KingRanger
Banned
Oh come on. Both of you. It was a giant monster destroying buildings. Stop reading so much into things.
9 years ago today...
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Oh come on. Both of you. It was a giant monster destroying buildings. Stop reading so much into things.
Forever Knight
Eye See You
Why couldn't you see this as a nod to 911 and a reminder of it?. I thought it was good on Toei's part... The world will never forget.
I made a poll about this in the poll sub-forum.
Buildings are destroyed in Tokusatsu on a weekly basis.
Bolt
boogie woogie feng shui
Gatack Striker said:
It's not even really a matter of expressing patriotism, as I don't think that the destruction of one of our most identifiable structures and the loss of thousands of lives calls for a demonstration of national pride. That's the problem; whenever something like this happens, the first thing people do is start aligning themselves with groups and causes and lose sight of the fact that a disaster like that affects us all as human beings, not just as American citizens or as Islamic Muslims or New Yorkers or whatever. There's such a team mentality to global society today that we ended up viewing a senseless incident of extremist violence as incitement for war and all it did was deepen the rifts that separate us as people, as evidenced by all the bad sentiments that still exist between white folk and Middle Easterners.
DECADE453145
Ankh's hair is simply FABULOUS
I was 5 when it happened. In China. Also asleep.
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
PSI Ground
pictures of fish
I forgot 9/11 happened nine years ago yesterday. I think I was 6 and was still following Time Force since it was airing.
And I think the building thing was moreso a nod to it, and nothing more, and you have to remember it was the 12th there at the time too so coincidence maybe
I do feel sad for any families that lost people in the crash.
EDIT: I think I was sick at home watching taped episodes of cartoons and PR
And I think the building thing was moreso a nod to it, and nothing more, and you have to remember it was the 12th there at the time too so coincidence maybe
I do feel sad for any families that lost people in the crash.
EDIT: I think I was sick at home watching taped episodes of cartoons and PR
Artic_Rival
Lurker
I was young when this happened. One of the students told me that war was happening and when I got home, my parents were glued to CNN, something my Grandfather watches.
I found it weird. I could recall them not letting me watch TV so I went up to my room to find that all the channels were replaced by the same thing CNN had or something.
I am having trouble recalling my day when it happened. Never Forget, my foot. And while it did change some major things, it didn't really change the entire world IMO. If anything changed, it's that people got more racist that day.
I found it weird. I could recall them not letting me watch TV so I went up to my room to find that all the channels were replaced by the same thing CNN had or something.
I am having trouble recalling my day when it happened. Never Forget, my foot. And while it did change some major things, it didn't really change the entire world IMO. If anything changed, it's that people got more racist that day.
KingRanger
Banned
The episode in question didn't even air on 9-11.
Painted_Outlaw
The new Tendou Souji
I never replied to this, lame..
Anyways, I didn't find out until I got home from middle school. Nobody there told me anything (the only thing I heard was that all after school programs were cancelled and everyone had to go straight home). I get to my apt.building, read the notice on the bottom door and head upstairs; my mom then stops me on the way into the house and asks if I knew what was going on, I reply that the annual Barbecue for the apt. complex's in a week (what the notice said), her reply's that planes hit the trade center's and one's headed for the pentagon. This sums up my reaction to the news..
Anyways, I didn't find out until I got home from middle school. Nobody there told me anything (the only thing I heard was that all after school programs were cancelled and everyone had to go straight home). I get to my apt.building, read the notice on the bottom door and head upstairs; my mom then stops me on the way into the house and asks if I knew what was going on, I reply that the annual Barbecue for the apt. complex's in a week (what the notice said), her reply's that planes hit the trade center's and one's headed for the pentagon. This sums up my reaction to the news..
KaenBurakku
like a SPINNING WHEEL
I was in Kindergarten/1st Grade (not sure, I'd need to backtrack) when it happened. My mom had two appointments for a job interview that day. One in Seattle, Washington, and one in the WTC. I thank the heavens she chose to take the interview in Seattle. It took her 3 days to get home...which felt like 3 years to me, but I was glad she was alive.
I didn't realize the whole effect of 9/11 until 3rd Grade, probably. My parents had tended to shield news reports from me...so all I really remember is watching Magic School Bus and Captain Planet tapes...
My mom got into a car accident the past May, which dislodged two disks in her spine...and when they did a spinal tap, something happened to cause the chemicals to go to her brain, resulting in recurring meningitis...
So yeah...when I was little...I thought it was just the world trying to get rid of my mom. I never realized the full effect of 9/11 till years after...
I didn't realize the whole effect of 9/11 until 3rd Grade, probably. My parents had tended to shield news reports from me...so all I really remember is watching Magic School Bus and Captain Planet tapes...
My mom got into a car accident the past May, which dislodged two disks in her spine...and when they did a spinal tap, something happened to cause the chemicals to go to her brain, resulting in recurring meningitis...
So yeah...when I was little...I thought it was just the world trying to get rid of my mom. I never realized the full effect of 9/11 till years after...
OverdrivePrime
Member
Well said, Bolt. :thumbs:
It is infuriating to me how people look to the most base, meaningless differences to identify themselves and then rally around that to the exclusion of all other knowledge. Religion, Nationality, Skin Color, Gender... who freaking cares? These aren't important! They're just the most simple metrics for people to latch on to... but to take pride in these seems almost ridiculous. Is it because people don't have a better understanding of self - that they don't know who they are beyond where they come from and how they pray?
I was 24 when the twin towers were attacked. I was at work, and one of the guys listening to the radio suddenly stood up and said that one of the towers had been hit. We brought out a TV, crashed CNN, and spent the rest of the morning watching what was going on. My work sent everyone home at noon, because back then there was this insane notion that any other population center was a target, even Milwaukee. As if terrorists care about Milwaukee! There's no national symbolism here, unless maybe you blow up the Harley plant and a couple beer breweries. But seriously, a lot of people were pretty scared back then.
When I got home, a bunch of friends gathered at my house to watch the story continue to unfold.
Back then, I pretty swiftly got into the camp that thought that the Bush Administration let it happen. There was soooo much suspicious about all of it, particularly the strike on the Pentagon, which to this day makes no sense at all. For a couple years I followed the conspiracy theories, but I've since let it go. That was nine years ago. The Bush Administration is out of power, and the government would never admit to any wrongdoing even if it did happen. I just try to honor those who died, and to support those who suffered.
