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Last year, when the 11th was on a school day, the announcements at our school had a small slideshow of pictures and we had a moment of silence. I would hope that most schools would do so.

rufflebee wrote:

On topic, I wasn't in the country when 9/11 happened. I scarcely remember anything about it. And to make matters worse, schools hardly even teach us about it. Yesterday, they didn't even put a tribute in the morning announcements.
It was probably THE biggest tragedy in American history.. I am angered with my school.

Hmm. You were, what, two years old back then? 

They didn't put a tribute for us either, but that's because 9/11 is a Saturday this year.

But our English teacher let us discuss it anyway.

J0j2 wrote:

Sunrise-Moon wrote:

adriangl wrote:

The thing that makes me really mad is that the day that we lost thousands off lives just a few years ago, people are burning Qua'rans. That is not only disrespectful to them, but it also puts us at risk.

R.I.P. and God Bless

How is it disrespectful to them?

It is totally disrespectful to the entire muslem community and religeon. Not every Muslem had something to do with the bombing. Only a tiny, tiny extremist group did. And burning the Holy Book of their belief is sickening and horribly disrespectful and goes against everything america believes in.

That's like burning the Torah because one jew blew up a building. Blaming an entire religeon is not correct.

Yeah, I have many friends that are Muslim. My best friend is Muslim, and I think that the burning is completely disrespectful.

I was 4 when it happened. I remember seeing it happen on TV at my uncles house (we were on vacation).

My social studies teacher showed us some stuff in class, and we're watching the movie Flight 93 this week. The last couple years when it fell on a school day, there was a moment of silence both times.

I went to the site a few years back. It's pretty overwhelming.

Well, I do feel sorry for everyone who has died in this incident, even though it's not as remembered here in Chile, mainly since today we remember the 1973 coup d'etat, which started a dictatorship in which many people died as well. Just felt like mentioning that here.

Again, I feel sorry for all people who died in the incident, and their friends and families.

Last edited by technoguyx (2010-09-11 19:02:47)

antimonyarsenide wrote:

rufflebee wrote:

On topic, I wasn't in the country when 9/11 happened. I scarcely remember anything about it. And to make matters worse, schools hardly even teach us about it. Yesterday, they didn't even put a tribute in the morning announcements.
It was probably THE biggest tragedy in American history.. I am angered with my school.

Hmm. You were, what, two years old back then? 

They didn't put a tribute for us either, but that's because 9/11 is a Saturday this year.

But our English teacher let us discuss it anyway.

It was a sad moment, we all should be able to voi8ce what we want in school

Blade-Edge wrote:

There's a difference between a crazed man blowing up a building, and the police later discover that he is Jewish, and a crazed person dedicating his killings in the name of God

The people behind 9/11 were Muslims, but not all Muslims are bad, and most probably would never associate with them. The people piloting the planes were probably not even following the order, just claiming to follow the word of Allah. It's just like with the Taliban, the terrorists claim to be killing for Allah.
But if they actually preached it, they would know that it would go against the teachings

Have you read the Qu'ran? How do you know that those aren't the teachings of the Qu'ran?

Last edited by Sunrise-Moon (2010-09-11 19:37:26)

Sunrise-Moon wrote:

Blade-Edge wrote:

There's a difference between a crazed man blowing up a building, and the police later discover that he is Jewish, and a crazed person dedicating his killings in the name of God

The people behind 9/11 were Muslims, but not all Muslims are bad, and most probably would never associate with them. The people piloting the planes were probably not even following the order, just claiming to follow the word of Allah. It's just like with the Taliban, the terrorists claim to be killing for Allah.
But if they actually preached it, they would know that it would go against the teachings

Have you read the Qu'ran? How do you know that those aren't the teachings of the Qu'ran?

Have you read it?


And yes Blade, but that doesn't make it any better.

Sunrise-Moon wrote:

Blade-Edge wrote:

There's a difference between a crazed man blowing up a building, and the police later discover that he is Jewish, and a crazed person dedicating his killings in the name of God

The people behind 9/11 were Muslims, but not all Muslims are bad, and most probably would never associate with them. The people piloting the planes were probably not even following the order, just claiming to follow the word of Allah. It's just like with the Taliban, the terrorists claim to be killing for Allah.
But if they actually preached it, they would know that it would go against the teachings

Have you read the Qu'ran? How do you know that those aren't the teachings of the Qu'ran?

I take it you're one of those people who think all Muslims are terrorists

guys, quit discussing religion before someone freaks out

Blade-Edge wrote:

Sunrise-Moon wrote:

Blade-Edge wrote:

There's a difference between a crazed man blowing up a building, and the police later discover that he is Jewish, and a crazed person dedicating his killings in the name of God

The people behind 9/11 were Muslims, but not all Muslims are bad, and most probably would never associate with them. The people piloting the planes were probably not even following the order, just claiming to follow the word of Allah. It's just like with the Taliban, the terrorists claim to be killing for Allah.
But if they actually preached it, they would know that it would go against the teachings

Have you read the Qu'ran? How do you know that those aren't the teachings of the Qu'ran?

I take it you're one of those people who think all Muslims are terrorists

I'm not. I think that Muslims can be good people.

...And I'll leave it at that so that we don't get this thread closed. Sorry for helping to kindle the religious discussion  .