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CNN to replay 9/11 attacks coverage
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AznAnarchy99
Lifer
he wouldnt be caring about gas if he was 12
and i do think it is a minor event in comparison with others around the world
Black88GTA
Diamond Member
Well, in terms of death tolls and other damage - Katrina, the tsunami in Indonesia....etc.
Natural disasters excluded, however, I can't think of any that are bigger ATM...
Black88GTA
Diamond Member
I'm not going to argue that. I guess it depends on how you gauge magnitude of a given event - whether it be solid numbers (death tolls, $$ in property damage) or perceived worldwide influence / impact of the event. IIRC, the death toll of the Indonesia incident was above 200k, however you are right - it didn't have the overall impact of 9/11.
chuckywang
Lifer
What about something WW2 related?
mugs
Lifer
If you think the impact of 9/11 was limited to the US, you're delusional. There have been attacks on other countries just because they supported us after the attacks. The election in Spain was swayed by an attack because they supported us. There have been attacks in the UK because they supported us. The tsunami happened, the world pitched in and helped, but there has not been long-term effects, because it was an act of nature. If death toll is all that matters, then the tsunami was a more significant event. But you still see the ramifications of the 9/11 attacks in the news.
Black88GTA
Diamond Member
This may be true. However, the nature of the event plays a huge part. What has changed on a global basis as a result of the Indonesia incident? Nothing. Because a natural disaster of that magnitude is virtually impossible to defend against. All you can really do is rebuild what you can, and hope it doesn't happen again.
9/11, on the other hand, has sparked changes worldwide in airport security procedures, terrorism awareness, border scrutiny, etc. It has also changed many other things on the governmental level that the general public is probably not even aware of. Other things not directly related to terrorism have changed as well, in countries all over the world. Things like design specs for new buildings, the move away from skyscrapers in favor of shorter buildings, etc.
dug777
Lifer
Ahaha mugs you're so arrogant.
You think the millions of people directly affected by the tsunami think sept11th was more significant? Let alone that hundreds of thousands died in the tsunami, as opposed to a piffling what 4k? If you think the WTC damage was incredible, i assume you haven't seen any footage of what the tsunami did to a massive portion of Indonesia's coastline?
Sure you Americans think Sept11th was the most important thing that happened, ever, in the world, but that's because it happened to you, and you happen to be an astonishingly inward looking nation 😉
You think the millions of people directly affected by the tsunami think sept11th was more significant? Let alone that hundreds of thousands died in the tsunami, as opposed to a piffling what 4k? If you think the WTC damage was incredible, i assume you haven't seen any footage of what the tsunami did to a massive portion of Indonesia's coastline?
Sure you Americans think Sept11th was the most important thing that happened, ever, in the world, but that's because it happened to you, and you happen to be an astonishingly inward looking nation 😉
Of course I don't think it was limited to the US; not at all. But apparently everyone thinks the tsunami was limited to Indonesia😕
If you're fed a diet of US news, you might get the general picture of the world, but obviously a bit US-biased...it's to be expected. I don't live in SE Asia, but I bet the ratio of tsunami:9/11 based news is a bit higher over there, and those people consequently think the tsunami had a greater global impact than we do, and we think 9/11 had a greater impact than they do.
mugs
Lifer
No. Definitely not. But the world consists of far more than millions of people.
See you're missing my point... the impact of 9/11 was not limited to the less than 3000 people who died in the attacks. Was Pearl Harbor limited to the 2400 people who died that day? Events do not happen in a vacuum.
I don't think the people of Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey, Spain, the UK, Australia, Bulgaria, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Kazkhstan, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Thialand, the Ukraine, or Japan would agree that the the 9/11 attacks were limited to the United States. All of those countries have had their citizens die as a direct result of the attacks. But death toll isn't the whole story.
Note that I did say 9/11 was arguably the most significant event in the world in the last 5 years. I did not say it was definitely the most significant event in the world in the last 5 years.
Edit: speaking of Indonesia, how about this
Agreed, but I do get what he was saying.
The panic that the press coverage incited was fair, but way out of proportion.
My mom wanted me to drive home 70 miles from college because it was a couple of miles from one of the most notable Air Force Bases in the midwest because she thought I would be safer.
I wouldn't call it "Hilarious" by any means, but it will be interesting to try and figure out how people came to these judgements.
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