tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post935584991014514626..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Experts on 9/11: commemoration vs. exploitationJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-47630708565081722732011-09-06T17:14:13.811-04:002011-09-06T17:14:13.811-04:00Forgot to add the following:
http://tinyurl.com/3...Forgot to add the following:<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/3otpyhgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27717918880613554822011-09-06T17:12:00.091-04:002011-09-06T17:12:00.091-04:00It's only Sept. 6th, and they are bickering al...It's only Sept. 6th, and they are bickering already.....<br />Stop the madness!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-55166456380477151772011-09-05T19:01:25.899-04:002011-09-05T19:01:25.899-04:00Maudlin and overbearing. People magazine's fea...Maudlin and overbearing. People magazine's feature of kids whose fathers died was particularly obnoxious.<br /><br />Thousands die every day. The people who died at Cantor Fitzgerald ten years ago are no more heroes than the guys who get splattered in a construction zone by inattentive drivers.<br /><br />The mindless "support the troops" drumbeat is ridiculous too - perhaps we Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-47664973535137487762011-09-05T13:20:03.913-04:002011-09-05T13:20:03.913-04:00I agree with 12:45. The spectacle is tawdry. It...I agree with 12:45. The spectacle is tawdry. It's motivated by exploitation and, yes, sentimentalism -- not remembrance -- to sell product only, just like every other profound event in American history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-84888733722981795422011-09-05T12:45:49.400-04:002011-09-05T12:45:49.400-04:00Sad? True.
Atrocity? True
Heros? True
Infighting o...Sad? True.<br />Atrocity? True<br />Heros? True<br />Infighting over the "sacred ground"? True.<br /><br />I've had enough!<br />Way to much.<br />This whole thing is "overboard".<br /><br />The reading of 3000 names? To much.<br />Why not read the names of the people killed in Pearl Harbor?<br /><br />It gets sickening after a while.<br />it's been 10 years-let it go!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com