Should 9/11 be a Holliday?

[sneakers]

Next, Tuesday is 9/11 and it got me thinkin this should be a holiday where we remember those who died on 9/11. Otherwise, it just comes and goes like another day. I bet most of you didn't give it any thought. Everybody should have the day off too.

[Andrew Forbes]

I've just spent about ten minutes staring at an empty text box trying to figure out how to respond, but I don't know how to, so I'll just repeat this bit out of emphatic disbelief.

it just comes and goes like another day. I bet most of you didn't give it any thought.

[mavrach]

It already is a holiday: Memorial Day.

[HGervais]

Next, Tuesday is 9/11 and it got me thinkin this should be a holiday where we remember those who died on 9/11. Otherwise, it just comes and goes like another day. I bet most of you didn't give it any thought. Everybody should have the day off too.

[Neal Solon]

November 11 is just one week and two months away. I bet none of you even gave any thought to the end of World War I.

[Andrew Forbes]

November 11 is just one week and two months away. I bet none of you even gave any thought to the end of World War I.

WWII was a remake?

[Boba Fett]

I know many of us have forgotten, who really was responsible for 9/11:
Don't Click if You Don't Like 9/11 Jokes

[TemporalWisdom]

November 11 is just one week and two months away. I bet none of you even gave any thought to the end of World War I.

Neither do we pay much attention to December 7th. Sure, occasionally someone brings it up, or they mention on the news that it's the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, but it hardly registers, especially for those of us who weren't around back then.

Ya know, TylerWeTrust used to make posts like this. Whatever happened to that guy?

[tucco]

It is already.....my sisters birthday!

[ccb]

November 11 is just one week and two months away. I bet none of you even gave any thought to the end of World War I.

Yeah, was watching both Blue Max an Oh! What a Lovely War this past weekend. Seems like when I was a kid it was Armistice Day. Commonwealth/Empire has it as Remembrance Day. Red poppies all around though.

[fred kite]

November 11 is just one week and two months away. I bet none of you even gave any thought to the end of World War I.

Neither do we pay much attention to December 7th. Sure, occasionally someone brings it up, or they mention on the news that it's the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, but it hardly registers, especially for those of us who weren't around back then.

Ya know, TylerWeTrust used to make posts like this. Whatever happened to that guy?

Out here in Hawaii, we think about December 7th every year, and there are always ceremonies at Pearl Harbor and Punchbowl National Cemetery for those who want to remember those who gave their lives during the attack. It's a pretty big thing out here, for fairly obvious reasons.

Regarding November 11th, I remember it every Armistice Day.

[call]

November 11th is Remembrance Day in Canada...it covers all the conflicts, past and present.

[Dan Mancini]

Neither do we pay much attention to December 7th.

Pearl Harbor Day isn't a national holiday. It's a federal observance. I'd say 9/11 should be a federal observance, but not a national holiday.

[molly1216]

November 11 is just one week and two months away. I bet none of you even gave any thought to the end of World War I.

WWII was a remake?

not a remake a sequel, WWI left many things unfinished.



WE or WJ day don't catch my notice
but June 6th and Dec 7th always stop me for a moment
same thing with 9/11 i don't think they need to be 'holidays'
we know what they are - i have the beach towel.

[mattnyd]

During the 5th year anniversary of 9/11, a lot of people (women mostly, I have to admit) were overly upset about the constant barrage of images on TV. They thought it was dreadful to have to watch it over and over and over again. I said then that you know, every year, or every 5 years, let's say, there is a new group of people. Those that were 5 are now 10, those that were 15 are now 20, and as you reach a different age, you have different viewpoints about life and you perceive things in a different way. So there's always a new (I hate to use the word) audience for this kind of memory-invoking sensation, and I think it's necessary that we never forget.

That being said, I really hate to be told what to do, and this "let's have a moment of silence at 10 am Friday" stuff irks me. Don't presume to tell me what to remember and when. I do, every minute of every day. I remember it heavily.

[HGervais]

That being said, I really hate to be told what to do, and this "let's have a moment of silence at 10 am Friday" stuff irks me. Don't presume to tell me what to remember and when. I do, every minute of every day. I remember it heavily.

Same here. I clearly remember the phone call from my mom which woke me up that morning. She was on the phone sobbing about how we were attacked and begging me to not go to the wine function I was scheduled at in downtown Chicago. The rest of the day was a blur of emotions. Anyone who was around that day will never forget it.

[Dunnyman]

That being said, I really hate to be told what to do, and this "let's have a moment of silence at 10 am Friday" stuff irks me. Don't presume to tell me what to remember and when. I do, every minute of every day. I remember it heavily.

Unfortunately, the people in charge don't want you to think and remember it on your own. They want you to do it on command, as per their script, so we can remember how Saddam himself directed the attack, cackling maniacally as he stood on top of the Statue of Liberty before he took his rocket-pack to safety to flee the approaching squadron of F-14's led by George W. Bush.
Oh...wait...I remember it differently....

[Ptolemy]

My plan is to sit quietly at home and re-read my copy of My Pet Goat.

[HGervais]

My plan is to sit quietly at home and re-read my copy of My Pet Goat.

Do you have someone briefing you a couple of weeks before-hand about how terrorists plan on using airplanes as weapons?

[vjmurphy]

Gah. I'm so tired of 9/11. I was listening to Alberto Gonzales' Senate testimony where he says that the Department of Justice considers every day to be Sept 12th, and all I could think was "Shouldn't they think of every day as Sep 10th?"

Anyhow, no, 9/11 shouldn't be a holiday. In the grand scale of things, it's just an unimportant blip on the radar that's been expanded to an importance it doesn't deserve. And the country has spent too much time and money on trying to keep us in fear since. Every day is a 9/11 holiday.

However, if the 9/11 holiday would be a candy holiday, with chocolate airplanes and gummy terrorist treats, then count me in. I'm all for candy.

[TemporalWisdom]

Same here. I clearly remember the phone call from my mom which woke me up that morning. She was on the phone sobbing about how we were attacked and begging me to not go to the wine function I was scheduled at in downtown Chicago. The rest of the day was a blur of emotions. Anyone who was around that day will never forget it.

Brother! My mom woke me too. Of course, I was living at home, and she had to come in my room to do it and could see clearly that I was asleep. What would the harm have been in leaving me to wake up on my own?

I remember my sister felt the need to wake my parents and tell them Princess Diana was dead. Partly my fault, I'm afraid. I was up late that night, I met her on the way to the bathroom and told her. It was coincidence I'd seen it, I caught a flash of the news when I was changing the NES cartridge. No one wants to let anyone else sleep while they themselves are awake and reeling from the news. Next terrorist attack, my roommate or whoever is going to find my door bolted.

[Steve T Power]

One of the happiest days of the year for me - my first Daughter's birthday.

Happy 4th Birthday Abby - boy does time fly!

[Dunnyman]

One of the happiest days of the year for me - my first Daughter's birthday.

Happy 4th Birthday Abby - boy does time fly!

and THAT, is the kind of thing we should be making a big deal of.

[Jon Mercer]

One of the happiest days of the year for me - my first Daughter's birthday.

Happy 4th Birthday Abby - boy does time fly!

Does it ever...I remember when she was only showing signs of advanced intellect...now she's already laying out plans for her volcano lair.

[Mitchell Hattaway]

One of the happiest days of the year for me - my first Daughter's birthday.

Happy 4th Birthday Abby - boy does time fly!

and THAT, is the kind of thing we should be making a big deal of.

I agree. We need to stop Steve from breeding before it's too late.

[Steve T Power]

One of the happiest days of the year for me - my first Daughter's birthday.

Happy 4th Birthday Abby - boy does time fly!

and THAT, is the kind of thing we should be making a big deal of.

I agree. We need to stop Steve from breeding before it's too late.

I had to kill Mitch's mom because she made a mistake... now it's time to erase that mistake...

[HGervais]

New poll out today would say sneaker's no-one-remembers theme just isn't correct. Poll here.