How is 9/11 viewed internationally?

[Rawne1980]

I'm English, and an American had to remind me that it happened.
I still don't care.

Pretty much summed up right here.

I remember IRA bombing a Manchester shopping centre a bit back and the IRA was supported by the USA at the time. Lots of families died that day.

Also ex army so i've seen a lot of terrible things and people suffering.

Yeah it was a shitty thing to happen but it was 10 years ago.

I can't speak for all of the UK but for people around Burnley at least no one cares anymore. I'll be honest, if it wasn't for Americans reminding us about it we'd have forgotten about it completely a long time ago.

For me it is a tad bit personal. For a hell of a lot of years the IRA were killing British people and America supported them. I lost friends and family as a civilian and close friends in the army to them. All of a sudden America gets attacked and realises how shitty it is to be on the receiving end and it's an entirely different story.

 

[Ambi]

It's been ten years get over it already and stop crying like a bunch of babies.
It's really only a very small number compared to the deaths the American forces have caused in Iraq. I think all this fuss about it is a disgusting double standard.
I don't care about your bloody twin towers so get this shit off my Tv, I'm sick of hearing about it.

You never heard British citizens bitching about IRA attacks years later. They just dealt with it and moved on. What is it about Americans that makes you such whiny cry babies?

Thank you.

Every year I wonder how long this shit will go on for. Why do we have to have depressing stuff shown to us to drill it into us once a year how horrible those people we're at war with in the middle east are and how we have to live in fear and compliance?

Spoiler: Related

Wut?

Now something poking fun at the country I live in:

I should think about this a bit more...

 

[Crazycat690]

Well talking as a Finn, we still wonder if it was a terrorist attack or if it was your own government, because that's interesting news. Other than that nothing really changed over here, btw no offense intended.

 

[babinro]

I'm Canadian. No one I know was personally affected by this event...so it holds no more impact on me than hurricane Katrina, or any severe weather event, or bombing, or school shooting, etc.

Of course, Canadian tv is mostly U.S. shows and advertising, so it isn't exactly easy to forget about the date as it is constantly brought up again and again. In this sense, I'm more aware of the tragedy and the conspiracies associated with it, but this still holds no meaningful personal impact.

 

[Reaper195]

Personally, it was a tragedy in another country. I feel somewhat sorry for those involved, but don't particularly care.

 

[StormShaun]

Im living in Australia at the moment and we have programs, news coverage...and thats about it, we basicly remember it but we see that there is no point in doing anything for it.

Sorry if I seem cold there, personally I think that it is a very sad day where many losses happened for many people and familys.

 

[BlueMage]

NZ. Not cared about in the slightest. In fact people find it distasteful that americans still go on and on about it like it was such a big thing. And the whole "They attacked us!" is disgusting.

Simple fact is this, unless you actually lost a family member in the attack then you really need to stfu about it and stop acting as if it had anything to do with you.

Oh and internationally its viewed 11/9. <.<

That is odd, because across the Tasman, we still see it as a really big deal.

Anyone who cannot see the massive political and cultural implications of a terrorist attack on that scale, which prime purpose was the destroying of the 'West' is obviously an idiot.

In Australia it was a big thing, obviously people were horrified to watch so many people die, let alone the fact that 11 Australians died in the attacks. Furthermore, I doubt there were many Australians who did not realise that the attacks were as much an attack on the freedoms of the people of the west, as they were an attack on US citizens. The attacks also meant war for Australia which is always a big thing.

As far as marking the day, their were quite a few memorials held by local governments and the like, and as ever the media is doing their thing.

Fuck me, a whole ELEVEN OF US died! JESUS MC-FUCKING CHRIST!

Roughly that many people die per week on our roads buddy. That's right, more Australians die every week due to sheer friggin' stupidity rather than malice.

Oh, and let's not forget the various wars. What are we up to in Afghanistan?? About 30-odd dead soldiers? AFTER TEN FRIGGIN' YEARS?! Christ, that's not a war, that's "someone slipped and fell on a mine" every now and then.

*shrug* Take it as you will, I believe the celebration of ANZAC day is pretty damn morbid, and we should stop trying to dig up the dead when I'm pretty sure they don't care anymore.

 

[Shirokurou]

In Russia, there were some documentary flicks rolled and a story in the news.
It's given some time as an event.

But actually in Russia we had a plane crash on 7th of September 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokomotiv_Yaroslavl_plane_crash where a whole hockey team died, while flying to a game, so that's of course getting more coverage than 9/11.

 

[Fergi]

Australia
an anoyance hearing over and over again about it
it was sad
i pay my respects to the people who died
but that was 10 danm years ago

 

[tthor]

Well most people I talk to here (Canada) generally view it the same as the people in the US do, but not as much of the conspiracy theories lurking about in the background.

oh dear god, the conspiracy theories.. my ex's father was a 9-11 conspiracy theorist, and apparently even wrote a book on it.. theres too much stupid in the world for me to deal with x_x

 

[Lil devils x_v1legacy]

While I cannot bear watching the events without tears and nausea still, The one single event in my mind that stands out like a beacon, was when I heard of what happened on flight 93. When the passangers had communications of what was happening, they refused to allow themselves to be used as a weapon to kill others and crashed the plane. There was a great lesson to be learned from those brave souls. They set an example for mankind to not allow our spirits to be conquered. Evil can take your life, but not your spirit if you refuse to allow it to.

 

[orangeban]

It's a pretty big deal here in the UK. There's a lot of documentaries about how the world changed. And we're sorta bitter about how we got dragged into your "war on terror"

 

[Lil devils x_v1legacy]

As for how it is viewed Globally, I think that would entirely depend on who you ask, as no one can speak for an entire people. Considering the many nations who stepped up and sent their brave into battle for it, I believe there were more affected than the few on here realize. There were people of many nations killed in the World trade center, not just Americans. NZ went to war as well, I am sure those who were there might have felt different than those who did not.

Many of those who show indifference to tragedies, not just this one, will hopefully learn compassion and understanding in their path through this life.

 

[FamoFunk]

I always remember it and think about it when the time comes around (UK, btw)

Regardless of what people think; three thousand innocent people lost their lives that day.

 

[tthor]

One thing I'd like to note, a lot of people seem to be saying that 'ya, people died, move on.' but I think thats missing the point. What made 9-11 such a big deal was not simply that people died, but the fact that an attack was made on a modern first-world country, resulting in thousands of deaths. It was a big reminder for many people that war and major attacks like this can happen at home, and not just in some distant 3rd-world country or something.

Tho personally I was never all that affected by 9-11 (US citizen), and i do feel that it does get a bit overblown

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Eh. A bunch of people died, which is bad, but... get over it. Many more people die every day without any kind of fanfare, stop making such a big deal about it.

lol almost exactly the kind of post i was refering to

 

[squeekenator]

Eh. A bunch of people died, which is bad, but... get over it. Many more people die every day without any kind of fanfare, stop making such a big deal about it.

 

[VladBlok28]

Being American, the 9/11 attack is a big-ish deal, especially with the buzz going around about the 10th anniversary.
However, I have no idea how other country's view it, and am wondering how you see it? Do you remember it, or recognize the day? Has it affected you guys too?

Sorry if I sound really American, but these are honest questions.

I find it VERY VERY distasteful and hypocritical, America, that you start wars all over the world, you killed God knows how many people, destroyed God knows how many lives with your foreign policy that in its evilness is only second to Nazi Germany, and yet you glorify one single attack with barely 3000 victims to the point where i want to throw up.

What, your lives are somehow more important than anyone else's? I don't think so.