Well, he really knocked 'em down that day
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I find it very strange seeing people express such somber emotions about 9/11. Admittedly it was before I was born, but it seems so different to my experience. The reverence displayed for human life during 9/11 seems so disjointed from the apathy to the multitudes more who died in gaza. Who died in Ukraine. Who died in hospitals during COVID. I cannot imagine myself being so shaken by death. When I see tragedy it affects me very little. Not to say I think death is okay, I just can't imagine living in a time where I would have grievances to spare on another thousand dead.
What I'm trying to say is that I probably would set a personal best during a modern tragedy and be either oblivious or indifferent. Relatable meme lol
One is a conflict that has perpetuated arguably for more than 400 years.
One is a war that has been going on since 1948. Could be argued that it even started in the 1800's with zionism.
One was COMPLETELY out of the blue, unprecedented in USA. Pearl Harbor doesn't even come close to the impact of 9/11.
So yeah. Obviously people have different feeling about it.
9/11 was so shocking, it was known around the world.
My parents who grew up in a developing country (that is not even a US ally btw) also heard about it on the news. Its literally the first thing that come to mind when the concept of "terrorism" is uttered.
In 1993 a truck bomb exploded in the basement of the world trade centre killing 6 and injuring over 1000. Completely out of the blue? A first in history? Google pre 9/11 terrorist attacks, have a read through.
I said in another comment that the I think the reason for such discrepancy between the reactions I see in my life and the reactions to 9/11 from people who lived through it was they saw it happen on tv. And I guess in a weird way that does make sense to me. Of course people don't have such a visceral reaction to things they haven't seen.
I've seen plenty of the muslim conflicts. It is well reported in Sweden. You miss the geographical impact of a "real" threat occurring in North America.
I know about the truck bomb. It was like a footnote of nothing in comparison.
Idk I guess it's just confusing for me. I don't care particularly more about the people who died in 9/11 than I do about the people who died elsewhere. For me it is no less tragic than any other incident. And for me so much is happening that I'm numb to it.
Then thats a "you" problem.
Do you feel alright going to sleep in a safe bed at night?
i lived through it and got out of class early in uni because of it and watched tribute.wmv regularly and i turned out ok
if nobody's pointed out it - it's because rich people died in 9/11
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We all process grief in different ways.