9/11

[twirlgrrl]

Hey, so it's 9/11. I have vivid memories of that morning, but what I'm remembering right now is that weirdness afterwards, that whole thing where they tried to tell us if we stop shopping the terrorists won. Remember those special plastic shopping bags the stores had, with the flag on them? What did they say on them? SHOP AMERICA? That response, for me, just summmed up what is wrong with our culture. I know it was about the economy--or at least I think that's what it was about--but to me, linking the hijacking tragedies with commerce was the most cynical, disgusting, gauche thing I could imagine.

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[tellinellen.livejournal.com]

the thing that bothers me and bothered me was people using 9/11 as this horrible horrible meme, this excuse to get all bellicose and rah rah and i don't know just gross. michael always used to say "they ruined 9/11." which sounds crazy but i know what he meant.

the thing that was amazing though was how it did feel like everyone here suddenly felt close, i mean with every single person in the street, in your building, w the bus driver, everyone. "good to see you" had a completely new meaning. i used to always be out late at night, and after 9/11 i didn't feel afraid of anyone any more. i mean, not that i was *Afraid* of everyone before, but afterwards when a person would be near me as i walked on the street in the middle of the night, i felt a closeness rather than an increased level of alertness and suspicion. that lasted a really long time, to an extent. i think the main reason the normal alert/suspicious thing returned is because i wasn't outside late at night for so long once i was super pregnant and then a mom.