Quote:So glad to see that a memorial post was hijacked and turned into a venomous argument that completely took away from what it was supposed to be. Have you guys no shame? If you want to argue go ahead, but have some respect and start another topic.

 

It's completely unfortunate, and I agree.

 

Quote:I don't think the thread would have turned this way if it weren't in the political forum. I assume Deacon originally had it in sideline (which I don't think is an inappropriate place for this at all) judging by his second comment, but in the context of the political forum political discussions are going to happen. The [BAD WORD REMOVED] contest is wholly unnecessary but there's nothing inherently wrong with discussing the politics of a subject like this. In fact, discussions surrounding events like this are sometimes the most enlightening and important, even if it hurts.


Purely memorial threads have their place, and political discussion around the event has its place. Let's not chastise either one of them.

 

I get his point, which I think was the OP original intentions was to share memories.

 

I separate topic could have been created with the question of "do people think we are safer after 9/11"?

 

The 1 year anniversary of the Matthews bridge is coming up, I bet someone will hijack that into a political topic. 

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