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What is the rationale for this kind of thing? What motivates a person to construct such a strange relic to 9/11 like this? And how come, after doing so, did th

What is the rationale for this kind of thing? What motivates a person to construct such a strange relic to 9/11 like this? And how come, after doing so, did the creator fail to make any sort of reasonable points about the event? This feels like some sort of opportunistic resume-building kind of project, made from the very real deaths of thousands of innocent people. And not one mention was made about the US's horrific foreign policy that led to 9/11 in the first place. Such a wasted opportunity.

dharmab 5y ago
Did you not get the intro pop-up explaining this is intended for use as part of a history class lesson plan for students born after 9/11?
- AndrewUnmuted 5y ago
  No, I didn't notice that. And if that's the intended use for this stupid website, then it's a terrible lesson plan they've made. It doesn't actually address any meaningful aspect to 9/11 besides make it appear to be from the "beforetimes."
  - ctdonath 5y ago
    Nothing wrong with aggregating records of a historical event and presenting them in real time without commentary. Put together the records and let them speak for the event. Your verbiage indicates the mere portrayal of what happened is deeply at odds with your opinions about it. Care to elaborate?
    - solveit 5y ago
      > This feels like some sort of opportunistic resume-building kind of project, made from the very real deaths of thousands of innocent people. They dislike the current state of the tech industry and cannot stop thinking about it no matter what the topic.
  - maybelsyrup 5y ago
    Damn someone's on the rag. Go smoke a joint bud, it's gonna be okay
  - humanistbot 5y ago
    It isn't a lesson plan. It is raw archival material intended for teachers to use with whatever lesson plan they create.
n8cpdx 5y ago
primary source documents are one of the most powerful ways to understand an event and the impact it had. I'm almost in my 30s and I barely remember 9/11. Most kids today, live in a world (for Americans at least) that was profoundly changed by 9/11. They deserve to be able to understand that moment. The first time I went to an airport, there were (National Guard, I think) soldiers standing around with heavy duty guns. Later, it was removing shoes and all the rest of the nonsense security theater we still put up with. A few years later, the fabled pornoscan. People deserve to be able to learn about the history of their world. It is deeply offensive to me that you would suggest people can't handle primary sources and need someone to make 'reasonable points' and do people's thinking for them.
lmilcin 5y ago
I think it is public service to show historical events from a different perspective. Reading about something is one thing, being able to experience as it happened, the same way most people experienced -- from media, is another.

dharmab 5y ago

Did you not get the intro pop-up explaining this is intended for use as part of a history class lesson plan for students born after 9/11?

AndrewUnmuted 5y ago
No, I didn't notice that. And if that's the intended use for this stupid website, then it's a terrible lesson plan they've made. It doesn't actually address any meaningful aspect to 9/11 besides make it appear to be from the "beforetimes."
- ctdonath 5y ago
  Nothing wrong with aggregating records of a historical event and presenting them in real time without commentary. Put together the records and let them speak for the event. Your verbiage indicates the mere portrayal of what happened is deeply at odds with your opinions about it. Care to elaborate?
  - solveit 5y ago
    > This feels like some sort of opportunistic resume-building kind of project, made from the very real deaths of thousands of innocent people. They dislike the current state of the tech industry and cannot stop thinking about it no matter what the topic.
- maybelsyrup 5y ago
  Damn someone's on the rag. Go smoke a joint bud, it's gonna be okay
- humanistbot 5y ago
  It isn't a lesson plan. It is raw archival material intended for teachers to use with whatever lesson plan they create.

n8cpdx 5y ago

primary source documents are one of the most powerful ways to understand an event and the impact it had. I'm almost in my 30s and I barely remember 9/11. Most kids today, live in a world (for Americans at least) that was profoundly changed by 9/11. They deserve to be able to understand that moment. The first time I went to an airport, there were (National Guard, I think) soldiers standing around with heavy duty guns. Later, it was removing shoes and all the rest of the nonsense security theater we still put up with. A few years later, the fabled pornoscan. People deserve to be able to learn about the history of their world. It is deeply offensive to me that you would suggest people can't handle primary sources and need someone to make 'reasonable points' and do people's thinking for them.

lmilcin 5y ago

I think it is public service to show historical events from a different perspective. Reading about something is one thing, being able to experience as it happened, the same way most people experienced -- from media, is another.