should 9/11 be a national holiday?

[TwiceOver]

Our guy in Denmark gets 22 holidays.

Sure, why not.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

No. December 7th, 1941 isn't a holiday.

that's what i was going to say

It is a national holiday, Patriot Day. The govt just doesn't shut down on that day.

Personally I think we should just move Veterans Day from Nov to Sept. Since Sept 11 is the cause of our new generation of Veterans.

that's a bullshit holiday. patriot's day commemorates the battles of lexington and concord, ma, the first battles in the revolutionary war. but they didn't have facebook so fuck it, right?

and, veteran's day, still armistice day outside the US, originally commemorated the end of ww1 but had been extended as a day noting all veterans. but, fuck them too, right? what's the point of a memorial if you're too dead to enjoy it?

while we're at it, let's replace all instances of "washington" with "beyonce"

 

[PottedMeat]

will i be able to get a ssd at %50 off on newegg's 9/11 special sale emails? if so, yes. :twisted:

 

[The Boston Dangler]

We moved all our ships out of Pearl Harbor before it happened.

We didn't close down the Pentagon and the Twin Towers for fumigating or some other bullshit reason for preemptive damage control. That's why Pearl Harbor never got holiday status.

i don't know what the hell that's supposed to mean, but i bet it's dumb.

 

[Fayd]

It was a sad day, but we should mourn what over-reacting to it has done to our freedom more than the loss of life that day.

The TSA, NSA, RGB, VGA and TLA have harmed America more than Bin Laden did.

And Memorial Day already lets us reflect on the loss of life and waste of trillions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

that damn blue connector.

 

[master_shake_]

my father didn't go to vietnam to shoot at fucking hitler just so you could have another day off!

 

[drebo]

9/11 shouldn't be a holiday because our reaction to it was complete failure.

I'd much rather see the anniversary of Pearl Harbor be a holiday. We were badasses back then.

That said, I'd rather 9/11 be a holiday than Ceaser fucking Chavez' birthday. Fuck you California.

 

[JEDIYoda]

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[JEDIYoda]

speaking of India.....that reminds me of a story I heard about S&^%$#&^%......
He went to the doctor with a rash and hives and he was sneezing and coughing and his eyes were red......

S*&^%$%^ said to the Doctor......something is very wrong with me.....Please help me!

The doctor said to S&*%^$#@^ have you been dreaming about the Palestinians again?

S&^%$^&*% said...Doc this is much worse something is really wrong with me!

The doctor said to S#$%&^$%# -- ok..I know what`s wrong with you.....

Take this bucket and take a dump in the bucket. Then stick your hrad in the bucket and take 3 deep breaths!!

S%^$#$%&* did as the Doctor suggested and was amazed at how good he felt.

S*&^%$#@! rushed back to the Doctor and said -- what was wrong with me?

The Doctor said -- oh...you were just homesick!!

 

[brianmanahan]

whattttttt

 

[master_shake_]

speaking of India.....that reminds me of a story I heard about S&^%$#&^%......
He went to the doctor with a rash and hives and he was sneezing and coughing and his eyes were red......

S*&^%$%^ said to the Doctor......something is very wrong with me.....Please help me!

The doctor said to S&*%^$#@^ have you been dreaming about the Palestinians again?

S&^%$^&*% said...Doc this is much worse something is really wrong with me!

The doctor said to S#$%&^$%# -- ok..I know what`s wrong with you.....

Take this bucket and take a dump in the bucket. Then stick your hrad in the bucket and take 3 deep breaths!!

S%^$#$%&* did as the Doctor suggested and was amazed at how good he felt.

S*&^%$#@! rushed back to the Doctor and said -- what was wrong with me?

The Doctor said -- oh...you were just homesick!!

hey that used to say sandeagle.

 

[SandEagle]

speaking of India.....that reminds me of a story I heard about S&^%$#&^%......
He went to the doctor with a rash and hives and he was sneezing and coughing and his eyes were red......

S*&^%$%^ said to the Doctor......something is very wrong with me.....Please help me!

The doctor said to S&*%^$#@^ have you been dreaming about the Palestinians again?

S&^%$^&*% said...Doc this is much worse something is really wrong with me!

The doctor said to S#$%&^$%# -- ok..I know what`s wrong with you.....

Take this bucket and take a dump in the bucket. Then stick your hrad in the bucket and take 3 deep breaths!!

S%^$#$%&* did as the Doctor suggested and was amazed at how good he felt.

S*&^%$#@! rushed back to the Doctor and said -- what was wrong with me?

The Doctor said -- oh...you were just homesick!!

that was a callout and completely unnecessary. why can't you ever stay on topic? why?

 

[Printer Bandit]

We should have a Terror Day.

Confuse the terrorists and make them unsure whether it's okay to attack or not.

 

[lamedude]

2,500+ died during the attack on Pearl Harbor. 2,977 died on 9/11. Doesn't seem like "way more".

Even if they were equal civilians instead of military makes 9/11 a bigger tragedy.

 

[momeNt]

i don't know what the hell that's supposed to mean, but i bet it's dumb.

Sorry, we moved out all of our modern ships before Pearl Harbor.

As for the second statement, well, if you compare it to pearl harbor, we actually gave the terrorists legitimate targets. Providing that flight 93 was going to go to the white house... if it was intended to go elsewhere, then the attacks make about as much sense as Pearl Harbor.

 

[momeNt]

I got a better idea, make whatever day we declare victory over terror a national holiday.

 

[z1ggy]

I got a better idea, make whatever day we declare victory over terror a national holiday.

So... never?

 

[mmntech]

We have the same debate here over Remembrance Day on November 11th. The going argument against it is that kids should be in school to learn about the events, and that turning it into a fun party day cheapens what happened. There are a couple of provinces that have made it a holiday. I lean towards the no side though. Kids need to learn about the futility of war. Especially the ones coming from countries that seem to be glorifying it right now.

 

[Anubis]

No. December 7th, 1941 isn't a holiday.

this

 

[Red Storm]

I am all for more days off.

 

[manimal]

that's what i was going to say



that's a bullshit holiday. patriot's day commemorates the battles of lexington and concord, ma, the first battles in the revolutionary war. but they didn't have facebook so fuck it, right?

and, veteran's day, still armistice day outside the US, originally commemorated the end of ww1 but had been extended as a day noting all veterans. but, fuck them too, right? what's the point of a memorial if you're too dead to enjoy it?

while we're at it, let's replace all instances of "washington" with "beyonce"

10/10



thumbs up!

 

[Rakehellion]

9/11 is a holiday in some countries.

 

[sportage]

Holiday? For whom? We didn't exactly fair very well that day, if ya remember.
The other guys got the jump on us and caught us with our pants down.
Not only down, we were bent over and all lubed up.
We took one for the team, but it wasn't our team.
So I don't know for whom this would be a day in the category of holiday?
I guess we could call it chalk one up for Bin Laden day?
Or the day of intelligence naivety?
Or the day those fereners cleared the way for new construction in downtown Manhattan.
And no doubt some that would call it the day GW purposely attacked America.

 

[nageov3t]

as long as it occurs on the actual date, 9/11... none of that rescheduling to Monday crap.

Monday holidays are the worst. it's my normal day off regardless, but when there's a holiday it means everything is suddenly crowded (and my boyfriend, off from work, actually wants to like go out and do stuff instead of me having the day to sit at home in my underwear playing video games)

 

[AznAnarchy99]

way more people died on 9/11 though

Pearl Harbor brought us into WW2 which led to 420,000 deaths of American citizens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties

Total American deaths from the War on Terror including Iraq and Afghanistan

56,422

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Terror

Plus our count nowadays is better compared to back then.