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There's also another flaw in your logic, Gam.<br /> <br /> People don't typically get little notes or flowers every single year, reminding them "hey, remember when your mom died? That sucked. Here's a balloon." Year after year after year? You really think coming by and reminding that person of the pain they went through is helping them?<br /> <br /> And I don't think taking flowers to a grave is exactly the same as putting gift items on a dog sim with the excuse of "a horrible tragedy happened on this day." You're giving a gift to a dead person, to pay respects to them. Doing 9/11 items is like giving ourselves gifts for what happened.<br /> <br /> We might as well start considering "Remember the Alamo," "Remember the World Wars," "Remember the Holocaust," and so on and so on until we try to cover every major worldwide catastrophe ever, and in the end, it all comes back down to everyone receiving items either to decorate our dogs or boost some sort of stat, and it all just seems very selfish and tactless, despite intentions.<br /> <br /> No offense meant to the poster or those agreeing that they want these items, and I know we already have the Soldier Helmet, and I can't really agree with that item, either. But I just don't see anything selfless and charitable about any of this. If you want to commemorate what happened, fine, go out and do something, like I said before, give to a related charity, find someone in need and help them, go out of your way to do more good than you normally would, give of yourself to others in some form or fashion. Don't seek to gain anything for yourself other than the satisfaction that for a moment, you made a positive difference in someone else's life.
Well is it not kind of like "your mom died, here's a gift to celebrate!"?
I don't think we should do anything, either. What about all the people that were killed in the Oklahoma bombing? Or all the children who have been lost over the years to school shootings? How about all our previous attacks (ex: Pearl Harbor). To be completely honest, I'm getting tired of hearing about 9/11 every year and I'm sure the families who lost loved ones are too. It's a continual source of pain for them and after 10 years, I'm sure they'd like to move on. <br /> <br /> Not to mention, not everyone who plays Ala is from the USA, and a lot of our issues do not effect them. Foreign players may feel left out, especially if Ala doesn't do something to commemorate their tragedies (such as the London bombings).<br /> <br /> Now if you wanna commemorate the people who gave their lives or whatever, just in general, for ALL tragedies- items like the soldier helmet could be added into new things. Such as, like said, a firefighters helmet, policeman's helmet, etc.
Gam, those gifts are going directly to the victims of such tragedies, either the dead person at the grave site, or to the direct family who lost that person, or directly to the person who's sick. <br /> <br /> While, yes, all of America was affected by 9/11, it's not an event I would exactly feel comfortable receiving a gift on. None of my family died in the event, I didn't get sick from all the awful stuff that was in the air when the towers collapsed. Aside from living in the country it happened in, it didn't cause tragedy in my personal life, and I'd never feel comfortable getting a gift of some kind for the sake of 9/11. Be charitable to the people who have directly suffered from it, do something that actually makes a difference for your fellow man.
carni, what are your opinions on people leaving gifts at grave-sites? What about people who get get-well gifts in the hospital or after a loved one dies?
I just personally don't agree with the whole context of it. Not even the soldier helmets. If we did something like a donation item where all the proceeds would go to a charity for the firefighters dealing with medical issues because of everything they inhaled on 9/11, then it would be respectful. But as it is, it's just "Remember 9/11, here's a present" no different than "Hey it's christmas, here's a present."<br /> <br /> If we want to send our condolences to the victims of the event, and show respect, it would be more appropriate to just put up a news post articulating these things, maybe encouraging people to donate to a charity or do a good deed that day. <br /> <br /> But to give out items like presents on a day like that just doesn't sit well with me.
I think firefighter hats or something would be cool. Last time the Soldier Helmets [I think] were to kind of remember the soldiers. This year we can remember the firefighters who helped
While I think making it an 'event' would be a little hard, I see no reason at all not to aknowledge it in a simple and respectful way<br /> <br /> For most Americans (and even other countries) what happened on 9/11 has only made the belief in humanity and freedom stronger, a triumph over adversity and I feel a show of solidarity from a community such as Ala is in no way 'bad taste'<br /> <br /> Remebering those that gave their life to save so many other lifes; fireman, rescues teams and even the everyday 'Joe'...its not about 'glorying' or dredging up the past, its about remembering
Maybe do a firefighter hat for this year? Or a police hat.
I agree with the fact that it would be kind of.. almost insulting to make items for this tragedy on a dog game, but at the same time.. we had items for 9/11 last year :S Soldier Helmets.