The day is fast approaching.

There's fear and anxiety in the air again as the one year anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy hits us.

It'll b on a Wednesday. Ur kids will b in school. People will b at work. New Yorkers will most likely gather at Ground Zero 2 honor those who were taken from us.

But the threat of another attack looms in the air. U.S. Government agencies have been warning us of another attack, maybe this time in California.

What will u b doing?

I'll b taking a plane 2 the Greek island Corfu, the start of a long wanted holliday. Somehow it was the only day left in september witch had seats available ...

I will be here in NY, Most likely at work.. But everyone will be in my thoughts!

I will try not 2 watch the news on tv, not 2 listent to the news on the radio, not to read the newspapers.
I am sure Bush is gonna use this day to make clear to all Americans that they need to bomd Iraq...
They gonna use this day for political reasons. And i really dont wanna see or hear that shit.
But i will remember what happend last year on sept 11 and hope that some ppl learned from it.

Pray for the children who lost their parents

Pray for the husband or wife who lost their partner


Pray for ones who lost a sister, brother, or a grandparent

Pray for the ones who lost their friends

Pray for the ones who lost loved ones rescuing others

Pray for the hearts of hatred all over the world to change to love

Pray for us ALL






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[This message was edited Fri Aug 23 9:38:48 PDT 2002 by EchoOfMySoul]

taking a second to reflect and then move on with life...

I will be getting ready to move out, and laugh at all the dumbasses running around like chickens with their heads cut off -

"OHMYGOD IT'S 9/11 WE'RE GOING TO GET BOMBED AGAIN OHMYGOD OHMYGOD OHMYGOD"

And so on and so forth.

If the bomb lands on your ass I wonder if you'd still be laughing...

I'll be sad wherever I am and whatever I'm doing.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

But it won't happen, so we'll have nilch to worry about, will we? Just to spite you, I'll be around a lot longer, rest assured...

Remember Halloween? Rumors were flying - and absolutely doodley squat came out of them.

Sometimes people cause a lot of ruckus for a whole lot of nothing.

i'll be perched on the roof of my house with a high-powered rifle, scanning the skies for anything suspiscious...

just kidding.

going to work as usual, just like last year...

Same ol' thing I always do like any other day.

SkletonKee said:

Hmmm, yes, me too. I'd consider myself quite phoney if I did anything else, as I didn't know anyone who was directly or indirectly affected. I will avoid the news though. And maybe I can create some good vibe instead.

Therapy said:

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Therapy, I'm not phoney. I would cry if an animal got hit by a car.

These were human beings, OFCOURSE I think it is sad, and
feel for the people who lost loved ones.

Have you ever lost anyone? Do you have children?

There is nothing wrong with grieving for these people. Therapy you said you are not connected? - well then how can anyone watch a SAD FICTITIOUS movie and FICTITIOUS characters and cry? That isn't real. There isn't anything wrong for caring for people you don't know who where REAL and ARE
REAL.

What is going on in the world is REAL!

I'm a positive person, but, I most certainly know that there isn't anything wrong with
caring for others, and grieving, and praying!




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[This message was edited Sat Aug 24 8:11:38 PDT 2002 by EchoOfMySoul]

When I wake up that morning, the first thing I'll do is avoid the news. I sat there and watched it all happen last year. I didn't go to class, they cancelled all University activity. I'd put my head down for sec and pray for those that lost their lives and their family members. Then I'll go on to class or work.

Oddly...here in Detroit, you can fly anywhere for free that day (9-11-02). Isn't that something.

Blue
Dont play me

EchoOfMySoul said:

Hi Echoofmysoul. Hey, I didn't once say that you were phoney and I understand that different events effect people differently. I cried a lot when the event took place. I was deeply rocked to my foundation in many ways. I do feel for the people who lost loved ones. All I was saying, was that I'm not going to spend more than a few moments contemplation on this. For me, staying with all of those feelings does not feel right. I'm not for one moment suggesting that you ought to do the same. We all experience things differently for different reasons. Ok?

In addition to what I wrote above, I just want to add that for me, I have chosen for my life to try to change it for the better. I want to try to put some 'positivity' out there, if it can be called that, cos 'positivity' to me is a bit of a simplified term. My way of doing this is to not let world issues get me down and run my life. I've done that before and I believe it to be unhealthy. Therefore, because no-one I know was directly or indirectly involved, I will spend time with 'things' that allow me to grow. Focusing on such things, and holding on to them is not the way for me. I want to move on and grow. That does not mean that I may be disconnected - it means that I give issues some attention and direct my awareness to them and then move on.
[This message was edited Sat Aug 24 8:35:09 PDT 2002 by Therapy]

Therapy said:

Therapy,

Thanks for the comeback, now I understand!

Yes - we all deal with events differently, and yes this
is OK!

I'm glad you are trying to change for the better, and growing. I am always looking to grow, and become more knowledgeable. I agree you can't let world issues ruin your life, you have to go on and do your best.

Thanks for explaining, and good luck to you.

I'll be teaching and attending 3 other classes.

I'm taking the day off from work. For me, the one year anniversary of this date deserves more than "a moment" of reflection. My world view has changed.

There are just a few other events in my lifetime that have had such an important, lasting negative impact:

• the arrival of AIDS
  
• the Challenger explosion
  
• being falsely accused of a crime

To me, the events of September 11 were a validation that our very survival, and the stability of governments and economies, are now threatened by a new type of "virus:" the terrorist.

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Death, chaos, turmoil, nervousness, confusion, destruction, sorrow, grief, religion, anger... death.

The day was filled with every emotion that the human body could display...

I was glued 2 the screen.

I watched, I cried... I will never 4get.

On September 11, 2002, I will pray 4 those we lost, 4 those whose families were affected by their loss, and 4 "our boys" who r over there now, fighting 4 something so confusing and contrived.

I agree with TheMax, this day will call 4 more than a "moment of reflection"... My day will most likely b consumed by it.

God bless u all.

Most likely eye'll b working.

Janeau said:

Or in other words to bury your head in the sand and pretend it never happened? I think you owe oit to yourself to absorb as much as you can stomach.




I'm with you on this, and if that's your reason for not watching any of it, then I still think you;re doing yourself a disservice.

Don't sweat. We won't invade Iraq until the election rolls around and W.'s approval ratings are in the toilet. Anyone else have a horrible sense of deja vu - didn't we all go through this shit 12 years ago? An economy circling the drain, a pending war with Iraq, a Bush in the White House, white collar crime eveywhere we look, stock market down the shitter...


I swear we've lived throught his once already.

Therapy said:

Yes, you did. We were all affected by it. I guarantee that you had a connection to someone there by less than 6 degrees.

TheMax said:

Amen.

I heard a lot in the aftermath of those attacks how "everything's changed" and "it's a different world". Turned out to be not so true.

MY world and my view DEFINITELY changed that day. The last shred of my innocence was shattered, and for the first time in my life, something I saw on TV made me cry - and I mean cry hard - like choking on your last morsal of hope.

Not sure what I'm going to do that day, but I bet it involves more tears.

herbthe4 said:

"then the terrorists win!!!"

I do not mean to start another political debate with TheMax on this this thread which was intended to pay some respect to the victims of 9/11, but I could not leave this uncommented.

TheMax said:

It has changed? Really? Well, it didnt change to the better. There's many anniversaries everyday which indeed deserve our intention, our concern. However, I do have the feeling you only care about events which seem to affect you directly.



well... very obscure comparism since 9/11 is the result of a clear human failure. However, AIDS is nothing but a natural circumstance. The attack on Sep 11 sure wasnt...



That made me laugh! Why would the Challenger explosion affect you like that (unless you had a relative or loved one aboard)? It looks like that only the happenings which have an affect on you are the ones showing your country's weakness. To put that Space accicent over the many human catastrophes which happen inside or outside your country is a disgrace. The Challenger accident was nothing but a minor traffic accident ... they are happeing every day. Explain that to me, please!


Well... no comment necessary. Seems like your very personal traumatic experience. I think Saddam might be going through the same these days, since he does not have the intention to drop a bomb on Washington but he gets treated like he already did...



... which leaves me with the conclusion that you are an extremely self-centered individual. You react when you are threatened, cool. But you never made it clear yet that you understand the cause of those threats. Call terrorism a virus. You may be right. But its like with AIDS: if you play with the fire, the virus will get your ass.
I wonder one thing: Will you moan the lost american lives only?
Personally, I will pray for ALL human beings who lost their lives in the cause of 9/11. the 2000 WTC victims, the innocent dead in Afghanistan, and the poor families of iraq who are expected to die in the upcoming intervention.
No "US-hater", my friend, dont even go there. Just a lil ol lover of all humanity...

I think that's a Wednesday, right? See, I believe that day is the day I'm going to this pig farm in Sheboygan. I'm going to pick out the pig that they will slaughter and dress for the big roast on the following Sunday for the Packer game. My friends LOVE pig roasts! I just wish I didn't have to drive all the way to Sheboygan!

mmm...football...

Well, Wednesdays are my day off, so I guess I'll be doing laundry and working on my music. We just cancelled our cable, so I wont be able to watch the news. I think I did enough of that when it happened last year. I will probobly take a moment to reflect, but if I think about it too much I might get really sad. It took me a long time to get over it last year. I live in the flight path of the airport. Planes go over my apartment every 10 minutes. I think about 9/11 all the time.

Aaron said:

good point...i was surpised that my "taking a second to reflect and move on" comment has recieved a lot of flake. But, its the only way that I can keep a sense of perspective...Sure, many people died however many more people are dying now...And many more people died before Sept 11th. The US governments hypocracy created an an enviroment that allowed religious zylots to manipulate their people into extreme hatred towards us...Yet, no one within our country wants to address this...President Bush seems hell bent on making matters worse and the telivision networks concentrate on the sensational. We publicly morn, we want revenge and we go out and murder more people then actually died during Sept. 11.


No...im not going to be glued to my telivision...im not going to participate in worthless memorial services...Maybe if we spent that day in public discussion..serious discussion, maybe I would not look at this anniversary day as nothing more then propeganda...

I'm with you on this, and if that's your reason for not watching any of it, then I still think you;re doing yourself a disservice.

Don't sweat. We won't invade Iraq until the election rolls around and W.'s approval ratings are in the toilet. Anyone else have a horrible sense of deja vu - didn't we all go through this shit 12 years ago? An economy circling the drain, a pending war with Iraq, a Bush in the White House, white collar crime eveywhere we look, stock market down the shitter...


I swear we've lived throught his once already.[/quote]


Yes this is the only reason y i am gonna try not c or hear any news on sept 11...i said i am gonna try. I doubt if it will work.
The reason y i dont wanna hear/c it cause i know myself. I am gonna be upsett and pissed when they gonna use that day for politicall reasons. I dont wanna c those hypocryte lying faces. And what upsets me the most is that a lot ppl will believe those lying hypocryts.
I am always suprised that there are still a lot of ppl who trust the Bush goverment.

I will have special feelings that day, of course.
But terrorism did not start on sep 11 2001. It was always there.

soulpower said:
I wonder one thing: Will you moan the lost american lives only?
Personally, I will pray for ALL human beings who lost their lives in the cause of 9/11. the 2000 WTC victims, the innocent dead in Afghanistan, and the poor families of iraq who are expected to die in the upcoming intervention.
No "US-hater", my friend, dont even go there. Just a lil ol lover of all humanity...[/quote]



soulpower,

I agree, this event affected the world, and YES, I for one moan the loss of lives all over the world.


There are worlds within our world full of hate, and I feel for those who hate, and pray for them. For the innocent lives taken all over the world because of hate, potlitics, and religion, I feel and pray for them. For all the
many lives taken in any war, I feel and pray for
the loss, and those affected by the loss.


I don't believe this is just a political war going on, it is a spiritual war. That is why I say, God help us all.


I'm so happy to see you are a lover of humanity!





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[This message was edited Sun Aug 25 10:01:43 PDT 2002 by EchoOfMySoul]