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Ranty-pants
September eleventh?
:O
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALISTAIR.
What really annoys me? A date has been declared taboo. Imagine planning a wedding that happened to be on the eleventh of September, everyone would look at you as if you were mad, even though this is an event that happened in completely different country and was some years ago now. But no. It's now considered anathema to enjoy it without 'remembering the tragedy', I have other things to remember, like those who suffer daily and who lose their lives under oppression, I realise that sounds like a catch-all phrase, but the truth is, I can't think of a better way to put it without rambling on for pages, also, I am tired and lazy. These people have no 'day', they don't die all at once, so there is no mass hysteria, they die one by one, through poverty, disease and neglect.
I am not denying anyone their right to mourn the twin tower attacks (I refuse to call it 9/11), I am just trying to express my dissatisfaction with the phenomena of world-wide grief that I believe is a far lesser tragedy than that which happens every day.
And yes, I'm aware of the irony of not actually posting this on the eleventh. My brain doesn't work until after midnight, it seems.
:O
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALISTAIR.
What really annoys me? A date has been declared taboo. Imagine planning a wedding that happened to be on the eleventh of September, everyone would look at you as if you were mad, even though this is an event that happened in completely different country and was some years ago now. But no. It's now considered anathema to enjoy it without 'remembering the tragedy', I have other things to remember, like those who suffer daily and who lose their lives under oppression, I realise that sounds like a catch-all phrase, but the truth is, I can't think of a better way to put it without rambling on for pages, also, I am tired and lazy. These people have no 'day', they don't die all at once, so there is no mass hysteria, they die one by one, through poverty, disease and neglect.
I am not denying anyone their right to mourn the twin tower attacks (I refuse to call it 9/11), I am just trying to express my dissatisfaction with the phenomena of world-wide grief that I believe is a far lesser tragedy than that which happens every day.
And yes, I'm aware of the irony of not actually posting this on the eleventh. My brain doesn't work until after midnight, it seems.