West Coast Connection Forum
Lifestyle => Train of Thought => Topic started by: Big BpG on September 11, 2002, 10:12:08 PM
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right now there is a big debate going on... should 9/11 be a National Holiday...
for you who need a defintion... a National Holiday is when the nation allows kids to stay home and not go to school and that business's can get a break from labor...
honestly, I think this would be terrible... sure, the initial idea was to honor those who lost their lives and for those special humans who went a step farther to save others, but if we made it a national holiday I think 9/11 would become like our most famous National Holidays (Memorial and Labor Day)
on both those days, we get off of school and work, and both those days become big PARTY days.... stores and outlet centers have Memorial and Labor day sales... I just can't picture Boston Stores new slogan for their "9/11 Sale" ... people would have bbq's and find ways to enjoy that day for themselves instead of dedicating it to those who suffered on that day... in 18 years we will have thousands of adults who will only know about 9/11 through their history class in High School and those adults will have no significant reason to feel the anguish we do to honor those people, just like most of us don't care about Columbus Day or Martin Luther King Day... or any day that represents something we didn't live through...
9/11 should stay a day we all remember, and a day that should stick in our heads for the rest of our lives, but as the years go on, the significance will become less and less... therefore a day dedicated to such an even will become less important... and if that day is created for a national holiday, it will be used for time to enjoy a day at the mall shopping, than a day to honor the thousands who died last year on September 11th
-Big BpG
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No. Why celebrate gettin hit? Num sayin?
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Nar no national holiday, whats the point, a national holiday is usually to celebrate something. I dont think n e more holidays are needed.
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No. Why celebrate gettin hit? Num sayin?
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I agree 100% with bpg
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I agree 100% with bpg
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fuk,...no holiday..lol....man..we gota be thankfull the the taliban, they showed us fireworks in the morning with a firecracker as huuuge as a jet plane...lmao...
yea...why cELEB. gettin hit..
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naww i don't think people are going to party each 9/11... but i think this should be like a memorial days but without the day off, anyways this shit will stick in peoples mind for ever so betta do something special on each 9/11.. like they did on the last one
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see if america would commercialize it an people didnt turn it into a day to get drunk i would say yes, but america would like celebrate it so no
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well since im bassicly done with school fuck it...no, whats the use? if i dont get a day off,lol, the younger ones dont deserve day off that they dont remember....i agree, they'll throw partys and shit....fuck that,and plus, its a day of sadness, and on a holiday people usually do happy shit....man fuckin america, people are too happy, people should be depressed and sad like me and tom
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We'll all forget about it in about 5 years anyways. Ain't no thang. I say no holiday, don't even make a big deal about it.
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We'll all forget about it in about 5 years anyways. Ain't no thang. I say no holiday, don't even make a big deal about it.
hmm, i dont think it will fade away that easily, it was pretty big man, lol, america has never been attacked like that before, pearl harbor wasnt shit.
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i believe the terrorist where trying to do just that and stop us from working and going to school and living are lives and a holiday would do just that and stop us from living are lives for a day and i say .....a big fuck that to it.....fuck a holiday.....we gotta show those fuckin terrorist whats up by saying fuck you im gonna work go to school or just fuckin live my life.
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no , if it is i mean why isn't pearl harbor (dec. 2 i believe) not a holiday /day of remembrence
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We'll all forget about it in about 5 years anyways. Ain't no thang. I say no holiday, don't even make a big deal about it.
I won't forget...
I don't think a national holiday is necessary at all. If anything, I think that it should be as regular of a day as possible regarding how the country is run... on a personal level, I think there should and will be a great deal of rememberance, greif, and sorrow for a VERY long time after this event.
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Pearl Harbor didn't get a national holiday and eventhough 9-11 hit us way harder, I don't think it will become one either.
I wouldn't mind, I could always use another day off lol
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We'll all forget about it in about 5 years anyways. Ain't no thang. I say no holiday, don't even make a big deal about it.
damn darth i got respect for u and everyting but fuck dude, that has to be the most outragous comment i have ever seen u post on here before, that sounds like something that would come outta techs mouth, not urs. no one will EVER forget this event.....it didnt effect me in any direct personal way but ever since it happend i have thought about it EVERY single damn day and how sad the famliys must be that lost ppl in that attack and how fuckin sick those terrorists are...no american will forget dog...i am suprised u said that. and no i dont think there should be a holiday but a memorial remeberance type thing....something major should happen like this year or bigger.
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damn darth i got respect for u and everyting but fuck dude, that has to be the most outragous comment i have ever seen u post on here before, that sounds like something that would come outta techs mouth, not urs. no one will EVER forget this event.....it didnt effect me in any direct personal way but ever since it happend i have thought about it EVERY single damn day and how sad the famliys must be that lost ppl in that attack and how fuckin sick those terrorists are...no american will forget dog...i am suprised u said that. and no i dont think there should be a holiday but a memorial remeberance type thing....something major should happen like this year or bigger.
Trauma's ignorant. He only thinks about himself and his family. Anything else ain't important to him.
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Trauma's ignorant. He only thinks about himself and his family. Anything else ain't important to him.
I've never met the guy, but from the limited interaction I've had with him on the board, this is false.
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Yeah, we'll all forget about it. Most people don't remember tragedies, and dwell on them forever. Look back on your life, do you remember the worst days of your life? Hell no, you just remember the good times. At least that's how I am. I don't remember the date of the columbine massacre, I don't remember the date of pearl Harbor, I don't remember the date John Benet Ramsey was murdered, I don't remember the date we bombed afganistan for the first time, I don't remember the date we bombed hiroshima, I don't remember the date diana died, I don't remember the day Elvis died, LOL. I don't remember tragedy, and I just don't think we'll remember this too much. Of course the date is an acronym (911) so maybe that'll make it easier. Don't call me outrageous, or ignorant just because I'm a positive person who doesn't dwell on the tragedies of the past.
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Yeah, we'll all forget about it. Most people don't remember tragedies, and dwell on them forever. Look back on your life, do you remember the worst days of your life? Hell no, you just remember the good times. At least that's how I am. I don't remember the date of the columbine massacre, I don't remember the date of pearl Harbor, I don't remember the date John Benet Ramsey was murdered, I don't remember the date we bombed afganistan for the first time, I don't remember the date we bombed hiroshima, I don't remember the date diana died, I don't remember the day Elvis died, LOL. I don't remember tragedy, and I just don't think we'll remember this too much. Of course the date is an acronym (911) so maybe that'll make it easier. Don't call me outrageous, or ignorant just because I'm a positive person who doesn't dwell on the tragedies of the past.
well just to qualify one thing up with u, yes, i do remeber the worst days of my life. i have had 2, the day my dad died and the day my uncle died
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I agree 100% with bpg
Yup. It's a stupid idea