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I live within walking distance of Ground Zero. Does our proximity somehow make us suddenly more worthwhile of righteous indignation?
This is a very funny video, which manages to approach a very difficult topic in a non-insulting and carefully worded way. Not only do they avoid making fun of anyone who was hurt or directly affected by the attacks, they also cover many of the opinions and points of view people have afterward.
The worst way to get over a tragedy is to continue to be bitter and tragic. The people I know who have lost loved ones but maintain a sense of humor about them, even about their deaths, are far more comfortable in their lives after that loss, and are far more capable of fondly remembering them, rather than remembering them with constant pain and anguish.
The very reason we New Yorkers managed to pull through 9/11 so well is because of our ability to use that terrible event as a driving cause for betterment, not a lingering cause for misery.
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All that is to say this: this clip is funny as hell. If you ask nicely, I might tell you every firefighter's favorite knock knock joke.
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Seriously though, I think people need to respect that many people here have different experiences around 9/11; some witnessed it, some responded to it, some lived through it, some watchedit on tv, and some lost friends and family. I am not saying that this video should be taken down or anything, and I agree that good humor sometimes has to push bounderies, but for me this video is just touches a nerve that is still a little too raw.
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Win.
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Funny video, BTW.
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I found my self busting my gut the whole time.
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If it still offends you for somebody to make an off -color parody of the situation 9 years later, then consider yourself defeated by the terrorists... because that's what they WANT. They want you to live in fear and be hurt about it for the rest of your life, but I'm not going to let them get to me.
I say it was a fucking hilarious take on a previously undiscovered coincidence. I really enjoyed it.
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@Zordon i'll call a terrorist whatever i fuckin want. lol
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The Gov needs to maintain the fear of outsiders in the population to control them. As long as we have a name (terrorists) for the "outsiders", we can point a finger and rally behind the flag and Randy Travis. It keeps us happily chewing our cud and not questioning the dubious agenda of the people in power as they systematically strip away every right you USED to have.
Feel empowered. It's inherent to the plan my good lemming.
09/11/09
Do you even know? I am a soldier, I fight for our country. If you really want to know what our Military is doing in this war, then go to Iraq or Afghanistan and see the faces of these people we are helping. Hear them thank you for giving them hope. The thought of people like you makes me sick. I have fought for this country in ways you people joke about.
Our government has done the best it could in this situation. If someone walked up to you on the street and slapped you, you would not idoly sit by and let them walk away, you would fight back.
Until you have truely done something for your country, until you have truely done something for man kind, you have no room to say/type anything negative about this war or the people involved.
Please, I challenge you, go over ther as a tourist and see what we see. Feel what we feel and tell me this war is wrong. Tell me that we are not making a difference.
If you don't like the decisions of our government, make a change. I dont mean type something in a blog. I am talking run for office. If you think you could do a better job, then go do it.
If you don't like this war, too fucking bad. We are here, have been for 8 years and will be for another 8. This is the second most important war this country has ever fought. The first being the Revolutionary War.
This war is important. This war is bringing freedom and peace of mind to hundres of thousands of people who have lived under tyrany their whole lives. This war is putting a stop to terrorism. This war is saving the lives of civilians around the world.
We are keeping the extremests so busy over there, they have not had a chance to attack anywhere else. You talk about 9/11 as if it were something in a history book. Something that happened and we should get over. 9/11 was an act of war. They started this shit, we are finishing it.
Don't patronize people, don't talk down to people, and don't talk shit about the people who keep you free and safe.
Go on and live your life, as I know you will not take me seriously. You will undoubtadly think that this is silly and I don't know what I'm talking about. The next time you think to question your nation's military, then question everything you have. If it were not for us, then you would have nothing. You would be nothing. Your entire life as you know it, is a direct result of what we do every day.
You might watch movies and play video games and think because of that you know war. You don't.
Seriously, just leave this issue alone.
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But I have to disagree with you on one point. WWII and the Civil War I believe are the two most important wars this country fought. I'm sure that there are people overseas in the battle ridden areas that are grateful for the US's involvement but charity begins at home and spreads abroad. I can't have faith in the US government's "intentions" with the conflicts and invested time and money in helping other countries when equal inspiration and dedication isn't given for jobs, education, health care and homelessness right here in the US. It seems suspect. I'm not saying that the conflicts are utterly pointless (although that argument can be made) but...
It's seems too easy to point at problems abroad than deal with problems in our own house. Have you been to the inner city neighborhoods in some US cities? "Warzone" comes to mind.
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You are delusional if you think you are / were there for "freedom". 2nd most important war? Hardly.
"They started this shit, we are finishing it."
That's the kind of thinking that got us into an illegal war, and the kind of thinking that keeps us in one.
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"We will never forget."