[QUOTE=zzzz;37636528]Actually I don't think people just moved on in the same way you are suggesting. I might mention that first of all, even if we did move on from pearl harbor quickly, it was probably due to the fact that a major war overshadowed the event. Furthermore, I'm assuming you weren't alive december 7, 1952, on the 11th anniversary of pearl harbor, to tell whether or not people had moved on by then[/QUOTE]
We were too busy with Korea to worry about over-memorializing Pearl. Besides, we didn't use Pearl Harbor as an excuse to pass shit like the Patriot act and bring forth shit like the TSA. We moved on with things. We started focusing on other things, such as civil rights in the south, building homes for all the GIs that were coming back, retooling back to civilian production, building interstates, and that sort of thing.
I don't see the problem. Today the only thing I've seen is a mention of it on the radio, a moment of silence in school (like 10 seconds), and a speech from my football coach. Not a big deal.
[QUOTE=TestECull;37636565]We were too busy with Korea to worry about over-memorializing Pearl. Besides, we didn't use Pearl Harbor as an excuse to pass shit like the Patriot act and bring forth shit like the TSA. We moved on with things. We started focusing on other things, such as civil rights in the south, building homes for all the GIs that were coming back, retooling back to civilian production, building interstates, and that sort of thing.[/QUOTE]
Worth mentioning that the US wasn't in massive debt at that time. The US, although it had suffered the great depression, had bounced back to a wonderfully good economy after World War II, as the war economy was a major boon for the US economy over all.
Furthermore, there was no reason to pass an act which 'restricted the civil rights of Americans' post WWII. Yes, I apologize that you have to take off your shoes and put your bags on a conveyor belt. Those goddamn TSA causing you over 10 minutes of extra waiting! DAMN THEM! (I don't know why FP has a blind hatred of authority figures such as the police and the TSA. Believe it or not they are not there to hurt you)
In addition, you're kind of cherry picking positive social issues from post-war times. You could also go as far as to say that during that time, civil rights activists were mercilessly persecuted, as Brown vs. the Board of Education wasn't until more than a decade later. Maybe that the Vietnam war had just begun as well? Bad things still happened in the post-war era, and the government still did unpopular things. It wasn't all fun and good economy, building houses for GIs, civilian production, etc.
[QUOTE=Fatfatfatty;37632929]We need to stop caring so much about 9/11, it only show the terrorists how much damage they have actually done. All it took was the sacrifice of 6 men in the beginning of a "Jihad" a holy war and it left an entire nation trembling in fear for many many years to come.
Or you could also say "Terrorists win"[/QUOTE]
nah, if the terrorists won we'd have stopped intervening in Middle Eastern affairs, when in fact we're even more involved. Terrorists lost, big time.
[QUOTE=cccritical;37633331]let's just forget about the 3,000, fuck them amirite
same with the 8 million that died during the holocaust
that happened like, what, a million years ago? totally not relevant at all anymore and it definitely had no impact on history[/QUOTE]
The sooner we can get over 9/11, the sooner we can focus on other things. Better things. Sure, the 3000 are dead, but living in the past will make everything worse. I mean, would you consider yourself a monster if you got over a relative dying? Sure, it'd still be sad when you think about them, but do you really want to dwell on it for the rest of your life? That's fucking stupid.
[QUOTE=Venezuelan;37637386]nah, if the terrorists won we'd have stopped intervening in Middle Eastern affairs, when in fact we're even more involved. Terrorists lost, big time.[/QUOTE]
Terrorists win when their goal is to create fear. As Fatfatfatty said, with only 6 people they have caused panic for 11 years now.
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