On Sunday I'll be back in Lower Manhattan, paying my respects to lost friends and colleagues.

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I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that ...

Problem is, Will future generations eventually forget?

Not if the firefighters, police, and veterans have anything to say about it.

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

Problem is, Will future generations eventually forget?

Not if the firefighters, police, and veterans have anything to say about it.

Eventually, to future generations 9/11 will fade. How many of us really understand some event from about a thousand years ago. Perhaps 1066?

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BOINC WIKI

Problem is, Will future generations eventually forget?

Not if the firefighters, police, and veterans have anything to say about it.

Eventually, to future generations 9/11 will fade. How many of us really understand some event from about a thousand years ago. Perhaps 1066?

Ah, yes, the Battle of Hastings, when William the Conqueror won control of Britain. No, I didn't Google it, but I did look it up in my encyclopedia to make sure I was correctly remembering my High School history lessons.

As long as the memorials stand, and the story is in the history (books), people will remember.

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

Problem is, Will future generations eventually forget?

Not if the firefighters, police, and veterans have anything to say about it.

Eventually, to future generations 9/11 will fade. How many of us really understand some event from about a thousand years ago. Perhaps 1066?

Ah, yes, the Battle of Hastings, when William the Conqueror won control of Britain. No, I didn't Google it, but I did look it up in my encyclopedia to make sure I was correctly remembering my High School history lessons.

As long as the memorials stand, and the story is in the history (books), people will remember.

As long as we can eventually forgive those not directly involved in the event. I do not want my descendants to be living something like the battle between Sunnis and Shiites in 600 years.

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BOINC WIKI

Problem is, Will future generations eventually forget?

Not if the firefighters, police, and veterans have anything to say about it.

Eventually, to future generations 9/11 will fade. How many of us really understand some event from about a thousand years ago. Perhaps 1066?

Ah, yes, the Battle of Hastings, when William the Conqueror won control of Britain. No, I didn't Google it, but I did look it up in my encyclopedia to make sure I was correctly remembering my High School history lessons.

As long as the memorials stand, and the story is in the history (books), people will remember.

Or even the Battle of Tours, led by Charles Martel the Hammer.

He is remembered for winning the Battle of Tours (also known as the Battle of Poitiers) in 732, in which he defeated an invading Muslim army and halted northward Islamic expansion in western Europe.[7]

A brilliant general, he is considered to be a founding figure of the Middle Ages, often credited with a seminal role in the development of feudalism and knighthood, and laying the groundwork for the Carolingian Empire.[8][9] He was also the father of Pepin the Short and grandfather of Charlemagne.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

I think this one sums up pretty nicely.

http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/opinion/luckovichsept11/

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BOINC WIKI

As long as we can eventually forgive those not directly involved in the event. I do not want my descendants to be living something like the battle between Sunnis and Shiites in 600 years.

I can Completely Agree with That Emotion.

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I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.)

As long as we can eventually forgive those not directly involved in the event. I do not want my descendants to be living something like the battle between Sunnis and Shiites in 600 years.

I can Completely Agree with That Emotion.

Or the Catholics and Protestants in Ireland. Or Muslims and Christians in the Balkans and Russia.
Yes, that would be very helpful. Even more so if the Islamists could find a way to do likewise.

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

As long as we can eventually forgive those not directly involved in the event. I do not want my descendants to be living something like the battle between Sunnis and Shiites in 600 years.

I can Completely Agree with That Emotion.

Or the Catholics and Protestants in Ireland. Or Muslims and Christians in the Balkans and Russia.
Yes, that would be very helpful. Even more so if the Islamists could find a way to do likewise.

My ancestry comes from France via Wexford Ireland(1690-1850), so Yeah I can sympathize.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Problem is, Will future generations eventually forget?

Not if the firefighters, police, and veterans have anything to say about it.

Eventually, to future generations 9/11 will fade. How many of us really understand some event from about a thousand years ago. Perhaps 1066?

John brings up a good point. In the US, Ask any high school kid what the dates 7 December 1941 or the 6th of June 1944 mean. You will more than likely get blank stares. Im 59 and well remember when both dates were brought up in the headlines in papers and on the national news alot. Fast forward to today. They get maybe a blurb in passing interest.

Those of us alive who can remember will never forget. In 3 generations it will be a footnote in a history book. And if history is a guide they will have their own bad memories.

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Old James

Problem is, Will future generations eventually forget?

Not if the firefighters, police, and veterans have anything to say about it.

Eventually, to future generations 9/11 will fade. How many of us really understand some event from about a thousand years ago. Perhaps 1066?

John brings up a good point. In the US, Ask any high school kid what the dates 7 December 1941 or the 6th of June 1944 mean. You will more than likely get blank stares. Im 59 and well remember when both dates were brought up in the headlines in papers and on the national news alot. Fast forward to today. They get maybe a blurb in passing interest.

Those of us alive who can remember will never forget. In 3 generations it will be a footnote in a history book. And if history is a guide they will have their own bad memories.

So lets crunch for today, hope for a better tomorrow. Damn the Torpedoes, full speed ahead...

ET is playin hide and seek, so lets go shake some bushes...

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

All bad deeds of a nation or people must be forgiven in time.....if they amend their behavior.
If we did not do so, we would have excommunicated most of the population on the planet by now....

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

"Remembering" isn't simply having been there and experiencing the full pain.

"Forgetting" isn't simply marking a date on a calendar that's largely unimportant.


Remembering is knowing that it happened, and not forgetting is knowing what caused it and how we can prevent it in the future.


This goes for all "special" dates including 9/11.


While I don't want future generations to ever experience something like 9/11, and they will probably not know the full emotional impact of the date, I don't mind that they don't know the full emotional impact so long as they learn what happened and that it was wrong.

Agreed.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Agreed.

+1

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I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.)

Hopefully 9/11 will have in some way have helped to make all humanity stronger, and all the reasons behind it will have helped to make us wiser, and finally may it all have helped to allow us to be happier.
”If you can know how to hate,
then you can learn how to love!”
celttooth

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Although it happened on American soil, it must not be forgotten that nationals from around the world also perished.
The attack was aimed at America, but many other countries also suffered from this attack.

# 1 United States: 2,902

# 2 United Kingdom: 67

# 3 Japan: 23

# 4 Colombia: 17

# 5 Jamaica: 16

= 6 Philippines: 15

= 6 Mexico: 15

# 8 Germany: 6

= 9 Peru: 5

= 9 Canada: 5

= 11 Italy: 4

= 11 Australia: 4

= 13 Guyana: 3

= 13 Brazil: 3

= 13 Ecuador: 3

= 13 Lebanon: 3

= 13 Portugal: 3

= 18 Ghana: 2

= 18 Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 2

= 18 China: 2

= 18 Israel: 2

= 18 Haiti: 2

= 23 Taiwan: 1

= 23 Belgium: 1

= 23 Moldova: 1

= 23 Dominican Republic: 1

= 23 Bermuda: 1

= 23 Ireland: 1

= 23 Russia: 1

= 23 El Salvador: 1

= 23 Uzbekistan: 1

= 23 France: 1

= 23 Lithuania: 1

= 23 Honduras: 1

= 23 Nigeria: 1

= 23 Indonesia: 1

= 23 Sweden: 1

= 23 India: 1

= 23 Ukraine: 1

= 23 Côte d'Ivoire: 1

= 23 Venezuela: 1

Total: 3,123

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BETTER THE WORLD ~ PAY IT FORWARD
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"Remembering" isn't simply having been there and experiencing the full pain.

"Forgetting" isn't simply marking a date on a calendar that's largely unimportant.


Remembering is knowing that it happened, and not forgetting is knowing what caused it and how we can prevent it in the future.


This goes for all "special" dates including 9/11.


While I don't want future generations to ever experience something like 9/11, and they will probably not know the full emotional impact of the date, I don't mind that they don't know the full emotional impact so long as they learn what happened and that it was wrong.

I can agree with that.

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BOINC WIKI

Problem is, Will future generations eventually forget?

Not if the firefighters, police, and veterans have anything to say about it.

Eventually, to future generations 9/11 will fade. How many of us really understand some event from about a thousand years ago. Perhaps 1066?

John brings up a good point. In the US, Ask any high school kid what the dates 7 December 1941 or the 6th of June 1944 mean. You will more than likely get blank stares. Im 59 and well remember when both dates were brought up in the headlines in papers and on the national news alot. Fast forward to today. They get maybe a blurb in passing interest.

Those of us alive who can remember will never forget. In 3 generations it will be a footnote in a history book. And if history is a guide they will have their own bad memories.

I just asked a high school student. One of the two right, and the 20th century is the topic for history class this year. I expect the other will be learned by the end of the year. Pearl harbor was correct, but D-Day was confused with Hiroshima.

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BOINC WIKI