.
If a bunch of teenagers couldn't identify Spock, then I don't see it as being as strange that they couldn't relate to 9/11. Unless it was ingrained into their heads...speaking of which, how did you come to hear of it? DCer? New Yorker? Family in the service?
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Permalink Reply by nathan_p on
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Not knowing who Spock is is a damn crime, though.
(I was in fourth grade on 9/11, but in kindergarten Columbine happened, and I don't remember it at all. I faintly remember hearing of Something having happened that spring in the fall of that year, but I was already in high school when I put the pieces together and read up on it all.
(Yes, I was living in Colorado at the time of Columbine, and not actually very far from CHS.)
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I dunno how I heard about it. Cultural diffusion? I've never really researched it, it's never been a topic at school, really... And no, I'm not from DC or NY, and I don't know anyone in the military.
Admittedly, the time I've spent on the internet probably helped a whole hell of a lot.
Oh, and the time spent listening to Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Bill Maher. Political comedians help, too.
I know which one Spock is... does that count?
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Permalink Reply by Doomy on
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On the flip side, I was also in first grade or so when 9/11 happened, and I remember it very clearly. Maybe it's a regional thing, but you just don't not know about 9/11. It's the same thing as not knowing who the president is- it shows a nearly comical and shocking level of ignorance on that person's part.
Again, this may be a regional/upper middle-class suburban living situation thing, but I'm incredibly surprised that anyone my age or older is politically unaware enough not at least get the gist of what 9/11 is and its significance.
(Because we're sharing stories here- I also remember waking up with the TV uncharacteristically on the news, showing the twin towers. And they were also playing it at school, so that the teachers knew what was going on).
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Unrelated, I saw supposed pictures of the body via google. It looks like him.
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I was in Kindergarten, but I remember that day so clearly. Some teacher ran in when we were eating lunch and turned on an old TV in the cafeteria that I had never seen used before. She was crying and freaking out and we all saw the towers fall. It was so scary, we got out early that day.
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That's odd, most of the other people I talk to, their schools let nothing on to the students--I didn't think anything was wrong until I noticed all the parents waiting at the bus stop.
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