Comments on: World Trade Center – Too Soon?

By: flippityflopitty

flippityflopitty — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:54:00 +0000

New Orleans aside... I was blaming NYC for not being prepared - buildings come down for more reasons than jihadis.

Pataki just signed a bill allowing people to put in claims 2 years after diagnosis with 9/11 symptoms. Boy, I cant wait for that medicare reimbursement debate.

We are a society of reaction and that is one of our failings.

By: Tanstaafl

Tanstaafl — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:57:00 +0000

If we're going to blame govt when buildings come down, especially after an attack, the only economically feasible way to prevent it would be to not build them in the first place.

Likewise New Orleans.

By: flippityflopitty

flippityflopitty — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 04:15:00 +0000

My earlier post was lost...
Basically, I dont feel the need to give Oliver Stone a penny for this - the day is burned in my psyche with little hope of forgetting or fogging. I guess this is how people remember things like Pearl and JFK.

I think it is more likely to be the ignored "wake-up call". People will hear it and then fall back to sleep.

When we talk about "impressions", the trailer shows Cage suggesting this was something we couldnt prepare for. That's a crock - the warning signs were there (1993) and the FDNY was grossly ill-prepared for any significant building collapse. In a city full of skyscrapers ranging in ages upwards to 100 years old - despite all the heroics, blood and sweat of each firefighter - the institution failed.

The towers falling was probably unavoidable (a separate argument) - the subsequent loss of life to FDNY, NYPD, MTA, etc during, after and still to this day was avoidable.

I dont need Hollywood on this one.

By: phactoid

phactoid — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 02:00:00 +0000

I fear the next few years will show us whether 9/11 was a “wake-up call” or merely an ignored warning sign.

By: Tanstaafl

Tanstaafl — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 04:27:00 +0000

Whether any of us who experienced 9/11 are ready for it or not the more important issue is whether this film accurately captures what happened.

Younger people will someday form their impressions from such sources, just as most of us have had historic events imparted on us.

5 years beyond 9/11 and after all the related events, most people still cannot name the adversaries in World War Jihad. Some will not acknowledge there is a world war, even as they scream: "Civil war in Iraq!" "Ceasefire in Lebanon!" "It has nothing to do with Islam!"