I didn't care when the World Trade Center blew up.

We don't laugh at patients when they die, lillallyloukins. That's not to say that funny things don't happen.

Yes, you do end up less sensitive. That happens gradually from the very beginning. You don't end up desensitised though- You still care.

Anyway, this is what I find ridiculous-

Whether or not there is a reaction to laugh (as a coping mechanism, nervous reaction or whatever) the situation is not funny!

The OP wasn't unreasonable by saying he didn't feel anything when 9-11 happened and he was in the heart of it. It's the fact that he doesn't give a fuck about a tragedy- he thinks it's funny. There's nothing funny about what happened on 9-11.

 

Good (interesting) point!

We spent a long time in classes discussing the appropriateness of 'I'm sorry' along with 'I know how you feel'.

I don't appreciate 'I know how you feel'. It's a personal thing but I still wouldn't risk saying it to someone.

Though being on the receiving end of 'I'm sorry' didn't bother me. Sometimes people mean it and it's nice. Not like 'I know how you feel' which is always going to be a huge lie. Anyway, we're taught not to say either of them really.

 

I didn't care a damn about 9/11, still don't. The only thing that I've ever felt the tiniest bit about the World Trade Center is respect for the heroic actions of the rescue workers.

Aside from that, it sucked, sure. In the same way that the genocide in Darfur sucks, and Pearl Harbor totally sucked.
It isn't a part of my life. I've heard the stories, and sure, I feel bad for those whose lives it did affect; but I really don't see the point of me getting all upset by it.

I am actually suspicious of those that do. Makes me think of all the people who hated Michael Jackson one day, and loved him the day after he croaked.

In fact, this was probably my favorite joke of 2001 (you will note, that I was kind enough to keep it as a link: anyone who is particularly sensitive about 9/11 should not click it)

 

People die every day, and most people don't care. People will care a lot more about your death if a lot of other people die at the same time. This makes no sense at all.

 

This is as far as I needed to read. Point on.

 

When I read your first post the first thing that came to mind was that some people just deal with negative events with humour. Maybe that was just your way of dealing with it.

 

Specialness distorts everything.

 

my paps worked up on like the 20th floor of one of those buildings and besides for the 'wow my office blew up' i dont think he even really cared...
unless you were close with someone who was killed there you cannot be sensitive to the event
people think hey were americans and it happened to americans so of course i should feel sad...
I have love for people world wide not just the white ones in my same general geographic region.

heres a question for everyone who wasnt in nyc that day, if it wasnt for your television and newspapers how deeply troubling would this tragedy have been to you?

i would gladly take 5 more 911s if in exchange my recently deceased buddy could get a second chance at life

 

how does this guy/girl still have a green rep ball?

 

I just positive repped them :2thumbsup:

Nothing wrong with being honest.
Very wrong; telling people how they should feel.

 

I'm in the same boat but I was 14 when it happened and frankly before about 16 I did not understand the scope of human tragedy.

I was too focused on sports, cartoons and other crap.

I'm never too sad when tragedy like this happens though, but mainly because I have a carefree mentality that if I died tomorrow I'd be fine with it.

 

I have a similar mentality; if I died, I wouldn't be able to care about it.

 

i thought the 9'11 was an attack on symbols - 1. a center of world trade 2. a world military that supports that center and ... i guess realistically the plane that fell in Penn. hit 3. the earth ...?

on that day i was just helpful to the people around me and
attended to their worries . 9-1-1 emergency emergency ! so
i played the flute as peaceful as i could . otherwise , i didn't
get into the drama of it and didn't grieve anymore than i would
in hearing on the news some teenagers had been killed in a car crash in some distant somewhere .

my soul is not invested in world trade nor patriotism and i still wonder
why those people who attacked were so angry . i just
assume an aggressive U.S. govt had been excessively mucking
about in their homeland interests .

and then it was time for the six-gun showdown .

 

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I'm cool with your position here. And I kind of feel for you because I am the same way ( apathy ) about some of the things that other people are very passionate about.

So,,, the real deal is not that you feel apathy about this one specific issue; but, where do your passions lie?

:biggrinjester:

 

I didn't feel anything when princess Diana died and the funeral was held over here. She was just another person. People die every minute of every day. Yet millions sobbed and made a real scene of this one woman who they'd never met dying. I found it a bit obscene. I always do when the media hype up a single case among thousands, like Madeleine Mccann. It's as if the public are saying "screw the other kids, this one is on my TV a lot, so pass me the Kleenex"

9/11 was obviously a bigger tragedy since thousands lost their lives, but again, there have been many tragedies over the last few decades. Obviously incredibly sad for the peoples families, and I'm sad that it happened, but it did, and no amount of crying can change that.

 

Anyone who felt nothing for the people jumping from the 90th floor or for the children who died in the Pentagon crashes should join Al-Qaeda. Lack of compassion does not belong in a civilized country but in the Afghan mountains where Bin Laden lives!!!!

 

Depersonalization?

 

Uncle Sam...is that you?

 

compassion can be a fickle bitch

 

Its wasn't funny, its wasn't entertaining. I was 10 when it happened, so I didn't really care either. But I've had the opportunity to look at it in the rear view.

Ground Zero was a focus of the news for 3 weeks or more. Like it was the MAIN story. Just over 3000 people were killed. We sympathized and obsessed and analyzed until it hurt our brains. Then we went to blow some shit up, never did catch that bearded feller.

On the other hand, just under 10,000 have died in the TRAGEDY in Japan's recent earthquake. They have even stopped covering the quake. They've moved on to the nuclear crisis and ITS primary focus is how it will effect the US. No concern what so ever as to the people of Japan and the destruction they now have to deal with. We had two buildings collapse. These people are dealing with entirely decimated TOWNS.

September 11th 2001 was a terrible thing yes, but your not a bad person for feeling no sympathy. The fact that people jumped is pure human instinct. You cant breathe, the building will collapse anyway, might as well end it while its your choice. Its not horrific, its not terrifying, stop thinking about their families because they were doing enough of that already.

Could I just give a gentle nudge and mention that we're still in Afghanistan? Ho ho ho.