I see his point though. I heard on the radio this morning, someone is having a $9.11 sale. That is exploitation.
How one deals with, and observes the emotional trauma of 9-11 should really be a personal thing. Offering commemorative coins and slathering a site with waving flag gifs is overdone in the extreme I feel.
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I made this post on my board, and am quite comfortable with it:
I have gone back and forth about whether something should be mentioned here about 9-11. Everywhere I have been today, there are ribbons, people dressed as flags, $9.11 sales, blinking lights, memorials, testimonials, ceremonies, and a thousand things I dare not think of.
No animated flag gifs, a not picture of the towers or the victims or their families, or teddy bears, or any of the claptrap that people think is appropriate.
A simple request is what I thought fit. Something you should do regardless of the day or date really.
Do something. Act. Don’t ‘think’ about it, don’t talk about it or complain about it or stew about it or ignore it.
Independent of what ‘it’ may be to you.
I added the Amber Alert at the bottom of the board here. Right now it is for West Michigan, but I am working on getting a broader alert area with amberalert.org
What will you do?
