9/11

[Thistoastsucks]

Apologies if there's already been a thread on this.

AIBU to find the adverts promising "full coverage" of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks distasteful?

Full coverage of what exactly? Footage of what happened resulting in the deaths of all those innocent people? Yes, sounds like wonderful can't-miss telly.

Of course I feel that we should remember what happened but advertising full coverage from 5am on the morning of the day just doesn't sit right with me. I feel sorry for people who were personally affected seeing snapshots of footage appearing on their screens without warning.

It's being advertised as though it's a spectacle, like a sporting event.

@takehomepay

I’m wondering if there will be full coverage of the 20 year anniversary of the war on Afghanistan.

Which one? There have been wars fought in Afghanistan for hundreds of years.

@takehomepay

I’m wondering if there will be full coverage of the 20 year anniversary of the war on Afghanistan.

I think you mean 23rd Anniversary? Afghanistan then controlled by Al Queda declared war on the US in 1998...... The 9/11 attacks were done as part of that war...

It will be full coverage of the commemoration/memorial events. They're hardly going to recreate the terrorist attacks.

@WeAreTheHeroes

It will be full coverage of the commemoration/memorial events. They're hardly going to recreate the terrorist attacks.

Shit, really?

I don't need full coverage. I was 8 at the time and the coverage was so extensive I don't think I could ever forget. Horrific. I had nightmares for years.

@PlanDeRaccordement

No, I mean the one I said. The US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

[quote takehomepay]@PlanDeRaccordement

No, I mean the one I said. The US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.[/quote]
Which was part of the war that Al Queda declared on the US in 1998. Just to be clear who started that war. The US invasion in 2001 was part of the war started in 1998. It wasn’t a separate war.

@PlanDeRaccordement maybe you should go back even further to when the US first starting interfering in the Middle East, to see who declared war on who.

But in the mean time, I repeat that I’m referring to the US war on Afghanistan in 2001.

[quote takehomepay]@PlanDeRaccordement maybe you should go back even further to when the US first starting interfering in the Middle East, to see who declared war on who.

But in the mean time, I repeat that I’m referring to the US war on Afghanistan in 2001.[/quote]
The US wasn’t in Afghanistan prior to 2001...and they were only there because in 1998 war was declared on them and then they were attacked on their home soil.

Your insistence that the Afghan war started in 2001 with the US invasion is like saying that WWII began with the British and Allied invasion of Germany in 1944....just plain ignorant of the fact that a state of declared war already existed.

I've been watching National Geographic this week and some of the programmes have made me cry. I was at the top of the WTC 9 days before the attack and lost work colleagues who worked in there. I've found the coverage so far really interesting and moving.

@notfromstepford

I've been watching National Geographic this week and some of the programmes have made me cry. I was at the top of the WTC 9 days before the attack and lost work colleagues who worked in there. I've found the coverage so far really interesting and moving.

I think coverage is important as long as it's done in a respectful way. Documentaries and interviews are obviously useful, interesting and important but I don't think it's necessary for sky news to have wall-to-wall "full coverage" from 5am and if they do deem this absolutely necessary, their advertising campaign could stand to be a bit more tasteful.

DD is 12 and had heard of 9/11. Her English teacher recommended watching the national geographical channel documentary. I sat with her and she had no clue just how horrific it was but also how truly brave many people were. The sad thing is she mentioned that some of her peers has been taking the Mick out of the tragedy. I think its actually not a bad idea for them to understand exactly what happened.

@Aprilinspringtimeshower

I’d also say that in amongst the footage shown recently, was a brief video shot by a bystander, showing the metal pouring out the building and down the side and the actual cracking of the structure in seconds before collapse at that point. You can literally see the point it gives way. I’m not sure how many folks realise the importance of that with regards to conspiracies that a bomb blew up the tower. It clearly shows the exact point that the metal was melting and the tower was buckling in that one corner. I think that is important for people to see that to dispel myths that CIA etc were responsible, bombs etc ( and to ensure that building structures continue to improve)

Yes that was incredibly important that was shown, it completely shuts down the myth that it was a bomb.