The Weile Woods

reo-swagwagon:

With today being 9/11, it can reasonably be assumed that, as usual, this site will be deluged with a flurry of “but what about the deaths in the War on Terror?” and general accusations of racism, often from people who were not old enough to remember the outright fear of that autumn day. That’s not conjecture, that’s just experience from having been on this site for five years. But here’s the issue with those posts:

It’s Not About You.

9/11 is not a day to discuss the moral implications of the GWOT. 9/11 is not a day to debate the righteousness of the War in Iraq, or to rail against profiling in airports. This is not a day of debate. This is a day of remembrance, and to take the day in which the United States and over a hundred other nations remember the loss of innocent civilians and turn it into a Post About Me is nothing short of infantile. This is a day where we remember the loss of 2,977 civilians and military/government personnel at the hands of 19 murderers. Not madmen, as these people knew absolutely well what they were doing, but ruthless, calculating slaughterers of innocent lives. We remember the heroism of people like Rick Rescorla and the crew of Ladder 15, who made the ultimate sacrifice so that others may live. This is a day of remembrance, and while we may hold thoughts of this day in our hearts as reasons why we fight, this is not the day to stick a big arrow at yourself saying “look at me!” This is a day for others who can’t be here. Remember that.