brijonmang Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I know 8 years isn't exactly a marquee anniversary but I'm surprised no one has brought up the date yet today. I'm sure most of you are like me and still remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you heard or saw what was happening. Even at my office today no one has really mentioned anything about it. I find it odd considering it is arguably the single most historic event in the last 50 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 It is unarguably not the most historic event in the last 50 years, but it had a powerful effect on this American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brijonmang Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 I was talking about American history, because no other event here comes to mind that had the impact that 9/11 had on our country. Part of that may be because I am young...relatively speaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porTENT Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 It is unarguably not the most historic event in the last 50 years, but it had a powerful effect on this American.Considering this is an Architecture forum, yes it is the most important historic event. I dare you to name something more significant than the revelation of the spectacle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Well it was the first attack on American soil since the war of 1812 so relatively speaking I'd say it was a pretty significant event in our history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Considering this is an Architecture forum, yes it is the most important historic event. I dare you to name something more significant than the revelation of the spectacle.Pearl harborWWII1906 (03?) San Fransisco Earthquake1900 Galveston stormThe McCarthyism eraThe End of WW2The Civil Rights movementThe Kennedy assassination(s)The 60's-70's anti war movementThose are some of what I would consider "significant", a few of them MORE significant, but not by much.I think that we, as a nation, have a notoriously short memory when it comes to historical events. An increasing number of people think we did NOT go to moon, we knew about Pearl Harbor before it happened, AND the 9/11 "truther" idiots that believe that it was all staged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 On the grand stage of history, it's difficult to make a case for discrete acts of war or terrorism as 'most significant' because they are, sadly, so frequent. (At the risk of sounding callous) acts of war don't get truly historically significant until you do something new in terms of sheer numbers, or weaponry, or both. (the battle of the Somme, Dresden, the atom bombs.) I don't mean to take anything away from the tragedy of 9-11. But in terms of most significant events in American History, I personally think it's tough to beat putting a man on the moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gto250us Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 The best way to honor those who died on 9-11 would be to kill a terrorist today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porTENT Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Pearl harbor WWII 1906 (03?) San Fransisco Earthquake 1900 Galveston storm The McCarthyism era The End of WW2 The Civil Rights movement The Kennedy assassination(s) The 60's-70's anti war movement Those are some of what I would consider "significant", a few of them MORE significant, but not by much. I think that we, as a nation, have a notoriously short memory when it comes to historical events. An increasing number of people think we did NOT go to moon, we knew about Pearl Harbor before it happened, AND the 9/11 "truther" idiots that believe that it was all staged. IN THE LAST 50 YEARS! sheesh crunchtastic gets internet points for the man on the moon (despite ease of forgery even then). However 9/11 represents the maturation of the new world order, the great equalizer of modern technology (& lockstep with the Holocaust). Poor Mr. Yamasaki.. 1st Pruitt-Igoe is claimed as THE linchpin failure of modernism. and then 9/11 (although I'm still deciphering it's architectural impacts in terms of the Spectacule) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 IN THE LAST 50 YEARS! sheesh crunchtastic gets internet points for the man on the moon (despite ease of forgery even then). However 9/11 represents a new world order, the great equalizer of modern technology. 3000 deaths, while tragic, would not be a significant hit even in ancient times. It was only significant because we felt invincible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porTENT Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 3000 deaths, while tragic, would not be a significant hit even in ancient times. It was only significant because we felt invincible.FAIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 FAILI just think that people who say that September 11th was the most significant historical event in the past 50 years have, first of all, a very Americocentric view of the world considering, for example, the hundreds of thousands of people killed in the tsunami. The Berlin Wall coming down, the fall of Russian communism, a man on the moon, the invention of the cell phone or the artificial heart, all these events and many more seem far more significant than the events of September 11th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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