I’m sorry it’s been 10 years, but I don’t feel like pretending I’m sad
It doesn’t have anything to do with being sad, why would you be sad? We mark the anniversary of things like 9/11 to show our respect for those who died. If you mope around the house feeling bad today you are doing it wrong. And no, this does not apply for those who lost loved ones, friends, or other people on that day.
I didn’t say forget it, but you can’t dwell on it. And realistically, we learned nothing. We are just as arrogant as we were before. Possibly even more so, the false belief that our way of life is the “right way”. Meanwhile our political system is failing miserably, the global opinion of the US is horrendous, our economy is headed for another crash, and people are worried how they’re going to eat. Eisenhower warned about the military industrial complex 60 years ago, and we obviously didn’t learn anything from that. “The only thing we learn from history is the fact that we learn nothing from history”
People don’t seem to get that America is a pretty new country in history’s eyes. Yes, I love living here but if I had the money would I move to another country? Possibly. Americans do think they are better than everyone, but there is good things in other countries too. People have to realize that America is what 250 years old (rounded). The Roman Empire lasted 500 years (rounded). There is no reason we are immune to what happened to Rome. We could be just a page in the history books soon. But no, all the religious Americans think America is God’s favorite country and nothing can happen to it. Well, that is wrong. We are no different than any other country in the world.
Yeah I agree with most of this here. I am sad, but that’s probably because I just really feel other people’s pain and I remember feeling the pain on that day.
However, America is a LOT like Rome. And I think people should start paying more attention to the history of Rome and the current events in America lest we fall the same way lol.
Even though I understand you may be upset with how some other people act towards 9/11. Never generalize. Not every religious person thinks America is God’s favourite country. In fact I believe we’re near the bottom of the list (assuming God keeps lists of favourite countries
). And even though America is young, (technically if you want to start from when Jamestown was settled we’re closer to Rome’s age; we’re 400+) we face the same problems they and every other successful nation has had. They all start and peak with a goal in mind and morals to guide them, then once the goal is reached they typically turned inward and abondon morality which is what we see America becoming, sadly. Despite that, I’m part of the remnant that will fight for what she used to be with her God and her morality to guide her. I love this country, and even though other places look attractive to live; nothing beats the US for me. In a way I feel obligated to stay and try to make a difference especially when I see a small child that may never know the America I knew when putting morality on display wasn’t a “violation of separation of church and state”.
Anyways, even though 9/11 isn’t extremely significant for me, I wouldn’t immediately claim that every religious person thinks we stand on the right side of the line and if they do they’re rather ignorant.
That was longer than intended, but that just came out.
I hope you get the point.