On remembering.

[axejudge]

Remember the Maine!

Remember the Lusitania!

Wait - no one does that anymore?

No - because all fades into the mists of time. It is not forgetting so much as it is healing. What is to be served by opening the wound again and again?

By continually looking back, we completely miss our present and fail to look forward into our future. The bell cannot be

Comments

[nebris]

Ya fergot the Alamo. ;)

~M~

[dydan]

Well, in all fairness, its a really tiny building! Its easy to forget.... ;p

[dydan]

THIS!!

I live for the day when we can see an end to the 9/11 tragedy porn. And that's what it is. Instead of everyone swinging their dicks around, its swinging their patriotism around to see who is the better griever.

Where are the dick wavers on the anniversary of the OKC bombing? I bet the vast majority of people I'd ask can't even remember the date of when that happened. What about any other terrible event that resulted in a loss of life? And how many of those people are channeling that "patriotism" into volunteering at soup kitchens or homeless shelters?

[alphak10]

I like that here in St Louis there is an newer annual concert that has a different kind of healing being served for the 9/11 attacts. Have you heard about the Sheldon concert for religious deversity? Great stuff. Christian, Islamic, Budist, Jewish, Hindu, Sikh.... They get together. Perform and show that it is not one religion against another... why can we not have more healing like that in this country and on this planet. Us all shake hands and say... "I respect you. And I am glad to have a glimps into your world. Thank you for sharing with me."