9/11 anniversary: Attacks made US stronger, Obama says - Page 2

Jimbuna · 09-11-11, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Who's there?

I remember, I remember

Knock Knock!

Who’s there?

Cash!

Cash who?

No thanks, but I’d like some peanuts!

Schöneboom · 09-11-11, 10:57 AM

As a clever Roman put it almost 2000 years ago, "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" (Who watches the watchmen?)

nikimcbee · 09-11-11, 11:07 AM

Is it just me, or is the media "wallowing" in 9/11 sorrow? Every news channel , education channel, has run non-stop 9/11 shows

. How much of this stuff can you actually watch?

Crécy · 09-11-11, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Is it just me, or is the media "wallowing" in 9/11 sorrow?

Yes, definitely! As one australian comedian brilliantly stated in twitter:

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There's a line between acknowledging / honouring the past, & fetishising the morbid. Reckon news media will stay the right side today?

Iceman · 09-11-11, 12:17 PM

Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.

I appreciate what my country has done to try and better protect itself. I appreciate my countrys soldiers who have sacrificed so much in the past for my country. It is not a perfect system...none ever is but I would not want to live in any other place on earth.

God Bless Amercia

Love it or Leave it...

We Will Not Forget !!!

Gerald · 09-11-11, 12:41 PM

No, we never forget!

mookiemookie · 09-11-11, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Is it just me, or is the media "wallowing" in 9/11 sorrow? Every news channel , education channel, has run non-stop 9/11 shows

. How much of this stuff can you actually watch?

Agreed. I don't need to re-live that day and obsess over it. All this is tacky and tasteless.

Sailor Steve · 09-11-11, 01:11 PM

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Did you mean Jeff?

Uh-oh. He's onto us.

Crécy · 09-11-11, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Iceman

Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.

I appreciate what my country has done to try and better protect itself. I appreciate my countrys soldiers who have sacrificed so much in the past for my country. It is not a perfect system...none ever is but I would not want to live in any other place on earth.

God Bless Amercia

Love it or Leave it...

We Will Not Forget !!!

Well, as the comedian I quoted said: "There's a line between acknowledging / honouring the past, & fetishising the morbid. Reckon news media will stay the right side today?"

Currently it's just 'fetishing the morbid'.

I could say a thing or two about USA's 'self-protecting' methods but I won't as this is not the right thread for it.

Sailor Steve · 09-11-11, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

How much of this stuff can you actually watch?

Umm, none? Families of the fallen can memorialize, but I'm just hanging out.

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Originally Posted by Iceman

Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.

Georges Santayana. As has been pointed out, there is a big difference between remembering the past, and learning the lesson, and just morbidly dwelling on it.

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Love it or Leave it...

People like to put down the hippies, but in the '60s, when "America - love it or leave it!" was the catch-phrase of the day, they came up with one that was equally valid: "America - change it or lose it!"

razark · 09-11-11, 01:34 PM

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Love it or Leave it...

So, working to change the parts that don't work is not an option? Someone might want to explain that to the Tea Party. (And the Democrats, and the Republicans, and every other political party)

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We Will Not Forget !!!

Because every year, you will be pounded over the head with the same message!

Jimbuna · 09-11-11, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Uh-oh. He's onto us.

Most definitely

09-11-11, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Most definitely

THINKING people are out to get you is a sign of being crazy.
KNOWING you two are involved?

That just proves I'm not as crazy as I think I am!

I'm not sure that came out right.

August · 09-11-11, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

People like to put down the hippies, but in the '60s, when "America - love it or leave it!" was the catch-phrase of the day, they came up with one that was equally valid: "America - change it or lose it!"

The problem with catch phrases is they are always too vague.

For instance love what about America? That we enjoy a higher standard of living and personal liberty that anywhere else? If a person hates that then I hope the door does hit them on the butts on their way out.

On the other side of the coin "change it" means many things to different people. The hippies themselves couldn't agree on what to change. Personally I am kind of leery about changing a society that has served us pretty well for the past two centuries. We stand to loose an awful lot if one of these ill conceived social experiments go wrong.

Crécy · 09-12-11, 01:43 AM

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That we enjoy a higher standard of living and personal liberty that anywhere else?

Than anywhere else? Hardly.

09-11-11, 10:57 AM	#17
Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	As a clever Roman put it almost 2000 years ago, "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" (Who watches the watchmen?) __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Is it just me, or is the media "wallowing" in 9/11 sorrow? Every news channel , education channel, has run non-stop 9/11 shows. How much of this stuff can you actually watch? __________________

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	No, we never forget! __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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Iceman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mesa AZ, Arizona, USA Posts: 1,253 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. I appreciate what my country has done to try and better protect itself. I appreciate my countrys soldiers who have sacrificed so much in the past for my country. It is not a perfect system...none ever is but I would not want to live in any other place on earth. God Bless Amercia Love it or Leave it... We Will Not Forget !!!