Should 9/11 be a national day of volunteerism, charity and good deeds?

This Web site ... http://www.mygooddeed.org ... is trying to make it happen.

I kind of like the idea. Though I'm afraid years from now it would be another "Get drunk at the lake/beach" celebration like Memorial Day or Independence Day.

 

Or Labor Day.

 

Yeah, that too.

 

Shouldn't every day be like that?

 

At some point there will be another 9/11 . . . or worse.

So then what do you with that day?

 

You can't force volunteerism, charity and good deeds. If you do, it isn't genuine.

 

So?

 

Sept. 11 should be a day of personal reflection and remembrance. It has different meaning to each of us.

To declare it as a "national day" of anything is to desecrate the memory of our friends who died and, thereby, turn it into just another commercialized "holiday."

 

If it weren't so close to Labor Day, it'd be a national holiday already.

 

Quick question: How's everyone spending Pearl Harbor Day this year?

 

Well, since our president told us our response to 9/11 should be to shop that is how the day should be memorialized.