Reply #8: You are just cruisin' for a bruisin' with this one.

[Jamastiene]

It is too soon to say any of that, really. Wait at least a generation.

My piddly little $0.02:

It's bad people lost their lives and the lives of family members that day. The commemorations are widespread and make it to the news quite a bit. That is true, but we do need to give the family members of victims and those who were adversely affected by 9/11 time to work through that loss and grief.

I hate seeing Ghouliani trotted out every time we turn around too. I couldn't agree more on that one. I hate the wars and paranoia about "security" too. I really really agree on that part. I hate the overreacting to every little incident since 9/11 too. I agree on those points.

But, I do think the ceremonies and commemorations for people to work through the bad memories and pain and complete changes to their lives are something I wouldn't complain about. Not at least in this generation.

The other stuff you mentioned should be fair game though. It has been long enough. The Patriot Act and the wars and the extreme paranoia have been around long enough to start talking about using a reasonable amount of security minus so much paranoia, ending the never-ending wars/more enemy makers, and moving forward.

Still, you'll get skewered by some others for the OP, I am sure.