How is 9/11 viewed internationally?

[Rol3x]

My reaction to seeing the ads for the memorial shows was an instant sigh followed by a swear word.
When it happened I was very sympathetic and a bit shocked but now I just want to never be reminded of it, I've had enough of my country being dragged into stupid wars and endless bullshit because of over reactions and fear induced miss-steps.

 

[aescuder]

I'm British and I understand entirely that it was a terrible event that shook your nation but I still find the reaction to it a tad annoying.
It's really just how it is constantly referenced and entire conspiracy theories placed around it which then cause the channels to be filled with these shows(at least at the moment). The other day there was film reenacting what happened on the plane that didn't reach it's target, which I think isn't right. A document, yes, but a reenactment just doesn't seem right.
It was terrible ad I understand but other such events took place as well. Here in England our trains and buses were bombed. We dealt with and moved on.

Trains are one thing, a World Trade Center and the nations' tallest buildings and all around symbol of progress and capitalism is another. Not to undermine the attacks on England, I could definitely relate -- southern Philippines itself is still prone to Mall bombings and other terrorist attacks. But I think people seem to miss the context, symbolism, and the sheer "grandness" of these terrorist attack. It would as if they crashed several British Airways planes into the Palace of Westminster during the UKs haydays.

 

[Savagezion]

NZ. Not cared about in the slightest. In fact[footnote]Though to be fair this is just from people I have spoken to about it.[/footnote] 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. <.<

This. I am American and I am sick of it but to say so is to draw disapproving shock from people here. First off, I have been hearing about it for the past 10 years on a regular basis anyways. The ten year anniversary doesn't feel any different than any of the previous 10 years. Seeing stuff on TV about it is NORMAL here. I bet we don't televise the Pearl Harbor ceremony this year for its 70th anniversary. Oklahoma City Bombing never got this kind of tribute on its ten year in 2005. But I bet some twin towers stuff was on TV that day.

9/11 provoked a strong sense of patriotism many people had not seen in their generation when it happened. Sadly, now it has become "unpatriotic" to not hang your head every time it is mentioned and not make a big deal out of it. It's just one of those things. Some people "need" it - even if they aren't directly tied to it and the losses it caused - to feel "connected". Some of us here in the states see it as a bit of lunacy carrying on about it still. The 10 year anniversary loses impact when we ain't been able to shut up about it for the past ten years. We are trivializing the event to younger generations. The generations seeing the 10 year anniversary are just seeing "another day" on the news.

 

[Darth_Dude]

Who cares?

Don't more people die in Afghanistan and Iraq every month as a direct consequence of America's invasions?

 

[Benkin Manfish]

To be honest, I'm sorry for your loss now please kindly shut the f_ck up.

To put it less concisely, we understand the horror and tragedy of what happened but after ten years of anniversaries blocking out everything else in the media and militant policies justified by it a lot of people in 'the rest of the world' are a little over it.

 

[moosek]

For anyone else that needs perspective, I live in Washington (state) and was in fifth grade during the attacks. It was a scary and uncertain time, and in the few weeks following many leaders and figureheads tried to instill hope in us.

But that hope was unfounded. Reflecting upon the events, the attacks on September 11th neutered my country. It was a tragedy. Thousands died, and the rest of the nation was shaken out of its ideological core. We're still trying to recover and move past the event, and it pisses me off when others belittle the catalyst that caused this downward spiral for me and my fellow Americans. Coming into adulthood, I want to leave my country (and for that matter, the rest of the world) in a better shape than I came into it. I'm clearly a pessimist, but I'm still a hard worker. I see the bad, and I want to fix it.

 

[NurseDoomsday]

To be honest, as an American, I couldn't care less. I didn't lose any loved ones in 9/11. I have a very hard time caring about what happens to other people. I remember the day but it holds no real meaning to me. I just wish they would stop making crappy songs about it.

 

[dementis]

I was 8 when it happened so I was sad that I couldn't watch my usual after school cartoons as the boring news was on, as I got older I was still relatively unphased by it, yes it's a bad thing to happen but a lot more than 3000 people die everyday.

 

[MorphingDragon]

The only people that still care about it in Australia are old women and channel 7 and 9.

The channels only care about it because it's been slow for news right now. If we had anything slighty crazy happening Sep 11 would be a footnote in the news after it's over.

Slow news... really?

We have countries that are literally crumbling.

 

[Angry Camel]

I was 8 at the time, so I remember waking up hearing that my usual shows weren't going to be on today.

To be honest, I feel sympathy for those that lost family and quite a lot for those that lost their lives, but it was 10 years ago now. I've long moved on from this and I think America needs to as well. Don't totally forget about it, but let it rest. We still have our lives to go on with.

 

[similar.squirrel]

The inevitability of the aftermath really bugs me.

 

[piratejames]

I remember getting to my friend's house not long after primary school, it was not much more than ten minutes after the first tower collapsed. His parents had the news channel on, people were jumping from the tower, on fire. I was horrified and sad. To this day, I still can't understand how someone can hate something or someone so much that they commit something like this. I observed a minute silence, if London was closer I'd have made a point to go to the memorial. No one I know was in either tower, so I wasn't affected by it that way, but I still mourn the loss of almost 3,000 people. I have nothing but respect for those who were willing to, and did give their lives to try and save people on that day. I'm in the UK, for what it matters.

 

[Smagmuck_]

I honestly don't care anymore. It's been ten years, I think we should join the rest of the world and move on about it. It's retarding us as a Culture to dwell on the past, and not looking towards our future. It's making us look bad internationally because we can't seem to let go of little more then a scraped knee when other countries have to put up with things like that daily. Hell, I even made a Facebook post about it, and the resulting shit storm almost made me want to wish there was a reset button for America.

Below is the facial expression I made during the ensuing Facebook Shit Storm since two people couldn't find the difference between a Communist and a FascistI, myself am a Fascist., nor could they understand that people have differing opinions other than theirs. Luckily, at least two people had the damn decency to either politely yet firmly forward their argument, or side with me.<spoiler=Spoiler'd for Size>http://clipartist.net/openclipart.org/2011/June/24-Friday/seriously_face-2555px.png

 

[CrazyHatMan]

I remember seeing it on the news the day it happened, i was nine years old and i remember the day because i got to go home earlier from school. However I didn't feel the slightest emotional response towards the incident since it had nothing at all to do with me or anyone i knew.
I mean sure it was a horrible thing but it was ten bloody years ago. Move the hell on with your lives instead of sniveling on about a couple of thousand people dieing.

 

[GWarface]

"Remember, remember, the 11th of September
The global enslavement plot.
I know of no reason why the new world order treason
Should ever be forgot?"

Sums up my view quite nicely..

 

[Airsoftslayer93]

Personally i think Its remembered because of the consequences of it instead of the actual event, the war in afghanistan is still ongoing, and the invasion of iraq was a huge thing, alot of people feel sad around 9/11, and my Uni block has alot of americans in it, thus there were alot of emotions, but personally i dont feel effected the the event, it may sound bad, but i didnt know anyone there, and i dont know anyone who knew someone there, it was a tragic thing, but comparably small in comparison to the holocaust or either of the world wars, around the world genocide still continues i.e. darfur, but it is mostly ignored while 9/11 is upheld as 'the greatest disaster ever', i just cant see it that way.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

So what your saying is that Americans talking about the deaths of their own people is bad because in this "My tragedy is worse than yours" competition you've imagined 9/11 doesn't take first place?

But it isn't just Americans, is it? It's not considered an attack on the USA, it's considered an attack on the Western World. It's virtually everywhere and touted as one of the worst tragedies to have befallen mankind since World War 2.

 

[Fenix7]

As sad as the loss of the civilian lives was, I think the fact that it is all over the news and still such a big deal a decade later is only a part of the program, a big publicity stunt.

Scenario:
Some person: "America, why do you have troops in Afghanistan and why did you invade Iraq?"
America: "What?!? Are you stupid? Don't you remember 9/11? We HAVE to fight terrorism!"
Some person: "Yeah but.."
America: "STFU! Nearly 3000 people died that day! What kind of monster are you?! Jesus!"
Some person: "..."

 

[WalkableBuffalo]

Everyone here in Aus seems to have the whole 'We remember those who died on 9/11'
But I don't give as much of a shit, unless they were actually there or someone they know had something happen to them I really think its kind of irrelevant