Where Were You?

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

PuertoRicanNightmare is yet another MU grad here who is able to be “lighthearted” (yes, it is one word) about September 11, 2001.

Other than changing the team name to “Marquette Gold,” please tell us what other events you, PuertoRicanNightmare, would put on a par with the deaths of 2,996 men, women and children.

I am not being “the ‘serious’ one.” But I do find it really disturbing that anyone would liken “Marquette Gold” to the events of September 11, 2001, or November 22, 1963.

This is no less absurd and foolish than those who liken anyone to Hitler or so stupidly and embarrassingly misuse or misapply “Nazi” or “socialist.”

Thank God we have people like you around to stop us from remembering where we were when the nickname was changed so that we can continue to mourn the victims of 9/11. Holy cripes.

Where you even alive in 1963? And why haven't you brought up Pearl Harbor? The Lincoln Assassination? McKinley? The attempted assassination of T. Roosevelt in Milwaukee?

[MUMac]

Time for a thread lock.   

[ATL MU Warrior]

I think it's safe to say tower has a better grasp than you the dangers that were faced on 9/11. Seriously, a parallel was made using hyperbole that Marquette picking "Gold" was a WTF moment in our history.

I can't believe I am going to perpetuate this stupid thread/argument but why would you say this? 

[tower912]

It's a firefighter thing.   I had met some of the FDNY members who perished in the towers at various conventions/classes/conferences.  I wasn't anywhere close to tight with any of them, but we'd sat through some of the same boring crap and laughed at the same inappropriate jokes.   I had never told him, nor anyone on this board about that, and not to put words in his mouth, but I am guessing that he extrapolated that and was defending a brother firefighter.   

[brewcity77]

I can't believe I am going to perpetuate this stupid thread/argument but why would you say this?

It's a firefighter thing.   I had met some of the FDNY members who perished in the towers at various conventions/classes/conferences.  I wasn't anywhere close to tight with any of them, but we'd sat through some of the same boring crap and laughed at the same inappropriate jokes.   I had never told him, nor anyone on this board about that, and not to put words in his mouth, but I am guessing that he extrapolated that and was defending a brother firefighter.

Yup. Don't know any of tower's stories related to this, but I know what he does for a living, and I have a small idea of the stuff he's been into and through. I'm pretty sure that 9/11 hits close to home for anyone in this profession, and I find it virtually impossible to believe that anything he said in this thread was intended to disrespect the victims of 9/11.

[🏀]

So tower912 is another of those MU grads who thinks it wacky and crazy to be dismissive of the events of September 11, 2001, and November 22, 1963.

So cool. So laid back. Hey, nothin’ bothers you, huh, tower912?

“Lighten up, Francis.” Right?

Hey, tower912, and Skatastrophy and TallTitan34, may I share with you the name of a person I know well who could name for you the 77 people she knew who died September 11, 2001. She can also give you the names of 52 men or women who lost a spouse in the attack and at least 116 children who lost a parent.

Still seeing the humor in September 11, 2001?

Lighten up, Francis.

You're an idiot if you think those three posters are seeing any humor in 9/11. It's merely a comparison of a significant event that will always register in one's memory.

[Avenue Commons]

(too lazy to look it up)

Could we go to Warriors and use the current MU logo?

Damn. You just blew my mind. The answer is so obvious. Thanks for bringing it up. I don't know why no one thought of that before.