tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491040877840120845.post8126182627034242992..comments2024-03-16T17:47:07.792-04:00Comments on Stationary Waves: 9/11 Anniversary: Let's NotRP Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028013805248797978noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491040877840120845.post-2768726234559360812011-09-09T13:14:45.347-04:002011-09-09T13:14:45.347-04:00Perhaps you're right. However, I note that the...Perhaps you're right. However, I note that the USA celebrates the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, not the anniversary of his assassination.<br /><br />It is easy to take an isolated example ("patriot" day), ignore its underlying context (9/11 terrorist attacks and the war and destruction of the post-9/11 world), and come up with a likely story of why a hypothetical proponent would want to propose that we celebrate "patriot" day.<br /><br />I am not calling into question the good intentions of someone who wishes to celebrate heroes, but rather the psychology of people who would rather commemorate death than life. I lay flowers on my grandmother's headstone on her birthday, not on the anniversary of her death. I celebrate her life, not the anguish of her final days in the hospital.<br /><br />There is something wrong with a nation that wants to commemorate death. There is something defeatist about it, something incredibly down-trodden. It is not natural to the American psyche as I remember it in the pre-9/11 days.<br /><br />As for Rememberance Day, I have long wondered why Canada is so proud of its 20th Century war heroes. The two world wars had nothing to do with Canada. Canada sacrificed so much and gained so little during those wars, it was a complete waste of Canadian lives. Canada is an inherently peaceful and industrious nation. Why they want to cling to such a sad and wasted history of war is beyond me. <br /><br />Perhaps as an American I am not supposed to understand it. But when I think of great Canadians, I don't think of soldiers fighting wars for European aristocrats, I think of great explorers and an unyielding spirit that has managed to tame an unfathomably harsh environment and turn it into a land of plenty. Where is the Canadian holiday to celebrate that?RP Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15028013805248797978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491040877840120845.post-59931287895765186042011-09-09T12:59:47.211-04:002011-09-09T12:59:47.211-04:00I get what you're saying and it makes sense, b...I get what you're saying and it makes sense, but I wonder that the intent of Patriot day was to have a memorial day. Something to honour and remember the victims and heroes of that day (the first responders). Is this not the same as your Veteran's Day (like our Rememberance Day) on Nov 11? A day to remember the soldiers who died and honour those who survived? Perhaps that's the view the officials who created this day had when they created Patriot day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com