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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Anniversary of September 11 Sep 11^th, 2015 at 10:40pm 14 years today. What would you have done?
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Reply #1 - Sep 11^th, 2015 at 10:48pm

Anniversary of September 11

May they rest n Peace

Soren wrote on Sep 11^th, 2015 at 10:40pm:

What would you have done?

Hard to say. I don't think I would have jumped, I would have tried to find another way, but who knows. Desperation makes people do all sorts of things.

The other factor to consider is did they jump in a desperate but futile, attempt to live, or did they jump because it was preferable to burning?

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Brian Ross Gold Member Offline Representative of me Posts: 42348	Re: Anniversary of September 11 Reply #2 - Sep 11^th, 2015 at 11:02pm Who cares, Soren? You have a morbid fascination with the victims of Terrorism, don't you? May they rest in peace.
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Reply #3 - Sep 11^th, 2015 at 11:13pm

I was not far away from Washington that day. I was helping a friend move some furniture. I heard a vague report about New York and remembered another accident with a light plane. Then the news started to come in of the whole organized hijacking even before Pennsylvania, and I thought: Muzlims. I was right. Later, it got more personal.

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wally1 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2055 Gender:	Re: Anniversary of September 11 Reply #4 - Sep 12^th, 2015 at 10:24am America crashed the planes into the twin towers. No plane hit the pentagon. 3 buildings went down at the world trade centre but only two buildings had been hit.
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Karnal Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 96478	Re: Anniversary of September 11 Reply #5 - Sep 12^th, 2015 at 11:31pm Soren wrote on Sep 11^th, 2015 at 10:40pm: 14 years today. What would you have done? Oh, I'd have invaded a country that had nothing to do with it. You?
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Reply #6 - Sep 13^th, 2015 at 12:33am

Johnsmith wrote on Sep 11^th, 2015 at 10:48pm:

Anniversary of September 11

May they rest n Peace

Soren wrote on Sep 11^th, 2015 at 10:40pm:

What would you have done?

Hard to say. I don't think I would have jumped, I would have tried to find another way, but who knows. Desperation makes people do all sorts of things.

The other factor to consider is did they jump in a desperate but futile, attempt to live, or did they jump because it was preferable to burning?

I keep thinking about that too.

Not sure what I would have done either.

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Lisa Jones Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 39047 Sydney Gender:	Re: Anniversary of September 11 Reply #7 - Sep 13^th, 2015 at 12:34am wally1 wrote on Sep 12^th, 2015 at 10:24am: America crashed the planes into the twin towers. No plane hit the pentagon. 3 buildings went down at the world trade centre but only two buildings had been hit. Nope. But anyway....
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Reply #8 - Sep 13^th, 2015 at 12:46am

Brian Ross wrote on Sep 11^th, 2015 at 11:02pm:

Who cares, Soren? You have a morbid fascination with the victims of Terrorism, don't you? Roll Eyes

May they rest in peace.

Soren asks a good question, Brian. Had he been in the same situation, what would he have done? What would you have done? In fact, what would you do if something similar happened in the future, and you were one of the victims?

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At this stage...

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Reply #9 - Sep 13^th, 2015 at 4:12pm

UnSubRocky wrote on Sep 13^th, 2015 at 12:46am:

Brian Ross wrote on Sep 11^th, 2015 at 11:02pm:

Who cares, Soren? You have a morbid fascination with the victims of Terrorism, don't you? Roll Eyes

May they rest in peace.

Soren asks a good question, Brian. Had he been in the same situation, what would he have done? What would you have done? In fact, what would you do if something similar happened in the future, and you were one of the victims?

I don't work in high-rise buildings for a reason... Roll Eyes

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Someone said we could not judge a person's Aboriginality on their skin colour. Why isn't that applied in the matter of Pascoe? Tsk, tsk, tsk... Roll Eyes

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Reply #10 - Sep 13^th, 2015 at 4:22pm

Brian Ross wrote on Sep 13^th, 2015 at 4:12pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Sep 13^th, 2015 at 12:46am:

Brian Ross wrote on Sep 11^th, 2015 at 11:02pm:

Who cares, Soren? You have a morbid fascination with the victims of Terrorism, don't you? Roll Eyes

May they rest in peace.

Soren asks a good question, Brian. Had he been in the same situation, what would he have done? What would you have done? In fact, what would you do if something similar happened in the future, and you were one of the victims?

I don't work in high-rise buildings for a reason... Roll Eyes

Yea, that's right, Brain, do pretend that you are only ever concerned with what directly impacts on your life, never anything else.

Pretentious fool.

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Reply #11 - Sep 13^th, 2015 at 9:19pm

Soren wrote on Sep 13^th, 2015 at 4:22pm:

Brian Ross wrote on Sep 13^th, 2015 at 4:12pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Sep 13^th, 2015 at 12:46am:

Brian Ross wrote on Sep 11^th, 2015 at 11:02pm:

Who cares, Soren? You have a morbid fascination with the victims of Terrorism, don't you? Roll Eyes

May they rest in peace.

Soren asks a good question, Brian. Had he been in the same situation, what would he have done? What would you have done? In fact, what would you do if something similar happened in the future, and you were one of the victims?

I don't work in high-rise buildings for a reason... Roll Eyes

Yea, that's right, Brain, do pretend that you are only ever concerned with what directly impacts on your life, never anything else.

I leant a long time ago, Soren that which impacts on my life is what matters to me, personally. I don't work in high rise buildings nor in potential Terrorist targets. I watch what goes on around me and I look at what other people are doing. Unlike you, I am not blind to what affects me, directly. As the question was directed to me, I answered it honestly. You have a problem with honesty it seems. Roll Eyes

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Pretentious fool.

Don't you have a Muslim woman to terrify and tear her hijab off? Roll Eyes

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Someone said we could not judge a person's Aboriginality on their skin colour. Why isn't that applied in the matter of Pascoe? Tsk, tsk, tsk... Roll Eyes

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25019 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Anniversary of September 11 Reply #12 - Sep 15^th, 2015 at 8:58pm I think Brian is abridging what he knows about the attack, but egocentrically projecting his ptsd onto others. He does not know what he is talking about.
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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: Anniversary of September 11 Reply #13 - Sep 15^th, 2015 at 9:14pm Are you calling him a pretentious, know-nothing fool??
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Reply #14 - Sep 15^th, 2015 at 9:27pm

Brian Ross wrote on Sep 13^th, 2015 at 4:12pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Sep 13^th, 2015 at 12:46am:

Brian Ross wrote on Sep 11^th, 2015 at 11:02pm:

Who cares, Soren? You have a morbid fascination with the victims of Terrorism, don't you? Roll Eyes

May they rest in peace.

Soren asks a good question, Brian. Had he been in the same situation, what would he have done? What would you have done? In fact, what would you do if something similar happened in the future, and you were one of the victims?

I don't work in high-rise buildings for a reason... Roll Eyes

Well that's a turn up for the books. The usual luvvie mantra is car crashes kill more people than terrorists, more people fall down stairs than killed by terrorists, more likely to die of cancer than be killed by terrorists etc, all true, but the implicit criticism is if you demonstrate concern about terrorism then of course you must be a racist islamaphobe.

It's not much of a point but the luvvies do love making it.

And now there is brian who doesn't work in high rise buildings ....for fear of terrorists. Complete with rolling eyes.

Does that make him a racist islamaphobe?

It's rather funny. Grin

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