Quote (Interesting @ Sep 6 2011 10:27pm)

9/11 is as much as symbol of America's potential to over-react as anything else. I agree with post #2.

Quote (WidowMaKer_MK @ Sep 6 2011 03:55pm)

...let's see if I can help you grasp it a little better .

Over 200 people jumped to their certain deaths rather than suffer the horror of being burned alive but before the media decided to exhibit a little respect we got to watch them jumping and 343 NYC firefighters died because they chose to walk toward the danger instead of run away from  it .

You minimize the horror and dishonor the sacrifice of these brave men and women when you try to compare this national tragedy to any other event no matter the cost . By your reasoning we need not concern ourselves with any other disaster since so many people died of the black plague .

Quote (Thor123422 @ Sep 6 2011 08:08pm)

I never said we shouldn't concern ourselves with it. I was meaning it is miniscule compared to horrors that happen every day that we pay no mind to. I know there is a genocide in Africa where rape is used as a terror weapon and I don't bat an eye. A thousands of people die all over the globe from preventable diseases which put them in more pain than the 9/11 victims burning to death. It seems hypocritical to care about 9/11 but not care about the others.

Quote (WidowMaKer_MK @ Sep 6 2011 06:10pm)

...I will assume you are speaking just for yourself ?

Quote (Thor123422 @ Sep 6 2011 08:11pm)

I've never seen a thread posted about the genocides in Darfur, and even if they do exist they are dwarfed by the amount of 9/11 posts even you yourself make.

Quote (WidowMaKer_MK @ Sep 6 2011 08:15pm)

...feel free to start the thread of your choice about genocide and starvation but projecting your lack of care and concern on anyone else is incredibly malicious . The people and organizations I associate with in real life are greatly concerned and doing something about it .