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Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Since it's 9/11 (British, 11/9)
Ponder this op-ed piece from today's edition of The New York Daily News.
This is what I read when I went to "The Daily News" link:- Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism.
I understand the author's sentiment. However people travel to Gettysburg, Auschwitz, Normandy, Iwo Jima, and hundreds of other battle sites. They smile and take pictures including selfies at all of them. I don't believe they mean any disrespect. I think the fact they are there is a show of honor to the fallen. It hurts some of the people who were affected by the violence. At the same time John McCain visited Viet Nam and smiled as his picture was taken there.
Graham, I rather wish so too, although you can get the gist of the article from the comments of Emma Springfield and Elephant's Child. I suppose the blockage really is a European thing since Australia had no problem seeing the article.
I too have been blocked. I remember the day so clearly because I was in hospital and watched the second tower fall on tv on the ward. Beyond tragic, I find all footage very emotional. I think so long as people are going to the sites and remembering/recognising the dead and lost, looking into the history of why it happened, then they can smile at the site and have photos taken. If I died I'd not want people to consistently cry and be silent, I'd want them to smile. It isn't like going to the toilet on a memorial, and I don't think disresepctful people would even bother going. x
This is what I read when I went to "The Daily News" link:-
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range
of digital offerings to the EU market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism.
Neil, I apologise (not that it's my fault) for any barriers erected by the EU market that interfere with your reading proclivities.
DeleteI understand the author's sentiment. However people travel to Gettysburg, Auschwitz, Normandy, Iwo Jima, and hundreds of other battle sites. They smile and take pictures including selfies at all of them. I don't believe they mean any disrespect. I think the fact they are there is a show of honor to the fallen. It hurts some of the people who were affected by the violence. At the same time John McCain visited Viet Nam and smiled as his picture was taken there.
ReplyDeleteEmma, what you say is true, even the part about John McCain. What could he have been thinking? Ever the politician, I suppose.
DeleteSelfies and the 'its all about me' syndrome. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteSue, sigh, indeed.
DeleteI rather wish that I'd been able to read the article.
ReplyDeleteGraham, I rather wish so too, although you can get the gist of the article from the comments of Emma Springfield and Elephant's Child. I suppose the blockage really is a European thing since Australia had no problem seeing the article.
ReplyDeleteI too have been blocked. I remember the day so clearly because I was in hospital and watched the second tower fall on tv on the ward. Beyond tragic, I find all footage very emotional. I think so long as people are going to the sites and remembering/recognising the dead and lost, looking into the history of why it happened, then they can smile at the site and have photos taken. If I died I'd not want people to consistently cry and be silent, I'd want them to smile. It isn't like going to the toilet on a memorial, and I don't think disresepctful people would even bother going. x
ReplyDelete