Priorities and Politics Vs. Remembrance On 9/11

Sept, 21st, 2011
by F. Grey Parker

I am re-posting this very disturbing portion of my 9/11 round-up for a reason. That reason is outlined below the video. The video is not safe for work or children.



I am still going through reader correspondence from the last few weeks. My apologies. Some of the mail I am reading is actually quite startling. In particular, I have been taken aback by the sheer level of venom and vitriol directed at me regarding the choices I made while marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Apparently, a larger number of my readers than I am frankly comfortable with were disappointed that I didn't take that time to write some anti-militarist screed. More disturbing were the dozens who railed at me for not promoting outright "trutherism."

With all due respect, what the hell is wrong with you?

The legitimacy of these arguments and the veracity of conspiratorial claims were not on my mind that day. Nor should they have been. I have written, in excruciating detail, on these subjects. The only thing that mattered on that day was to remeber the human toll.

Period. End of story.

I am hoping that just one or two of the people who felt the need to condemn my "failure" to capitalize on such horror will watch this.

Remembering 9/11

Sept 11, 2011
This is not safe for work or children.

The videos and images ahead are both heartbreaking and disturbing. It is important that we do not turn away. As a nation, we no longer really define ourselves in terms of "generations." It is by decades that we mark our journey. On this 10th anniversary of the worst day in modern American history, we have a duty remind ourselves of just how much this harmed our national psyche because we have not really even begun to heal.

The day began for most Americans with almost totally cloudless skies and temperate weather. Indeed, it was a gorgeous day from coast to coast. And then it started.