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Do you observe "Patriot Day"
Posted by Agit8r • 9/09/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: 9/11, patriot day, september 11th
More aimed at those here in the U.S., I'm just wondering if people observe some or all of what the holiday is designated as:
frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_public_laws&doc...
Also, i wonder if you think "Patriot Day" is an appropriate name for such an occasion?
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Never even heard of it before. -
Can I use it as an excuse to get drunk?-
of course! -
Then hell yeah I observe it!
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those terrorists hated our drunkenness, so definitely
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I need to go buy some ammo, so I can shoot my guns in the air
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I think I will start observing it now!
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How did September 11th become "Patriot Day"? I don't pay attention to the calender much.-
It was announced in the fall of 2001, though it hasn't really caught on.... probably due to confusion with the Patriots day celebrated in New England in April, and that the name sounds wonky and inappropriate.
Association with the notorious act probably didn't help either
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Oh wow! Why didn't anybody say anything. I think it should be called patriot day and I think it should be a federal day off to remember. -
No and no. -
Why confuse it with the other patriots day
www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/patriots-day
oh, edited to add that I think many, no matter what the day is called, observe that day quietly.-
Yah...I thought Patriot's Day was in April...I used to live in Boston and remember seeing reenactments of the Battle of Bunker Hill from the train into town.
I don't think Patriot Day is an appropriate name for memorializing Sept 11. It is a serious misnomer. The victims were not patriots who "gave" their lives for the country...except for the emergency services personnel, none of them "gave" their lives for anything. Their lives were taken, against their will and without their foreknowledge. And while they may have all been patriotic, to call them "patriots" because they died in a cowardly attack on innocent civilians is just not accurate.
I don't have a better suggestion, but I think "Patriot Day" is just the wrong name for it. -
how about just 9/11! it really says it all! and I agree with your view. Add to that many of the victims were not american citizens, so how would they fit in with that title.
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i wonder if Ayaasmoderator will be half-masting his flags?
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Jesus! I swear you people get nazier everyday! What's next? Call the president Augustus rex?
Patriot day! Really!-
no. That would be crazy. Back in 2001, all we did was everybody "got behind their president"
what could be more in keeping with our tradition of republican-democracy?
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Because it was on american soil. There is nothing wrong with americans recognizing that thousands lost their lives on our soil,the melting pot of the whole wide world. No place on earth can claim all people of all nationalities live in relative peace! I'm proud of that
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Yes, I observe it. -
Is this the day when we're all forced to watch Revolutionary War films featuring Mel Gibson and Heth Ledger that play fast and loose with historical facts?-
haha, sure. good idea
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I never knew they made a Patriot Day either.-
yes... yes they did
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Appearently, legislation earlier this year added to the days title(s)
www.nationalservice.gov/about/newsroom/releases_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1507 -
I think they should just call it 9/11, like most people refer to it as. And, I think most people do think about it, and in a sense observe it, in some way, even if it's not considered a 'holiday'. We still just do because we appreciate the 'heroes' who lost their lives that day, whether or not they planned to be such.
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