why people feel sorry for 911, but not feel shame for vietnam,heroshima and Iraq war for example?
375427
i dn't know about vietnam and heroshima but iraq because our ass is still over there and we can't take our a whole country. and if iraq was so bad why we beat them in a week why we over there in the frist place they didn't bomb us think about it
500511
You are right I feel bad and down and gloomy because idiots like you exist. I cannot believe that you affiliate yourself with known drug addicts and recite fox news like it id real. What a shame you are to humans. I would really like to know what is going bad for us guys.
13703
As your question is rather non-specific, I will shoot a t an answer that covers what I think of when I read it.\n\nHK people are just that, people. Human beings, like you and me. \n\nIf you were asking what I think about those poor people hit by disaster, yes, they are unfortunate, and they suffer greatly. So do the people struck by hurricanes and floods in the US, and everywhere such disaster strikes.\n\nWhat is odd, though, is that with disaster reports in the media, even less people reach out a hand to those suffering in their immediate surroundings. \n\nHow many people close their eyes and ears when they live in a house where children are beat and/or abused just a few doors down the hall? How many people are out in the cold, freezing to death under a bridge? \n\nIt doesn't take a saint, nor an angel, nor Jesus Christ to make a change. It sometimes just takes a little courage to make a step, and live through the taunts.\n\nI think HK people aren't so very different from ourselves. What would you want others to think about or do to you, were you one of the "HK people"?
585510
Because most liberals are conspiratists.  They  like nothing better than blaming the current government for all the evils in the world.  As far as a plane hitting the pentagon, I believe that one did.  And I feel bad for all the people who died there, and in New York.  I also feel bad that the family members of all the victims have to deal with all this crap being put out on the news and Internet.  We should never forget what happened on 9/11, but we should let the deceased rest in peace and not keep dragging everything out all the time.
31465
Blame the news media.\n\nI don't know how it is in the rest of the country, but in NYC, the news tends to focus on all the rapes, beatings, accidental deaths, shootings, kidnapping, and other gruesome stuff that have happened during the day. In other words, the news likes to emphasize negative events over not so negative events, because for some reason, the not so negative stuff isn't seen as newsworthy [read: ratings grabbing]. So naturally, when people turn in to the news, it seems as if wherever they live is much more dangerous than it really is. It's kind of hard to feel safe when all you see on the news are the latest home invasions or gang shootings.\n\nI think another factor is psychological. Perhaps people feel a bit traumatized over the last crime wave, and can't feel safe anymore. It's sort of like when someone is mugged or something. Once something traumatic happens, sometimes it's hard to feel safe in the world, even though there's no chance of it happening again.
1119828
War mentality never does make sense, but in this case, it is like you just lost two members of your immediate family, you would normally suffer a heavy grief, but if the same two people were just some mentioned in a newspaper obituary from a place your family did not live, you might feel a twinge of sympathy, but usually not much more.\n\nP.S. As was mentioned by some, the torture and death of the two soldiers, I ask you to consider this. bush made sure that any and all of the insurgents captured in this war were not considered prisoners of war (which would require humane treatment), so that the captured prisoners could be tortured during questioning, or shuttled around to holding facilities in countries who have solid records of using torture in interrogation. This President condones using anything necessary to find his enemy and that includes torture, suppression of Constitutional rights for Americans, and more. When you fight a dirty battle, expect that the other side will do the same.
877292
I would love it if someone with a knowledge of history would answer this question in an unbiased manner.  Just of what little I remember (I'm 63), US citizens felt compassion toward the Jews after the war due to what happened to them.  They struggled for years to make it work.  Later on, the US may have kept it up for various other reasons also.  But that's the reason I remember.
381474
Are you talking ablout situations like the tsunami, where we went to there aid immediatly but when katrina hit no one lifted a finger? its because the world needs us but they do not appreciate are us, when they don't need us thay talk shi* but something bad happens and they want us to help there asses
194479
NO. I have friends and family who are in Iraq in the military and my father in law just got back from Iraq as a civilian bomb dog handler. Each of them has told me how saddened and sickened they are by the media portrayal of only negative things from the war. Each of them has told me about how they can see positive changes in Iraq and how much better the living conditions are over there now and how they have started schools and brought order back in many places. I don't think that is a waste of time. It is hard for us who have people we love over there and I am sure we would like to see them all come home safely and not have to be at war -- but the efforts made my our troops in Iraq are not a waste of time.
794205
If 9/11 was what many suspect it to have been,then the Axe needs to fall.  It rarely does, however, as we seem to be cursed with the JFK syndrome of believing the public can't stand to hear the truth.  Those that run things have a cynical view of humanity, and they don't seem to care about us at all.
302029
Is Israel in any way responsible for 9/11? I believe so, but indirectly. It is Israels opression of the Palestinians that fuels radical Muslims hatred of them. It is America's unconditional support of Israel that makes radical Muslims hate us. The attacks of 9/11 are a direct result of our support of Israels oppression of the Palestinians.\n\nDoes Israel feel guilty? Of course not. They don't feel guilty about forcing Palestinians from their homes, stealing their land, killing them, building a wall seperating families. Why would they feel guilty about this?\n\nrallman@sbcglobal.net: Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11. Turn off FOX news and open your ears. Even your beloved president has said it.
1101152
Normally you anger me beyond words.  I can't even express  how much.  Today I am just going to give you a calm honest reply to your question.  I really don't feel any shame over anything you listed in your question.  It didn't phase me a bit.  In fact I don' t feel shame for a single thing except one.  I am ashamed that people from all over the world read the vile crap you write about my country and the troops fighting for it.  I'm ashamed that you make your comments in agreement with our enemies and to their delight knowing that you are an american citizen. Most of all I am ashamed knowing that there are brave men fighting this war who read what you write in this forum and I can't tell every one of them that I am so sorry.  Yes that's what I'm most ashamed of...that you are an American.
25928
Your question is one that is a little close to home for me, I am currently sitting in Iraq and I have lost one of my Marines over here.  That feeling of lost is as bad as losing a family member.  \n\nThat being said lets take a look at the people that make up the population of the U.S. a good portion has been in the military or at least has a friend or family member that is or has served.  The brave Men and Women that were sent to Vietnam are now the Parents or in some cases Grandparents of the Men and Women here with me today.  The connection is made between the one that are safe and the one that walk the wall.  No one can look the other way when it hits that close to home.\n\nThe people that greave for the loss of life I say Thank you for your concern.  The one that use the loss of life as a way to advance their political agenda I say F*** Off.  \n\nThe Men and Women that died over here died defending freedom, we all gave some, but some gave all.
1080440
With all due respect, I am a person of colour and have had a reputation as a Left Wing Radical, back in the days, so it is no small matter that shocks me to here you suggest that '911' is something for Anglos to get over!\n\nFurther I cannot imagine it rational to suggest that anyone mere "get over", the violent loss of any life.  The loss of lives are to be take as both lessons, and mantles that challenge us to make the world a place where we all can walk as noble men and minds and yet do so respecting the lives that went into giving us the advances large or small that we can continue the struggle from.  And when I speak of that struggle, I do not mean any Black, White, or Asian, but the struggle of humanity itself!
1114655
First off, I am a veteran of the Gulf War. I was in Kuwait but as a female, did not actually go out to do hand to hand combat. Irregardless I was there. I was actually on inactive status at the time and volunteered to reactive to go because I'm in a highly demanded field.\n\nWith that said, I know a lot of military ppl who don't agree with the war but feel 'stuck' because they will get punished for opposing. BUT, I also know a lot of them have convinced themselves they are doing what is right. They do this blindly because it is the only way they can deal with what is going on.\n\nI, personally, think it takes more courage to stand up and say NO and be dishonorably discharged and probably sent to Levinworth for a few years. If I had been active when this war started, that is what I would have done because this war is unjustified and in no way, shape, or form is protecting any 'american way of life'. \n\nThat is bologna used to brainwash the troops.
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My theories:\n\n1. It's easier to believe that Iraq had something to do with 911 than to really understand the complexities of the modern world. To fully understand the fact that Iraq had nothing to do with 911, you would have to constantly be on top of current events and know quite a bit about history. Most people don't even approach an even basic understanding or awareness of current events, so their sense of reality is crude. \n\n2. Some people are in denial about the Iraq War. The idea that their pain and grief over 911 may have been cynically manipulated by their government is too painful. So it's easier to believe that there really was a basis for going to war.\n\n3. America no longer has an objective media with any journalistic integrity that teaches people to think critically. \n\n4. Certain people have become so *partisan* in their views that they suspect that the media either has Ultra Conservative or Ultra Liberal biases. As a result, they would rather get their *facts* from partisan media like Fox News and Air American, even though these facts are nothing but partisan spin and misinformation that caters to their cultural biases.\n\nThat's what I figured, but there are probably more reasons than this.
970203
I'm sorry that you feel that way - nobody should feel like he or she is being discriminated against.  I think that most people don't feel anger toward the Muslim world, but they feel terrified of some of the leaders/ex-leaders of nations in the Arab world (Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, etc).  Ever since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, people have associated terrorism with the Arab world, and I completely agree that some have made unfounded generalizations towards Muslim people and people of Arab nations; however, it is a known fact that there are some groups in Arab countries that threaten the U.S. and feel/have felt for many years hostility towards the U.S. and other "Western Civilizations," so I think that many Americans, because of their intense fear, group all Arab countries/groups together, which is obviously not right.