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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:11 AM Original message |
They say 9-11 changed everything, did it change YOU? |
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Ruffhowse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. That phrase was always the most annoying hyperbole to ever |
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caledesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Hear wht the Europeans have said about this statement? |
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adwon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. Changed everything? |
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carolinayellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. Made me an ex-Christian instantly |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. it was the follow up behavior/lies of WH that made me more cynical |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I find I have to be more careful. lest there be people around me if |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. me too, you have to gauge the crowd you're with |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Couldn't you have just made your first statement in your reply? |
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carolinayellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Believers are compelled to attribute unbelief to character flaws |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:32 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. well in my opinion... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. 9/11 itself changed nothing for me |
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verdalaven (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. It didn't change my outlook |
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Mikimouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
10. I have to agree with caledesi... |
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dbt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. It was a subtle shift. |
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Squeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yup |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
13. For those of us that worked within walking range of the WTC, yes. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
42. I agree and it changed New York as well. |
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GiovanniC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
14. It Intensified My Hatred For Those Destroying Our Country |
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The Devils Advocate (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
15. Nothing changed, and why would it? |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. Yes, it changed me |
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recoveringrepublican (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Sounds exactly like me, but I was an apolitical republican. nt |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
17. It didn't affect me that much |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
18. I'm a New Yorker and it changed a lot for me |
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animuscitizen (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. I can relate to everything you said--I moved upstate after 9/11 |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
44. Thank you for putting into words what I could not. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 04:10 AM Response to Reply #18 |
69. Waiting for the other shoe to drop describes how I've felt since 9/11 |
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kiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. The aftermath changed me. |
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wildwww2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
20. No. I fully expected a 9-11 to happen with Bu$h in office. And it did. |
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freestyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
21. It removed all doubt about the evil of the bush regime |
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xpat (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
22. As I watched the towers tumble |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
23. For About 3-Months. -NT- |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
24. It made me aware of just how evil Bush really is |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
25. As a NYer I was deeply and profoundly changed |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
26. It sure did! |
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Theres-a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
27. I discovered the internet |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
29. 11/22/63 |
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Lauri16 (509 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
30. Honestly, |
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recoveringrepublican (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
31. Yes it did, it's part of the reason I'm here now |
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Theres-a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:27 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. You're not alone,me too. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
33. yes, I've become more cynical and mistrusting of our government |
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DARE to HOPE (552 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
37. It was the shocking action of Bush v Gore in 2000 that changed me... |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. 9/11 was probably |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:15 AM Response to Reply #37 |
67. Agree - December 12, 2000 was the day that changed everything. |
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endor_moon (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
40. 9/11 changed America for the worse |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
41. It made me more liberal and a more partisan Democrat. n/t |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
43. Well, it's not a mostly forgotten event for me. |
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clem_c_rock (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
45. It woke my ass up to the idea we're being lied to about nearly everything. |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. And what really pisses ya off |
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clem_c_rock (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:49 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. It seems like something out of a bad comic book |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. It's what got me interested in politics |
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PowerToThePeople (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
47. Yes. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
48. It made me even more cynical than I already was. |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
52. Before 9/11, the worst thing that could happen |
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WLKjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
53. For me, Everything changed after December 2000 |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:10 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Yup. 9/11 was simply the other shoe. |
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Discord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
54. I realized that day the GREAT potential of the USA |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
55. i haven't changed at all |
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Tactical Progressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
57. I didn't live through the 9/11 shock like the rest of America |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
58. It really changed |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
59. No |
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Maiden England (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
60. Personally, Not in the least. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
61. It didn't change much |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
62. This is an interesting question, and I'm really impressed that |
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distressedsister (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
63. I despised the Saudi royals before it and I still do. |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
64. War on truth |
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kk897 (829 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
65. Yes, it changed me, intrinsically. |
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RBHam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
66. It confirmed all my worst fears re: the New World Order... |
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zonmoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
68. opened my eyes |
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