Who Will Bring Closure To A Grieving Nation ?

The Onion ^ | September 4th, 2002 | staff

[fight_truth_decay]

We know what the media has planned..so what are you doing September 11th, 2002????

[whenigettime]

Closure for a greiving nation????

We underwent an act of war on September 11, 2001 and now we are talking psycho-babble about closure???????
If I could do HTML, there would be a photo of our nations finest piloting an F-16 or a photo of a nuclear blast in the desert of one of our Arab enemies.

[Technocrat]

This.

[Vidalia]

Here ya go...

[fight_truth_decay]

..you mean like this?

[dts32041]

Working, you mean there is something else I should be doing.

Just another day in the year.

There has been no major mobilization, therefore there is no war.

No gear up in production no recall of old timers, nothing, so obviously no act of war occured on 11 Sept 2001.

Just a PR grab by the demos and news networks.

[RLK]

I have lived through WWII, Korea, and Viet Nam. I'm tired of people trying to tell me this was the worst catastrophe in human history and that I am in a state of profound grief and healing.

[DuncanWaring]

Hey everyone - this is "The Onion", ferchrissakes.

Satire!

[babble-on]

this is a satiric piece making fun of the pompous, self-serving news media.

[tet68]

Sept.11,2002, Range Day.

[fight_truth_decay]

as so posted..but is it really?

[Paleo Conservative]

[dts32041]

Are you sure?

[babble-on]

completely.
www.onion.com
very funny twisted website which is a satire of local papers and USA Today type journalism.

[sarasmom]

On 9-11-02 at 8:46 am I will have my daughter at work with me.(I could not take the day off, but I can take my child with me) There will be no TV. I will attempt to explain to her, again, why her world is changed forever from the world she was born too.

We will attend a few quiet events throughout the day, as I continue full-time work for my employer.These events will be quiet and respectfull of our dead.They will not highlight the murderous ignorance of the guilty Islamic fanatics.They will be shown our attention soon enough in a way more appropriate. She will learn the "bad people" will never beat the "good people".I will teach her on this day, what I try to teach her every other day.

There is a difference between good and evil, and the choice is up to each individual as to which side of morality one chooses to be on.We will have flags, candles and prayers for the lost. I will teach her that rage is an appropriate responce to evil murderous actions by barbaric individuals and groups.

We will grieve for our dead countrymen and pray for justice. We will also be together, just in case our enemy attempts another heineous act.

She will not be told that Islamic murderous maniacs are peacefull.We will celebrate truth.And celebrate victory over ignorance.

At the end of the day, we will fire off a few fireworks.Blending the old song of "what so proudly we hailed" and the new anthem of "we'll put a boot up their ass, its the American way...".

We will include our soldiers, airmen and naval warriors in our prayers that night, as we have for a long time now.And we will continue to be proud citizens of the USA.

[Snidely Whiplash]

as so posted..but is it really?

Yeah, it is really. Go back and look at The Onion's first post-9/11 issue, and tell me if that isn't satire of the highest order (though it isn't up everyone's alley). Within 2 weeks of the attacks, they pulled off a brilliant issue that poked at certain parts of the whole thing without making light of the actual tragedy. Headlines like:

"Hijackers Surprised To Find Themselves In Hell"

Or, in the TV Schedule listings, the show titled:

"Carson Daly In Way Over His Head"

showed a mastery of the art of satire.

Head to The Onion and look in their archives -volume 37, Sept. 26 issue.

Regards,
Snidely

[sarasmom]

I love the onion, but this day is not yet something that I can joke about.I feel no satire for this anniversary is appropriate.I did not see any attempt by the masters of sarcasm to express any, either.Rather the "mainstream" media is making a vile joke of a tragedy.

The Onion has always had a bit more class than CNN.

[whenigettime]

Hey, thanks!!!

[whenigettime]

Thanks, Vidalia!

[whenigettime]

babble-on wrote: this is a satiric piece making fun of the pompous, self-serving news media.


Y'know, that was what I thought, considering this was coming from The Onion. Thanks for alerting me....

Having a slow brain day after working 12 hours,
whenigettime