There is famine and extreme deprivation somewhere every day. Human rights are trampled somewhere every day. There is state-of-the-art lethal warfare somewhere every day. The title above presumes we know what is to be remembered and how to respond to that, patriotically, as one. That is groupthink. We are not one. We are never one except in the mythology of these ceremonial observances.
What did they remember in Clayton today? This anniversary has special significance to Clayton California because?
The other stuff is just noise we do not memorialize because?
This day of remembrance is habitual ritual and has lost any actual meaning except for those who suffered personal loss that day.
Play on. Remember the Alamo! America First! Why concern ourselves with others outside of our private universe?
We have lost the capacity to look objectively at ourselves, and that does not augur well for the American experiment.
I didn’t lose anyone close to me and yet this day has much meaning to me and most human beings who have feelings and were adults when the terrorist attack occurred. The impact to our country and our everyday lives reverberates still.
And what is the American experiment you refer to? Canada? United States, Brazil, Mexico, all American countries? Columbus? Some weird pharma lab experiment thing? I take from your post that you believe you are able to “objectively look at ourselves” but for some reason the rest of the country doesn’t have that ability. Arrogant much?
“The title above presumes we know what is to be remembered and how to respond to that, patriotically, as one.”
It PRESUMES a lot. This piece is ceremonial. This piece is tribal. This piece is jingoistic. This is selective head-in-the-sand grief and remembrance as though no other grief or injury matters, and it is all implicit. It is all implicit. I repeat myself when I write: Not everyone is on board, fortunately. Again, why is this celebrated in Clayton? Do they have the most flags?
Why is this special event not similarly celebrated in Walnut Creek, Concord, Danville, San Ramon, Lafayette, Orinda, Moraga, and Alamo? Did they forget? Or was there some sense of ambiguity?
It is not so clear. Seek clarity, thoughtfully!
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There is famine and extreme deprivation somewhere every day. Human rights are trampled somewhere every day. There is state-of-the-art lethal warfare somewhere every day. The title above presumes we know what is to be remembered and how to respond to that, patriotically, as one. That is groupthink. We are not one. We are never one except in the mythology of these ceremonial observances.
What did they remember in Clayton today? This anniversary has special significance to Clayton California because?
The other stuff is just noise we do not memorialize because?
This day of remembrance is habitual ritual and has lost any actual meaning except for those who suffered personal loss that day.
Play on. Remember the Alamo! America First! Why concern ourselves with others outside of our private universe?
We have lost the capacity to look objectively at ourselves, and that does not augur well for the American experiment.
I didn’t lose anyone close to me and yet this day has much meaning to me and most human beings who have feelings and were adults when the terrorist attack occurred. The impact to our country and our everyday lives reverberates still.
And what is the American experiment you refer to? Canada? United States, Brazil, Mexico, all American countries? Columbus? Some weird pharma lab experiment thing? I take from your post that you believe you are able to “objectively look at ourselves” but for some reason the rest of the country doesn’t have that ability. Arrogant much?
Afraid your point eludes me.
“The title above presumes we know what is to be remembered and how to respond to that, patriotically, as one.”
It PRESUMES a lot. This piece is ceremonial. This piece is tribal. This piece is jingoistic. This is selective head-in-the-sand grief and remembrance as though no other grief or injury matters, and it is all implicit. It is all implicit. I repeat myself when I write: Not everyone is on board, fortunately. Again, why is this celebrated in Clayton? Do they have the most flags?
Why is this special event not similarly celebrated in Walnut Creek, Concord, Danville, San Ramon, Lafayette, Orinda, Moraga, and Alamo? Did they forget? Or was there some sense of ambiguity?
It is not so clear. Seek clarity, thoughtfully!
David needs some Joy!
(I’m sorry for his grench outlook)
It’s cold and gray today. Feeling better, thanks.