Sept 11

vtkitty1313 · 09-11-2008, 01:43 PM

I work in a University Office where I have to sign off on forms, etc. for students.

Every year when I have to write Sept. 11 as the current date i get the creeps and remember where I was at the time.

Anybody else still feel this?

typicallistener · 09-11-2008, 01:45 PM

nope

motownguy · 09-11-2008, 01:53 PM

Not really. We light some candles for friends of ours who died that day, but I wouldn't say it weirds us out.

picard102 · 09-11-2008, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by vtkitty1313

I work in a University Office where I have to sign off on forms, etc. for students.

Every year when I have to write Sept. 11 as the current date i get the creeps and remember where I was at the time.

Anybody else still feel this?

Turn the t into a little plane. It should ease some tension.

EastTexas · 09-11-2008, 02:20 PM

nope, no effect

marina · 09-11-2008, 02:22 PM

It only weirds me out when I hear all the fake "a nation mourns" stuff everywhere I go. Not that I don't believe people should have their grief, but it was 7 years ago, can we stop poking our finger in the wound?

TeddyPicker · 09-11-2008, 02:23 PM

I think last year was the last time I really took time out to comemerate 9/11

This year it was business as usual.

Grapist · 09-11-2008, 02:23 PM

I remember the date. I recognize that it is coming every year and am aware of it. I remember how sad and devestating it was. But it doesn't weird me out or anything.

Blitzgal · 09-11-2008, 02:29 PM

I don't feel it as much because it's been twisted and exploited so mercilessly by politicians. Christ, Guiliani ran on a 9/11 platform. They took the humanity out of the tragedy.

But if I stop and think about the actual people that day it's still sad. Riding the bus in to work today I saw that my local town (suburb of Madison) put out a row of American flags in the median of the main drag and suddenly I got a little teary.

DudeEMETIB · 09-11-2008, 02:31 PM

I'm no more weirded out by 9/11
than 12/7
or any other date of a terrible disaster/event.

I understand that for some people it's a day that'll never be the same
I understand it was indeed a horrible event that happened
and anyone has a reason to grieve over it...

but in general, I think it's long past the time to get over it.

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vtkitty1313 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 387	Sept 11 - does it still weird you out? I work in a University Office where I have to sign off on forms, etc. for students. Every year when I have to write Sept. 11 as the current date i get the creeps and remember where I was at the time. Anybody else still feel this?
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typicallistener Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,293	nope
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motownguy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: packin' boxes here, going there Posts: 2,084	Not really. We light some candles for friends of ours who died that day, but I wouldn't say it weirds us out.
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EastTexas Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 1,259	nope, no effect
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marina Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: I live in Southern California. Posts: 3,055	It only weirds me out when I hear all the fake "a nation mourns" stuff everywhere I go. Not that I don't believe people should have their grief, but it was 7 years ago, can we stop poking our finger in the wound?
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TeddyPicker Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: London UK (with Big Ben!), Posts: 1,084	I think last year was the last time I really took time out to comemerate 9/11 This year it was business as usual.
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Grapist Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 2,260	I remember the date. I recognize that it is coming every year and am aware of it. I remember how sad and devestating it was. But it doesn't weird me out or anything.
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09-11-2008, 02:29 PM	#9 (permalink)
Blitzgal Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 3,294	I don't feel it as much because it's been twisted and exploited so mercilessly by politicians. Christ, Guiliani ran on a 9/11 platform. They took the humanity out of the tragedy. But if I stop and think about the actual people that day it's still sad. Riding the bus in to work today I saw that my local town (suburb of Madison) put out a row of American flags in the median of the main drag and suddenly I got a little teary.
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09-11-2008, 02:31 PM	#10 (permalink)
DudeEMETIB Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 1,599	I'm no more weirded out by 9/11 than 12/7 or any other date of a terrible disaster/event. I understand that for some people it's a day that'll never be the same I understand it was indeed a horrible event that happened and anyone has a reason to grieve over it... but in general, I think it's long past the time to get over it.
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