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To frankly not give a tinkers Cuss where you were 10 years ago

90 replies

HallnotOates · 11/09/2011 13:40

and I'm not sure why it matters

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5inthebed · 11/09/2011 13:42

I was the same place I am now, with my arse on the settee.

HTH

chibi · 11/09/2011 13:42

well ultimately, probably nothing matters

InnocentRedhead · 11/09/2011 13:43

You are and you aren't BU

What does matter though is remembering those who were taken too soon on that day - whether you knew them or not. Often remembering what you were doing that day does evoke further emotions and feelings that you may not be able to feel if you don't recall what you were doing that day

yousankmybattleship · 11/09/2011 13:44

I don't think it atters but I do think it is good to remember. 3000 people died. No harm in marking the day and showing a little respect.

Nancy66 · 11/09/2011 13:44

then don't read those threads. Easy

chibi · 11/09/2011 13:49

i guess it just seems graceless (amongst other things) to announce completely without having first been asked, to the world at large how much you don't care about something

is this you showing how sophisticated/hard/cynical/??? you are? I'm not sure that matters either, hur hur.

HallnotOates · 11/09/2011 13:52

Lol at hur hur.
People died. It was sad. People have died since.
Knowing someone was ironing and was " so shocked" adds little.

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LunaticFringe · 11/09/2011 13:59

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aldiwhore · 11/09/2011 14:01

I DO remember where I was, it was a shocking significant moment, and because of that I remember what I was doing/thinking/saying/seeing at the time.

However, YANBU to not give a shit about the details of my memory!!

It WAS shocking, many died, but I find it even more shocking that 120000 people a year die from gun crime, I guess if that all happened on ONE DAY in one place, I'd remember exactly where I was too!

I do think rememberance is important, not glory, not hate, but remembering... and though it happened in another country, many of our own citizens were involved so rightly or wrongly it holds more significance.

Psammead · 11/09/2011 14:05

Hall if you could just run up a list of topics we are and are not allowed to discuss, that would be most helpful.

TIA.

BoneyBackJefferson · 11/09/2011 14:05

Its a JFK, John Lennon, Berlin wall moment.

YABU

Snowboarder · 11/09/2011 14:21

It was a big event in world history, of course people are going to talk about it, as they would and will with any other big event.

HTH

HallnotOates · 11/09/2011 14:22

Lol psammey. That would be long.

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Psammead · 11/09/2011 14:24

Grin I bet....

LisaD1 · 11/09/2011 14:26

I remember exactly where I was as it is the day a very good friend of mine died (from a riding accident- nothing to do with 9/11). It is also the day some 3,000 innocent fellow human beings were mass murdered.

The fact that the OP doesn't care is irrelevant to me. Difference is the OP started a thread about it!

Andrewofgg · 11/09/2011 14:27

YANBU although we all remember. Like the death of JFK and Churchill for those old enough. Just not something I want to share because my memories of it are as boring to you as yours are to me.

zukiecat · 11/09/2011 14:29

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ddubsgirl · 11/09/2011 14:32

you may not care but others do,it was a huge thing that changed the world,i remember what i was doing and the horror i felt,same as i remember the moment it came on the news that 2 bodies had been found that were the 2 little girls from soham,if i was to remember then i will.

giyadas · 11/09/2011 14:35

perhaps a little forgiveness op? In their wish to commemorate such a huge event they may have forgotten that everything is about you.
Still, you've set them straight now.

doublestandard · 11/09/2011 14:41

Are we allowed to say Tinker's cuss? Hope so. Yes it's a bit on the racist side if you're oh so vair PC but it does make me giggle.

ExpensivePants · 11/09/2011 14:43

It's called conversation. I don't give two tosses where people were when JFK was shot, when the men pretended to land on the moon, when dull as ditchwater John Lennon was shot. But people insist on telling me so I grin and pretend I'm listening.

worraliberty · 11/09/2011 14:46
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doublestandard · 11/09/2011 14:53

Arf at

You're not wrong!

ThierryHenryismyBoyfriend · 11/09/2011 14:54

Nice sensitivity to those who lost their lives and those who are still suffering the aftermath of the towers coming down.