People at work with 9/11 screensavers or posters....

[vi5]

Am I the only one that finds this kind of odd and a little creepy?

At least 5-6 people in my immediate area at work have this stuff up either as screensavers or posters or whatever. I know for a fact that none of these people lost anyone in that tragedy nor do they know anyone directly who died in the trade centers or otherwise otherwise I wouldn't even think twice about it.

I feel bad thinking that this is weird every time I pass their cubicles and I know I'm in no place to judge anyone. That day hit me more than a lot of people I know even though I also lost nobody that I knew. And it took me a while to stop feeling sad and scared. But still I could never imagine dwelling on it day in and day out with constant reminders of it in my cubicle.

[Hanuman]

1. I don't have a problem with it.

This is an event that has shaken, scarred and traumatized the nation. It's right to remember it and think about it on a daily basis.

[vi5]

2. Good point, and to be clear I don't have a problem with it....

It's just something I can't get my own thoughts/feelings around.

[Kamika]

3. just what is it they have?

I know i cant even watch pictures of the two towers

[vi5]

4. It varies...

Some have the firemen and the rubble, others just have the twin towers with a flag backdrop and the numbers 9/11, others have the eagle rising from the ashes type of motif.

[rucky]

5. What Industry Do You Work In?

...just curious, because it doesn't sound like a typical Dilbert experience. And yes, it seems a bit creepy to me

[vi5]

8. I work in a large corporate office......

Nothing that was impacted directly in any way, other than the fact that we live in NJ about 45 minutes from the city.

[RandomKoolzip]

6. Yeas, I know people with "We Will Never Forget" stickers

on their cars, and posters that say "These Colors Don't Run" with a flag on it.

Now, granted- 9/11 was a TERRIBLE day. I, for one, was certain that it was the end of the world, or at least we were headed for a Mad Max-style apocolypse. I WILL never forget that day, but Jesus, let it go, guys! I mean, after that overwhelming fear, I started getting skeptical, I started noticing things that didn't make sense, I started getting active about educating myself about the Carlyle Group, Halliburton, PNAC, etc, and can now see that we were manipulated, like puppets. I only wonder when these people who won't let 9/11 go will also begin to wake up and smell the depleted uranium.

[cherryperry]

7. Your concern and your post here is much appreciated.

Please let me share something, ok?

For one thing, anyone who's had any kind of trauma in their lives or any sort of unresolved, even repressed, issue is more prone to have a much harder time working through another traumatic event.

Your co-workers may actually have 'survivor guilt' even!

All I know is that some people were really rocked to their core by 9/11 and with the 2nd 'anniversary' (or any subsequent one, for that matter) coming up, they will be thrown back into whatever 1st caused them to feel this so intensely.

Don't feel bad that you think it is weird, just please don't judge anyone. It is NOT that you are in no place to do so, it is just that no one is in a place to judge others in a situation such as this one.

Perhaps they would like to talk about it; sometimes trauma causes people to want to go over and go over these events. Perhaps not. However, you know how each of us reacts to a death? This is sort of the same thing. Just try to realize each one of us is coming from a different perspective and, as the Beatles sang, 'let it be', okay?

With love,

:pals:

[vi5]

9. Oh, I realize all of this....

That's why I asked in this forum. Because I don't know these people's political affiliation or anything else about them or what their motivations behind keeping this stuff up for 2 years is. And I was wondering if anyone on here did anything similar or knew of similar things. If it had been something they put up recently to commemorate the anniversary I don't think I would have noticed. But it's stuff that's been up for 2 years which is what got me to thinking.

[scarlet_owl]

10. I have no problem with

people remembering 9-11 in their own ways. What i find creepy and disturbing are all the people who are making money off of selling 9-11 merchandise. I could see it being okay if it were for a good cause, but mostly these companies are just making money off of peoples' emotional distress over the attacks. Who really needs a WTC commemerative decorative plate?

[pansypoo53219]

11. after watching that Ric Burns doc on PBS

last night. all my rage at the chimp flowed back like the POISONOUS DUST his EPA said was hunky dory. I was able to watch most of the coverage right after it happened. and I have to think about all the bullshit the simian has INFLICTED on the country in THEIR NAMES.
how dare he. HOW DARE HE.

when Cuomo talked about that monk(did not remember the name-ain't catholic) who said we need to make some good come out of the bad it is so god damned shitty what we have goten after 9/11 because NOTHING , except what went on in Manhattan, has been good since the Bushivics have twisted and used caring americans for their own plans to DESTROY this land. DAMMIT, WE DESERVE BETTER.