9/11. 6 months later - Somehow, it didn't feel like 6 months.

[Bondgirl]

I watched the second half of the special my cousin taped it and I'm gonna watch it. It was pretty hard to watch and I'm glad I did though, you can say why the fuck are they playing it? But truthfully and honestly look around you and think how many of the 'patriotic' people 6 months ago who wanted blood, where are they now? How many don't even care anymore or have grown so far away from it that it doesn't even register.

We truthfully must never forget.

I think for a lot of people they equate 'moving on' to hiding their head in the sand. Growing up in Ireland, we kind of always accepted the idea that there were terrorists within (o a much smaller scale), but I think that is very hard for a lot of people to do here, because it makes it hard not to be afraid. It is much easier to point the finger at a bunch of strange looking people in a far away place, then to look around your own neighborhood and realize that part of the problem could be right there. I don't know if its as much that people are forgetting, or if they are just not able to deal with the reality. The war that we see on tv over in Afghanistan is only a tiny part of what has to be done. If we really want to prevent this from happening again, we are going to have to look within our own country, and part of this war, even though it will be fought in a different way, will have to be fought on our own turf.

As far as how this has all affected my life..not much practically, but my perceptions have definitely shifted. I realize that the little bullshit things that you deal with every day are just that, and I try to focus on what is important, the people I love. I give a lot more hugs, and say I love you a lot more, and I try to enjoy every moment with them, because you never know when it might be too late