Good job saying a brave thing; on a US-based site with a plurality US membership, this was a risk. Well done.
Out of curiosity, how often do conversations about 9/11 come up? For the most part, we don’t discuss it that much among ourselves except during the anniversary, although I do make note that it was just a couple of weeks ago and indeed the traditional observance is literally just to talk about where we were and what we were doing at the time, which precisely when the observation about cheering would come up.
It may or may not surprise you that while there were basically no rooms cheering in the US, there was a substantial minority population that celebrated after the fact. Mostly these were people who hated finance and globalization (which the twin towers symbolized) or something about foreign policy (imperialism, colonialism, etc) or as some form of divine punishment (tolerating gay people or interracial marriage or what-have-you).
So, thank you for saying your piece. I appreciate the honesty.
Good job saying a brave thing; on a US-based site with a plurality US membership, this was a risk. Well done.
Out of curiosity, how often do conversations about 9/11 come up? For the most part, we don’t discuss it that much among ourselves except during the anniversary, although I do make note that it was just a couple of weeks ago and indeed the traditional observance is literally just to talk about where we were and what we were doing at the time, which precisely when the observation about cheering would come up.
It may or may not surprise you that while there were basically no rooms cheering in the US, there was a substantial minority population that celebrated after the fact. Mostly these were people who hated finance and globalization (which the twin towers symbolized) or something about foreign policy (imperialism, colonialism, etc) or as some form of divine punishment (tolerating gay people or interracial marriage or what-have-you).
So, thank you for saying your piece. I appreciate the honesty.