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Posted: 09.30.2002
New York state of mind
This weekend before the OU game, we went to the mall because I needed soap. It was going to be a quick in-and-out to kill time before kickoff... What we got instead was an up-close history lesson that left me struggling not to break down and weep openly right there in public.

As haunting as it was to see so many of those images up close, I feel it's something everyone should see. There is a dignified elegance in this gallery having no frames around the artwork, no tuxedoed waiters with cheese platters and glasses of merlot -- just the images on simple clotheslines, letting their powerful messages speak for themselves. Please check to see if there's a viewing of "here is new york: a democracy of photographs"" in your area.



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Don't you think that's a little bit too much? I mean isn't it about time the US got over 9/11 and started getting on with things. Sure you need to remember the dead, but hey, for how long must this fervour go on for? Is George W. Bush just milking it all so his polls remain high and he can get re-elected? Or am I just a cynical bastard?

¤ ¤ credit: Joshua | 09.30.02 at 04:13 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

I think you're just a cynical bastard... Over 3000 people lost their lives that day. History has to be recorded somehow. Perhaps we should just burn all existing photos of WWII since it's been long enough as well?

¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 09.30.02 at 04:25 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Wow. The pictures there are so intense and amazing. I'm not sure that I could look through all of them at one time because its so tragic. It does make me want to dig out my beautiful picture of the towers that I took. Thanks for sharing the link. I think if I had seen it in public, I would have been so close to crying too.

¤ ¤ credit: kristine | 09.30.02 at 05:55 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

thanks robyn, after looking through the pictures I called my mom in San Diego and told her that the show there is a must see.

¤ ¤ credit: queen | 09.30.02 at 07:48 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

Gee, Joshua, if it bugs you so much to read other people's comments about September 11th, then don't read them. Do you go up to strangers on the street and tell them what to talk about?

¤ ¤ credit: Andrea Harris | 10.01.02 at 02:19 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

I actually got to see this earlier this year when I was in nyc. I got to see ground zero. I still can't look at any of these pictures to this day without getting choked up. Joshua, this is a part of history. This is something that will remain with us forever. There are still people who get somber talking about the shooting of JFK. It's now a big part of who we are, how we've become and how life has changed for us as Americans. While it's not the core topic of conversation as it was on Oct 1, 2001, it's still a big part of who I am on Oct 1, 2002. I'll never forget those vivid images that I saw for as long as I live.

¤ ¤ credit: statia | 10.01.02 at 09:52 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

I didn't realize there was a Houston exhibit. I would like to go, but I don't think I could go alone. It would be too hard.

¤ ¤ credit: Kymberlie R. McGuire | 10.01.02 at 11:51 AM | link--this ¤ ¤

Maybe I am.... but 100,000 people lost their lives in Horishima.

¤ ¤ credit: Joshua | 10.01.02 at 03:48 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

I guess I was being a little bit insensitive yesterday about September 11th, and I think that the people killed should be remembered, and the fireman and policeman who went into the buildings recognised as the heroes they are. My anger is directed against the US government, and those Americans who think that because of September 11th they can do what they like. I have posted a more in-depth opinion on my blog (click on my name) if you want to understand where I'm coming from. Comments are welcome, and once again I do apologise for any pain I may have caused through my comments, I'm only trying to get through a point.

¤ ¤ credit: Joshua | 10.01.02 at 04:20 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

And still...your point is...exactly...? Sorry, but I'm just not seeing it. Hiroshima happened in Japan in a time of war following a sneak-attack the Japanese carried out against our military, and several battles they wanted to engage in afterwards. 9-11 happened in the U.S. during a time of peace against innocent civilians.

I live in the U.S. And I viewed an exhibit in my hometown about the tragedy that occurred in my own country. Not saying that tributes and remembrances of Hiroshima shouldn't occur -- even here -- but you're comparing apples to oranges and that's a VERY weak argument! All of history should be documented. Not just whatever versions of it fall within your political agenda.

¤ ¤ credit: robyn | 10.01.02 at 04:20 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

It is sooo fashionable to be angry at the United States right now. Joshua, if you're so upset, the names and addresses of every single one of our elected officials are publicly accessible. Try griping at them instead of the average citizen.

¤ ¤ credit: Sekimori | 10.01.02 at 04:37 PM | link--this ¤ ¤

And it's Hiroshima, not Horishima.

¤ ¤ credit: Sekimori | 10.01.02 at 05:01 PM | link--this ¤ ¤




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