ℓεαн ([info]mrsashleywardjr) wrote,
@ 2003-09-11 20:58:00
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How can people forget? I'd really like to know..because you know what? We didn't even take a moment of silence at school today. Doesn't my principal realize that 3,000 people died and somebody's parent/friend/relative could've been one of them? I saw that not taking a moment of silence at 8:46 or when the plane struck the Pentagon, or when the plane went down in Pennyslvania very disrespectful and I am very offended. If my generation forgets, who's going to remember?

I had more to say..but it's all so irrelevant to what happened two years ago.

In memory.


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[info]realxlife
2003-09-11 11:08 pm UTC (link)
that is extremely disrespectful. you honestly should have approached your principle about it. god.

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[info]mrsashleywardjr
2003-09-13 10:23 am UTC (link)
i know it is. my friend was going to..but i think she forgot or something.

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[info]gigglesgirl326
2003-09-12 04:02 am UTC (link)
That is so disrespectful. We had a moment of silence at 8:46 at my school. We usually have an assembly, but we didn't, and I thought that wasn't right. Its better to talk about it than forget.

We're having an assembly today, but its about awards from last year. So nearly 3,000 people died a year ago yesterday, let's give them an assembly the day after about what they did at the end of last year. I don't really think that was a good idea on my principal's part, but I guess there was no other time for it. Sorry I am rambling in your comments. =X

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[info]mrsashleywardjr
2003-09-13 10:26 am UTC (link)
haha no i love long comments! that's awesome that you had an assembly about it last year. but you do live in NY so i can understand it. i really don't realize why they would replace it with awards?! my god..!

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[info]gigglesgirl326
2003-09-13 10:41 am UTC (link)
Actually, if you read my recent updates, they did mention alot about 911 at the begining of the awards ceremony. We planted a tree last year and one of the teachers wrote a speach, but that was last year.

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[info]gerbie
2003-09-12 01:43 pm UTC (link)
With all do respect, but how long should you go on with a moment of silence? One year? 2? 10?

28 years before on the exact same day In Chile a coup killed several dozens, the dictator Pinochet made sure thousands followed. Do we remember that? Do we take a moment of silence for them? What about the thousands who die every day of hunger in Africa. However bad that attack was two years ago, unfortunately it isn´t unique in the history of the world, not even in your country.

I do not agree that you blame your principal. We shouldn´t forget. Never. But at some point you shouldn´t give those who did this cowardice attack too much credit. Do not forget, but it might not be necessary that someone tells you that you have to remember.

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[info]mrsashleywardjr
2003-09-13 10:36 am UTC (link)
it's only been 2 years and i still feel that we need to take that small moment out of the day. there are 1440 minutes in a day and taking ONE of those to remember the innocent americans is not going to hurt one bit.


maybe i'd remember it if i even knew it happened..how can you say that this attack was not unique in the united states? it is the most memorable thing that has happened in my country in my entire life. how dare you say it wasn't unique in the US..i can't even fathom that.

i do not blame my principal and i did not say that. and i am not giving the terrorists credit. i'm not remembering them, i'm remembering the innocence they took from my country. the people. the hurt. i'm not praising them nor am i trying to. should we just forget about remembering becase someone might think we are praising the terrorists and not the innocent lives?

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[info]gerbie
2003-09-14 08:38 am UTC (link)
I was reluctant to post my comment in the first place, as it is difficult to look at it objectively. I try to not let emotions get in the way of the facts.

The fact that you don´t know about Chile says a bit about your country. Self centered, not knowing what is happening in the world. When I say that this was not a unique fact, I mean that every day terrorist attacks ruin people´s lives, everywhere in the world. This one happens to be the biggest one, but that does not make it any different for me. Any innocent life that is lost is one too many. What I am interested in is where is the line for rememberance? How many deaths? How many years afterwards?

Please do not forget any of them. Giving them a minute of your time isn't a bad thing to do. I just state that it shouldn't be obligatory.

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[info]mrsashleywardjr
2003-09-14 09:57 am UTC (link)
i'm not going to continue the drama in MY personal journal because i'm not going to tolerate someone i don't even know attacking my country and how ignorant we supposedly are. you don't think 9/11 is unique to the rest of the world just because terrorism happens every day, so how should i think your chile attack is any different than how you feel about 9/11?

i agree with you that any innocent lost life is one too many, but this is how it all starts. people disagreeing which turns into fighthing, and so on. so i leave you wishing you a nice life.

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[info]gerbie
2003-09-14 10:10 am UTC (link)
Agree to disagree. And even though I disagree, I would never fight over it. So, a nice life to you as well.

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[info]allinator
2003-09-12 04:05 pm UTC (link)
we had two moment of silence. no but really we had like a long as tme to pray and stuff. and then today we had some police officer that was tehre come and talk to us about it and im sitting there like honestly really trying not to cry.

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[info]mrsashleywardjr
2003-09-13 10:37 am UTC (link)
i really wish we had time to pray. i prayed by myself just randomly, but if we had structured time i would have felt a lot better. yeah man, i started crying last year. and i cried when i came home and watched a tape of what happened.

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