K. I guess I'm not done with 9/11 yet
Sep. 12th, 2003 05:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hkellickI was going to sleep, but my mind is whirring too fast and I do actually really want to post this.
To everyone who felt the need to commemorate yesterday. Especially to those of you who weren't there and didn't lose (or even nearly lose) anyone:
Has the accident with the Columbia destroyed your birthday? How about the Challenger?
Do you weep on the anniversary of Waco?
Do you NEVER FORGET the lessons of Oklahoma City?
Do you hug your children a little closer on the anniversary of Columbine?
Do you consider staying home on the anniversary of the Olympic Park Bombing?
Do you care whatsoever for the innocent lives lost the day George Bush declared war on Iraq?
How about Flight 800? The Unabomber? The Washington DC Sniper?
These are things in your lifetime that you don't even give a moments notice to.
What makes 9/11 so different? What makes 9/11 so special?
To everyone who felt the need to commemorate yesterday. Especially to those of you who weren't there and didn't lose (or even nearly lose) anyone:
Has the accident with the Columbia destroyed your birthday? How about the Challenger?
Do you weep on the anniversary of Waco?
Do you NEVER FORGET the lessons of Oklahoma City?
Do you hug your children a little closer on the anniversary of Columbine?
Do you consider staying home on the anniversary of the Olympic Park Bombing?
Do you care whatsoever for the innocent lives lost the day George Bush declared war on Iraq?
How about Flight 800? The Unabomber? The Washington DC Sniper?
These are things in your lifetime that you don't even give a moments notice to.
What makes 9/11 so different? What makes 9/11 so special?
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Date: 2003-09-12 04:36 am (UTC)I think the ongoing media debacle is causing a lot of the perceived problems - but I also have a first-hand anecdotal way of saying that the problem you speak of isn't as severe as you might think. I am a telemarketer. I make my living pissing off America one phone call at a time. I worked a full shift yesterday with about 20 coworkers and not ONE of us got any complaints about our calls yesterday. Despite the media debacle, people are returning to their complacency and this is bad for the President's hopes of getting reelected (fear driven voters).
Americans are ignorant and I train people at work in how to exploit this ignorance in the name of profit. I'm not necessarily proud of this, but I am good at it. Another reason the TV keeps blasting the 9/11 message is because people have short attention spans. Know anybody that sits in front of the TV constantly changing channels? Tradgedy holds people's attention and captivates an audience - the footage of the day resembles train wreck footage in almost every way, including right into advertisers' pocketbooks.
It is the fickle nature of this country's citizenry coupled with a feeling of nothing being worth defending not in one's tiny sphere of influence that makes us such an easy target.