A sad day tomorrow...

[PokerMan]

...nine years on. RIP

[NoMercy]

May I just point out, Pink-Kittens, that 9/11 wasn't just a tragedy for the United States. 67 Brits were killed in NY on that day.

[pink-kittens]

still does not detract from the fact that we as a country need to learn where our priorities lie

[ummmm]

May I just point out, Pink-Kittens...that you haven't got a clue how we remember either events as individuals.

Do you think there would have been a 7/7 without a 9/11??? Do you?

[pink-kittens]

dont twist youreself into knots - remember it i my opinion, I am not inferring you or others feel the same

Does the US remember 7/7?

[NoMercy]

It's not about priorities or location. 67 Britons were killed in the 9/11 attacks - more than the total number killed on 7/7.

It's about remembering ALL the victims of terrorist atrocities, regardless of where they fell.

And when you refer to "our countries" atrocities... tell me, how many countries were you referring to? ;-)

[ummmm]

BUT it is sad shame and quite disgusting that we remember with far less vigour our OWN countries atrocities

Who are 'WE' please?

[NoMercy]

"Does the US remember 7/7?"

I wonder if the US citizens who took to their streets that day holding placards with the words, "Today were are all British" remember....

Yes, I suppose they do.

[NoMercy]

And "our countries" is plural.

Surely you mean "our country's"

[ttfn]

I can see where pink-kittens is coming from to a degree. However the magnitutde of any such act should invoke feelings of humanitarianism and compassion, It would be a shame to veer from the essence of PokerMan's post.

[rowanwitch]

I remember coming home from a night shift putting on the tv and spending the whole day watching events unfold...going back to work that night and finding a colleague in tears...
she was muslim...and she could not understand how a faith that had guided her and her family had been so perverted to cause such horror..we carried on watching during breaks etc and I will never forget what was shown... My workmate was frightened to leave the building...as she was sure anyone in islamic dress would be targetted...so a group of us walked her to her car...

And Yes pink kittens...I remember 7/7 vividly too......and I also remember the bombings in london by the IRA..as I was working there at the time ....all such acts are atrocities...but if we do not learn from them all the lives lost are wasted....

[ummmm]

And two Italian friends of mine got beaten up after 7/7 because the thugs thought they might be Muslim.