okay, this may sound callous and mean, but i live here and i feel like i have every right to say it. I HATE 9/11. yep, i said it. i know. I am evil and horrible and how dare i. what good american would EVER say that? I would. It's called freedom of speech and i am using it. How many years has it been already? and we are still making a freaking huge deal about it. we are still fighting a war over it. and ummmmm, by the way people, it wasn't Iraq that did this...... duh. Hell, if i have to listen to our "GREAT" leader say that it was Iraq one more time..... someone give that man a map please!
Living here i find that most New Yorkers feel the same way about this. We are over it. We have moved on. It's the rest of the country that hasn't. I take a train into the center of the hole all the time. Yeah, it was weird at first and i did come down to the area about a month after it happened. It was horrible. I agree. But now it is a big hole in the ground where people fight over what they think will be the correct memorial for it or the perfect building. No one agrees on any of it. And the people who lost loved ones are getting involved. I know, it is horrible that they lost someone in such a horrible tragic way, but they are not architects or artists or city planners. They need to be kept out of the loop. There is absolutely no need for their opinion on the matter.
I went to the movies down there to see "Sicko" and had tourists come up to me, a whole family, asking where they can go for a 9/11 memorial. i shivered and told them that they haven't made it yet. If they only knew what was being planned. The design was horrible. even the other day i had someone call up my job asking for blocks of ice so they can project a film on it for today. I wanted to puke. Ohhhhh, the symbolism. The screen will be melting and crying as the movie is going.......
So, yes, there i said it. I am a mean horrible person and am currently looking at the ground to open up and suck me down. Don't worry everyone, i will be soon. Just not yet. but in the meantime, please don't take pictures of a construction site.
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thankyouthankyouthankyou! I wanted to post something along these lines myself, but not only am I not a 'New Yorker', I'm not even American! I was worried I'd have the military at my door....but it's become a pet peeve of mine and today it is most prevalent. It was tragic. No doubt. It was beyond tragic and I, like everyone remember the moment, the place the time and the feeling. The thing is, tragedies are happening every day, everyWHERE, and we are causing a lot of them with this so-called war (umm, occupation!) Why do I get the feeling that everyone wants me to believe that the single most important thing to ever happen is 9/11? What about the problems WE'RE causing?
It's just so touristy...it ruins the genuine thrill of the horror...
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