Yes, but that IS the day it happened - Sept. 11th. The day of the week is irrelevent. Kat On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:59:13 -0700 Chester Worwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > All I'm saying is the fact that they should > have a > rememberance for it on the day that it > happened, not > the date it happened on. > > > --- Kathy Salkin wrote: > > Chester, what point are you trying to make > here? > > Are you saying we can't > > remember 9-11 because it's just a date? > People > > remember dates just as easily > > as any other important piece of information. > I > > remember my sister's birthday > > but not the day of the week she was born on. > > > > People are going to remember 9-11 as the day > things > > changed for this country, > > and not as a day of the week or because it's > like > > another number. To do so > > would trivialise the importance of this > > world-shattering event. > > > > I think by making holidays fall on Mondays or > > Fridays to make three-day > > weekends trivialise those holidays and make > them > > lose their original meanings. > > > > Kat > > > > On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:17:23 -0700 Chester > Worwa > > wrote: > > > > > Memorial Day, always celebrated on the last > > > Monday in > > > May. We also celebrate Martin Luthor > King's > > > Birthday > > > on a Monday and Columbus Day on a Monday. > I > > > think > > > Columbus Day should be on the day he came > to > > > America, > > > because discovering America is just as > > > important as an > > > anniversery. > > > > > > --- Kathy Salkin wrote: > > > > What? Oh, you mean "911" - well why then > is > > > 12/7/41 > > > > so easy or Armistice Day, > > > > or D-Day or Memorial Day, etc? It's > because > > > these > > > > are dates of significance. > > > > They tend to stick in people's minds. In > the > > > UK, > > > > "911" is not the universal > > > > emergency number (I think it's either > "999" > > > or > > > > "888") and they will remember > > > > 9-11 for the rest of their lives because > of > > > the > > > > significance of the date. > > > > People don't need memory tricks for that > sort > > > of > > > > thing, especially if it's an > > > > important date in history. > > > > > > > > Kat > > > > > > > > On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 09:14:33 -0700 > Chester > > > Worwa > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > It's easy to remember because of the > > > emergency > > > > > number. > > > > > > > > > > --- Kathy Salkin wrote: > > > > > > Yes, mandated by the Church's > tradition. > > > Not > > > > > an > > > > > > anniversary like Pearl > > > > > > Harbour or Veterans Day (Nov. 11) or > > > 9/11. > > > > > Let's > > > > > > face it, Chester, people > > > > > > will always remember "9/11" and not > that > > > it > > > > > happened > > > > > > on a Tuesday. > > > > > > > > > > > > Kat > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 04:59:23 -0700 > > > Chester > > > > > Worwa > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Easter is always on a Sunday. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Salkin Kathleen wrote: > > > > > > > > No, Wednesday, because it > happened on > > > > > 9/11. > > > > > > > > Wouldn't have any meaning if we > > > > > > > > celebrated Xmas the same day of > the > > > week > > > > > > > every year, > > > > > > > > would it? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kat > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > > From: "Chester Worwa" > > > > > > > > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy > > > > > > > > To: > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 > > > 7:58 PM > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: Tomorrow > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think today should have been > the > > > day > > > > > to > > > > > > > remember > > > > > > > > > because it happened on Tuesday, > not > > > > > > > Wednesday. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Trisha Cummings wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Greetings to All, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am so hopeful that all > goes > > > > > well > > > > > > > tomorrow. > > > > > > > > DC > > > > > > > > > > is once again seemingly > > > > > > > > > > under seige - anti-aircraft > > > pieces, > > > > > the > > > > > > > > military, > > > > > > > > > > air patrols again. > > > > > > > > > > Tomorrow - right outside my > > > building > > > > > will > > > > > > > be a > > > > > > > > > > dedication of a specially > > > > > > > > > > cast bell for 9/11 - its my > > > > > > > understanding one > > > > > > > > was > > > > > > > > > > sent to NY also. Our > > > > > > > > > > building has what looked > liked a > > > huge > > > > > > > flag on it > > > > > > > > - > > > > > > > > > > obsured the view from > > > > > > > > > > many of our offices - so > imagine > > > my > > > > > > > surprise - > > > > > > > > when > > > > > > > > > > I looked at it from > > > > > > > > > > outside and it didn't seem > large. > > > I > > > > > will > > > > > > > take > > > > > > > > > > pictures and post them to the > > > > > > > > > > yahoo in a day or two. In the > > > while - > > > > > > > everyone > > > > > > > > take > > > > > > > > > > care. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brightest > > > > > > > Blessings > > > > > > > > from > > > > > > > > > > DC - Trisha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! - We Remember > > > > > > > > > 9-11: A tribute to the more > than > > > 3,000 > > > > > > > lives lost > > > > > > > > > > > > http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > Yahoo! - We Remember > > > > > > > 9-11: A tribute to the more than > 3,000 > > > > > lives > > > > > > > lost > > > > > > > > http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > Yahoo! - We Remember > > > > > 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 > > > lives > > > > > lost > > > > > http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Yahoo! - We Remember > > > 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 > lives > > > lost > > > http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Yahoo! - We Remember > 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives > lost > http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute >