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One Year After September 11

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everybody's-doing-it dept.

One year ago today, at 9:12 eastern, we posted World Trade Towers and Pentagon Attacked amidst the events of that day. Since Slashdot is really just a discussion site, I felt the most appropriate way to handle this anniversary is to simply do just that. I hadn't read those stories since the day it happened, and I really am at a loss for words. But I'm sure many of you won't be. And thanks to OSDN for turning banner ads off for the day.

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  1. September 11th by sql*kitten · · Score: 1, Troll

    Not 2001, but 1973.

    Backed by the US government and the CIA, Augusto Pinochet seizes control of the Chilean military. The previous commander, Rene Scheider, was assassinated by the CIA when he refused to lead a coup against the democratically elected president, Dr. Salvador Allende, who was murdered in his home. This began a 2-decade long reign of terror in which thousands were imprisoned, tortured and killed, and thousands more were exiled.

    Let's hope the next "regime change" is better managed, or Ground Zero and Desert Storm II will only be the start of the West's problems.

  2. Re:One more in a long list of victims by larien · · Score: 2, Troll

    Yup, the UK has suffered terrorism for decades. Notably, terrorism from the IRA, funded at least in part by the US. Since Dubya has declared that those who fund terrorists are guilty, when is he going after the catholics in the USA?

  3. Re:Got me thinking... by sckeener · · Score: 1, Troll

    What about all the other tragic events from the past that was forgotten.
    Feel free to mark your calendar for the other months besides September.

    I'd like a holiday for all of those, please!

    I'll even work those holidays...of course I need time and a half pay.....

    --
    "Only one thing, is impossible for god: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet." Mark Twain
  4. Re:A dad's view. by drinkypoo · · Score: 1, Troll
    They were upset that it wasn't real snow and I wouldn't let them outside to play as I swept up. I just told them that it was dirt that had blown down from Manhattan.

    Hey cool, now what your children will remember about 9/11 is that you lied to them.

    What a beautiful day, besides the act of terrorism it's a signpost of the government taking away our freedoms, AND when daddy lied.

    --
    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  5. White American Man Month by Fastball · · Score: 1, Troll
    A poem written by me.

    Everybody else has a month but me. Until now.
    I declare July to be "White American Man History" month.

    We will commemorate the accomplishments of white American men:
    Democracy, railroads, automobiles, airplanes,
    television, highways, and the Internet.

    And that's just infrastructure. Let's not forget:
    Socket wrenches, Dirty Harry, the fast break,
    pizza delivery, Harley-Davidsons, and scoreboards.

    Contrary to popular belief and NBC Dateline stories,
    not all white American males wear pinstriped suits
    and neckties and brainstorm ways to ass fuck the
    tired, poor, and huddled masses.

    No, there are white American men among us making it
    for themselves and others,
    and they enjoy the ride to boot.

    So July 1, crack open a cold beer,
    put some burgers and dogs on the grill,
    find a ball game on TV,
    and revel in all that white American men have achieved.
    The party is getting started and I have sparklers to spare.
    Just don't ask me to dance.