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Following up on my previous post, I found This opinion piece.
He talks about how America is forgetting about what happened on 9-11, and how we can't ignore what happens when we are complacent. He accuses the media of purposefully not showing 9-11 footage. Should we just show the footage everyday, no matter what the news for that day was regarding? Maybe we should have a 24 hour news station devoted to just playing 9-11 footage.
After the attacks, and the weeks following we were subjected to those images on a daily basis. We were told to go about our lives, if we didn't go about our lives then "The terrorists have won." Remember that phrase? If we acted scared, and allowed ourselves to be motivated by that fear, then the terrorists who committed the act of violence against us would have achieved a primary goal.
Now, 4 and a half years later this guy is telling us that by actually moving on with our lives we are forgetting how scary the world is. We are ignoring the fact that we could be attacked again tomorrow. We should go to a movie theater to be reminded of how scary things can be.
What a douchebag.
"During World War II, moviegoers were constantly treated to newsreels depicting the damage at Pearl Harbor, along with current events on both the Pacific and European fronts. Hollywood churned out hundreds of World War II pictures, the vast majority pushing for further American involvement in defeating Germany and Japan and celebrating the heroism of men and women involved in the war effort."
There is a big difference between how information was distributed back in the first half of the 20th century and how we get information today. I read this guys wonderful article on the Internet. The same Internet where a Google search will bring up a million articles, videos, and photographs pertaining to 9-11. We haven't forgotten, we've just decided not to live in constant fear. We don't need Hollywood to save us from complacency, and we certainly don't need some third rate op-ed writer to tell us how we should react to a film depicting the events of that day.
We're still finding body parts from that day
AND
We are currently deciding on the death penalty for a terrorist involved in 9/11
How exactly have we forgotten?
He talks about how America is forgetting about what happened on 9-11, and how we can't ignore what happens when we are complacent. He accuses the media of purposefully not showing 9-11 footage. Should we just show the footage everyday, no matter what the news for that day was regarding? Maybe we should have a 24 hour news station devoted to just playing 9-11 footage.
After the attacks, and the weeks following we were subjected to those images on a daily basis. We were told to go about our lives, if we didn't go about our lives then "The terrorists have won." Remember that phrase? If we acted scared, and allowed ourselves to be motivated by that fear, then the terrorists who committed the act of violence against us would have achieved a primary goal.
Now, 4 and a half years later this guy is telling us that by actually moving on with our lives we are forgetting how scary the world is. We are ignoring the fact that we could be attacked again tomorrow. We should go to a movie theater to be reminded of how scary things can be.
What a douchebag.
"During World War II, moviegoers were constantly treated to newsreels depicting the damage at Pearl Harbor, along with current events on both the Pacific and European fronts. Hollywood churned out hundreds of World War II pictures, the vast majority pushing for further American involvement in defeating Germany and Japan and celebrating the heroism of men and women involved in the war effort."
There is a big difference between how information was distributed back in the first half of the 20th century and how we get information today. I read this guys wonderful article on the Internet. The same Internet where a Google search will bring up a million articles, videos, and photographs pertaining to 9-11. We haven't forgotten, we've just decided not to live in constant fear. We don't need Hollywood to save us from complacency, and we certainly don't need some third rate op-ed writer to tell us how we should react to a film depicting the events of that day.
We're still finding body parts from that day
AND
We are currently deciding on the death penalty for a terrorist involved in 9/11
How exactly have we forgotten?
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