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In response to "The 9/11 memorial events, did they have something similar for Pearl Harbor? How long is this goingto go on? What happened was horrible but how long" by lileve

Mourn it? Likely for decades to come. Mark it with significant numbers of events, probably at least 30 years. -- nm

Posted by Qale (aka Qale) Sep 11 '09, 06:41

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30? No way. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 11, 06:42 31
- I put it at 30 more as a generational number. -- nm - Qale Sep 11, 06:45 5
  - They still do a pretty noteworthy ceremony at Pearl and that's coming up on 68 years. - Will Hunting Sep 11, 06:45 4
    - There's still a ceremony every year at the Titanic memorial here in DC. -- nm - loosilu Sep 11, 06:48 3
      - I suppose the magnitude of how big the memorials are is pretty subjective. Pearl Harbor is remembered I'd say only vaugely by most Americans now more - Qale Sep 11, 06:50 2
        
        Honestly, I'd say it's the 3rd most famous date in American history - Will Hunting Sep 11, 06:59
        
        there are relatively few people living who personally remember Pearl Harbor. -- nm - loosilu Sep 11, 06:59
- Hell, we still celebrate the end of WWI every year. -- nm - Ender Sep 11, 06:45 24
  - we do? -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 06:52 11
    - We call it "Veterans Day" now. -- nm - Ender Sep 11, 06:53 10
      - I bet a majority of people don't even know what that signifies, other than they don't get mail that day. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Sep 11, 07:08
      - so, we kept the date, but decided to celebrate something else on it instead. - znufrii Sep 11, 06:56
      - So when do we start getting good deals on mattresses on September 11th? -- nm - Qale Sep 11, 06:56 7
        
        There are about a hundred horribly tasteless "falling prices" jokes to be made here... -- nm - Ender Sep 11, 07:04
        
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        Amusingly today is also Pearl Day at Six Flags over Georgia where Teh Gays buy fake pearl strands for charity and "take-over" the park. -- nm - Qale Sep 11, 07:01
        
        well, my calendar shows "Patriot Day (U.S.A)" on it, so any time now. -- nm - zork Sep 11, 06:57 3
        
        silly name for a holiday, imho. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 07:09 2
        
        Shush!!! -- nm - Massachusetts Sep 11, 07:10 1
        
        that one's okay. -- nm - znufrii Sep 11, 07:11
  - completely different scale. 50 or more million people died from WWII -- nm - zork Sep 11, 06:46 11
    - I didn't say WWII. -- nm - Ender Sep 11, 06:47 10
      - so amend my post to 37 million from WWI *shrug*. completely, completely different things from 9/11 -- nm - zork Sep 11, 06:50 9
        
        And yet many more living Americans were affected by 9/11 than by WWI. -- nm - Ender Sep 11, 06:51 8
        
        excuse me? 117,465 deaths (0.13% of the population) and 205,690 wounded of a population of 92 million. -- nm - zork Sep 11, 06:56 7
        
        Seriously? You're going to argue this? How many Americans living today personally remember WWI? How many personally remember 9/11? -- nm - Ender Sep 11, 06:58 2
        
        in both cases, 100% of the population was affected but there was a much higher loss during WWI. it affected people's daily lives at least as much -- nm - zork Sep 11, 07:00 1
        
        You're so pretty. -- nm - Ender Sep 11, 07:01
        
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        i'm not worried how many *living* americans were affected. how many are still alive in 1776? you don't stop celebrating something after everyone dies. -- nm - zork Sep 11, 07:04 2
        
        i guess this should go under Ender's post -- nm - zork Sep 11, 07:05 1
        
        Either/or really. -- nm - Ender Sep 11, 07:06

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