Pinheads and Patriots

[vovat]

Hey, it's Patriot Day, isn't it? Doesn't whoever came up with that name realize that nothing good ever contains the word "patriot"? I mean, Patriot Missiles, the PATRIOT Act, that movie The Patriot...okay, I've never actually SEEN that movie, but I've never been too keen on Mel Gibson, even before he started with his Elders of Zion crap. I threw up in my twelfth grade English class while watching a video of Mel talking about Hamlet. Sure, you can say that was because of what I ate for breakfast, but I prefer to think of it as Mel's fault. And I'm sure he'd find a way to blame the Jews. But I digress.

Okay, on a more important note, if September 11th is going to be a holiday, it should be a day of solemn remembrance for the people who died in the terrorist attack, right? So why give it a name that doesn't reflect that, but instead suggests, "Yay, America!" Isn't that rather disrespectful to the victims?

Also, I have to wonder about the usage of the phrase "never forget." Are the 2001 attacks something that anyone is LIKELY to forget? Why not save that for something important that people probably wouldn't remember otherwise?

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[dragonxbait.livejournal.com]

Also, we already have a patriots day in MA, it's when the run the Boston marathon, and everyone gets the day off. It's a much less depressing holiday. I think it's to commemorate some battle, but obviously they don't advertise that part.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Besides, no patriots were-- okay, probably some patriots WERE involved in the original day, but not as a whole group sort of thing, and you could in fact say the people ATTACKING were patriots, just, uh, for the wrong side, so why would you want to immortalize THEM with your name day title thing.... Also I remember you mentioning sometime before about how if anything Pearl Harbor Day ought to be remembered more, and I agree there. But it probably all comes down to the fact that people refer to the attacks in question by their date, so whenever anybody just says Sept 11 now people think of it instead of the fact that it's just a date.

[slfcllednowhere.livejournal.com]

I agree that it's disrespectful, and bullshity.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I think it's to commemorate some battle

Lexington and Concord, according to Wikipedia.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

you could in fact say the people ATTACKING were patriots, just, uh, for the wrong side, so why would you want to immortalize THEM with your name day title thing....

I get the impression that they were more devoted to their religion than to any particular country (which is one reason why calling them "Islamofascists" doesn't make sense).

Also I remember you mentioning sometime before about how if anything Pearl Harbor Day ought to be remembered more

I don't remember saying that, but it's possible I did.

[dragonxbait.livejournal.com]

There ya go- and Tom works in Lexington. And I babysit in Concord. I should probably know these things.