Of someone reposting the posts from 10 years ago, that morning on September 11th? I don't have them. I'm just wondering if we should see them again, to remember and reflect.

Or would no good come from that? Would that be dwelling?

I just wonder. Becuase while the radio and TV reports were coming in that morn, while I was at work, I thought to come here and share my grief as well as bask in your friendship, during that hard day.

Heck, I can't get over the fact that the PV has been here for so long!

Anyway, just a thought.

I don't know that anyone does... the board's history has changed a lot, and that stuff is definitely beyond the searchable base. I'm not even sure which hosting service we were using back then.





I'm of a mixed mind about 9/11 observances. I think it's appropriate to look back and remember, especially on anniversaries such as today, but I also think the media in this country has far too much of a tendency to wallow in it all, treating it like a ratings event. Makes me a bit cynical, which I would prefer not to be.

On an individual level, however, I think there's nothing wrong with reflecting and sharing where we were and how we were affected by the whole thing.





As I work from the home, signing online was one of the first things I did and the Parodyverse remains my homepage then and now (although with tabs and browsers that remember previous sessions, I no longer open directly to it every time, sadly.) I remember sharing my shocked disbelief with the board as events were unfolding (first thing in the morning for me, being in the Mountain timezone back then.)

Since then, I've seen various people online argue that there have been incidents of far greater loss of life, and other tragedies that should eclipse the events of that day, and on a cold rational level that may have some truth. But the attacks that day held a rather distinctive psychological difference that I'm not sure has occurred before or since. We were able to tune and witness things live, in progress over the course of a few hours where the outcome was still very much undecided. Had the towers fallen instantly, even had video surfaced afterwards, I don't think it would have affected us to the same degree... It would be much like other disasters, where we'd hear about them after it was already too late to hope for the outcome.

To people who didn't hear about it until later, I suppose that's exactly what it was. But for a stretch of time that morning millions of us were just left to watch helplessly as people had to choose death by fire or by falling from the top floors on live television before the buildings finally gave way and took them all. We had the opportunity to be invested in the outcome, and that's what makes it so especially haunting.

...but even if they did go to 2001, I wouldn't bother digging up the old posts. There's a case for those who forget history are doomed to repeat it, but 9/11/2001 was covered so well there's not much danger of that.

Also it takes too long to dig up old posts and re-post them.

Not surprisingly there were few stories posted in the days immediately after 9/11 but here are a few of the things that appeared on the board within a month or two of that time:

Board Main Page, June 2010

HH answers Questions of the Week

Dull Thud #5: All We Like Sheep...

De Brown Streak and Lania - Part One (still waiting for part two)

First appearance of Jarvis reposted by NTU-150

Nats' Origin reposted by Nats

Truth of Amazing Guy Special, Part One

Peaches and Cream - Round Robin

Dancer/Donar Special Anniversary Edition #XV by guest-writer Wangmundo (that's by Vizh, folks)

The Jemas Age by B. Jemas

Dancer #15 (posted literally hours before the 9/11 disaster)

Untold Tales of the Save the Paradopolis Variety Theatre Benefit Concert.

And the actual correspondence thread - at least the message i put up on the subject - is here: World Trade Condolence

Boy they take me back. I've saved all my old stories, the old Who's Who and a bunch of other stuff. All as mth files.

But reading through my responces I'm first shocked at my horrid grammar. Then as I continue to read them I'm aweed at how much I posted.

I miss that.

Of course, I should re-read it first and see if it's something worth being found again...