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Do You Think 9/11 Should Become A National Holiday ?
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To Honor The People Who Died? To Honor All Children/ Spouses And Family Members Whom Lost Their Loved Ones Or Should We Honor And Reflect In Our Own Way . .Vote For : If You Would Like To See This Become A National Holiday. Vote Againist: If You Think We Should Reflect In Our Own Way
by Walteria Walteria
 11 Sep 2007 05:14  
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 Absolutely not... Then everybody will be over here bombing because they think there going to get a holiday....
 14 Sep 2007 19:04
by Shababyg Shababyg
 Yes it made history forever
 10 Jun 2008 17:42
by Carebear79 Carebear79
 I lost someone very dear to me on 9/11 and I have mourned everyday since! Every year on 9/11 I take a trip to NY and "ground zero" and also the memorial in Battery Park. I use my vacation time at work. I will for the rest of my days not work on 9/11. I think the nation should use it as a day of relection as well. Just my opinion.
 13 Sep 2007 21:19
by Danieller Danieller
 I do...think of how many people lost their lives that day. The least we could do is pay tribute to their memory by honoring that day nationally.
 11 Sep 2007 18:22
by Melissa3 Melissa3
 Change holiday to national hero's day, the brave never call this a holiday!!!! I still watch seen from that day and cry and ask why. But for a day this nation pulled together we put our anger behind us and ask how can we help! To the family's that lost love ones. I pray for you. I'm proud of our hero's god will bless them!!!!
 12 Sep 2008 05:21
by Sheysleep Sheysleep
 We're not celebrating; it should be remembered.
 11 Sep 2008 16:52
by Calipzo22 Calipzo22
 I feel it should be a day to honor and show respect for our fellow citizens.
 10 Sep 2008 20:04
by Deblee Deblee
 Since nine eleven caused 2,974 deaths to occur this day should be remembered as a national holiday.Therefore all of the family's of the loved ones that died will have time to mourn:)
 04 Jun 2008 20:09
by Kam-a-ray Kam-a-ray
 9/11 should be a holiday because it is a major part of our lives and will be a part of history. It shows are countries hard times and reminds us of those innocent people who died.
 15 May 2008 00:45
by Hellopeopl Hellopeopl
 Sure, more holidays are good for workers.
 09 May 2008 19:14
by Guest Guest
 For it i could always use a holiday out of work so why not.
 02 May 2008 21:59
by Lilmama1 Lilmama1
 It should be. It can even be a recognized international holiday because the people who were sacrificed come from different nations and creed. It was an event that has caused a tremendous grief to the whole world of the humans!
 28 Dec 2007 04:04
by Amazona58 Amazona58
 A day to SPECIFICALLY honor the victims of 9/11 is not necessary. I think the British have the right idea if I read harka’s post above correctly. It was a tremendous tragedy. I lost 3 friends; three lovely, good and innocent families completely shattered. Yet we are all victims: Those who were destroyed and those who did the destroying. The simplistic explanation that “they hate us for our freedom” is so laughable that no reasonable person will repeat it these days. But this event is just one of countless others that have occurred throughout human history. What about those, and the ones surely to come?
If we had a holiday for every major tragic event, the whole idea would be diluted and people would go on their merry way as just another day off, and the original purpose wasted.
We do need to dedicate one time, once a year, to jolt ourselves away from our daily routine to seriously remember, and to truly honor them all by seeking an understanding and solution so that this kind of tragedy will not happen again. Our survival as a species depends on it.
 20 Sep 2007 19:03
by Dext Dext
 It's unfortunate that days that were declared holidays to honor individuals or special occasions have lost their meaning. Now we look at them as a day off from school or work, and a good day for a sale. I don't know if it would make a difference, but rather than a holiday, it should be considerd a national day of rememberance or mourning.
 19 Sep 2007 08:01
by Robbier44 Robbier44
 9/11 is one of the greatest disasters of the U.S. History. I think we need to pay our respects to the people that lost their lives by making it a national holiday.
 16 Sep 2007 20:57
by Giggles102 Giggles102
 For all the people that said a National Holiday, I agree
 14 Sep 2007 21:14
by Walteria Walteria
 There should be a National day when people commemorate and NEVER forget September 11th! I have felt from the beginning that a National day of remembrence is in order! We must never forget what happened EVER! Also I feel this would show the terrorists that we are not afraid to remember what had happened!
 13 Sep 2007 01:26
by Phreekshow Phreekshow
 I think it should be,i know that year after year people half to remember the horrible frighting time,but we are a nation,and a nation should stick together,especially in a time if need
 12 Sep 2007 21:15
by Writer201 Writer201
 Yes I am for it becoming a national holiday, because known people have died and we have thier death date a holiday. We might not know the names of all those died on that horrible day, but I think that the day should be honored for all those died, all that lived, and all the workers that had to clean it up and repair it. To me I think that 9-11 tragedy was worse than any natural disaster beause no one had time to evacuate after they saw the planes coming. It was a sad day for me cause at the same time here in Louisiana my uncle died of a heart attack. He was a fire fighter and I have always wondered why he was taken on that day and not another day. My blessings go out to all those who had to endure the loss of a loved one on that day and to all those who suffered from having to tell the families
that they could not find the remains of thier loved ones.
 12 Sep 2007 01:40
by Lbordelon Lbordelon
 I think we should make it a holiday. We lost a lot of people and I think it should be remembered.
 11 Sep 2007 22:44
by 07weber 07weber
 I think so, although it is a sad day, if it doesn't become a national holiday it will eventually be forgotten, y would u want that to be for gotten it was a very sad day but it was also a special day
 11 Sep 2007 21:40
by Sexy_me Sexy_me
 I don't know a....holiday....holidays are for celebration maybe a day of remembrance with no school but not a national holiday
 03 Jun 2008 14:24
by Lolipopr22 Lolipopr22
 Why set a holiday for terrorist marks?
 11 Sep 2007 18:44
by Richlee63 Richlee63
 I don't think we need the holiday but if we had one, I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T SEE IT AS CELEBRATING DEATH.
 24 Jul 2008 22:11
by Jb185 Jb185
 It's hard enough to find peace after loosing a loved one on this terrible day let alone having to be reminded every year on TV of the terrible way I lost my loved one not to mention how the people responsible would feel so good at knowing they made history or a national holiday which is what they really wanted.I'm sorry but I will not give them the satisfaction
 04 Jan 2008 02:25
by Fdrod55 Fdrod55
 We have Remembrance Sunday in the UK. There is a special ceremony in London for all the armed services and we honour the dead from all conflicts. It is quite moving, even if you are not that religious. I would not want to celebrate a terrorist atrocity as such, publicity feeds these idiots.
 19 Sep 2007 14:27
by Harka Harka
 First it would cost a lot of money with no industries working and such and this nation would be in even more debt. We already remember it year after year and people can have their own silent time to remember it
 11 Sep 2007 23:56
by Catfish787 Catfish787
 While I sympathize with those who have lost a loved one, making a holiday to remember tragedy is not need. As Boris said, we already celebrate Memorial day.
 11 Sep 2007 21:31
by Chatter Chatter
 We already celebrate Memorial day.
 11 Sep 2007 17:10
by Boris Boris
 No I don’t think so…like 9/11 incident more terrible incident is happening day by day all over the world and one can not make these days national holiday. If made a national holiday then all trading and businesses will be closed and at the end country will again suffer from great lose. Yes we should pray for those men, women and children who lost their lives on that day. But it should not become a national holiday.
 06 Jul 2008 19:49
by Jannifer Jannifer
 Not a Holiday per se, I wouldn't want to celebrate a tragedy, but some kind of memorial day would be appropriate.
 08 Jun 2008 21:06
by Pencil Pencil
 I think it might be sometime in the future but i just don't think people are ready for that... I don't think i am either.
 22 May 2008 20:06
by Gaseater78 Gaseater78
 I'm a nooblolololololol
 18 Apr 2008 16:56
by Lolololo Lolololo
 Who celebrates death?
 13 Feb 2008 13:37
by Bloodsport Bloodsport
 Not unless you are a Muslim. That would be horrible to celebrator thousands of American citizens dying.
 01 Feb 2008 19:31
by Strange000 Strange000
 No. It would be like celebrating all those deaths.
 30 Jan 2008 19:23
by Bwtsrl Bwtsrl
 No way. We should not have a holiday on the day so many were killed.
 12 Jan 2008 14:30
by Fervid Fervid
 I disagree. Why should we celebrate an attack on the U.S.A. As a holiday... That's like saying we should have a holiday for the holocaust.
 12 Jan 2008 13:27
by Diaflor Diaflor
 No way it should be a day of remembering the poor souls and their families but not a holiday....holiday is happy 9/11 was tragic
 30 Dec 2007 21:16
by Krista1000 Krista1000
 It kind of already is. I geuss I would like a day off but i still disagree
 30 Dec 2007 00:36
by Mradwin Mradwin
 Holidays are meant for joy and festivity, not sorrow and mourning. Who wants to remind the families of victims about their loss year after year?
 12 Dec 2007 22:22
by Physpenn Physpenn
 Hmmm...I had to think about this for a while, but I concluded with "no". Today, it seems 9/11 is already a holiday. I think if we make it official, the sadness may drag on through generations who never even knew the pain of that day.

Instead, I'd propose that we just celebrate their loss on Veteran's Day.
 21 Nov 2007 15:47
by Drumergrll Drumergrll
 We have enough holidays as it is, why add more and more, especially one such as this. What would we do? Take the day off? Have a feast? Stay home and be sad in remembrance? Why cant we just remember the day for what it is, a horrible awful sad day that so many innocent people lost their lives in. We don't need to go and make a holiday out of it. When i think of holiday i think of fun and happy, this day is anything but.
 20 Nov 2007 01:59
by Beastlust Beastlust
 I think that there is too much speculation on who, really, is to blame. Pearl Harbor was cut and dry- we know who did that, those people didn't get anything more than a day of remembrance. This 9-11, although it was a loss of life, those people went to work- they got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. The facts don't all jive in this one. Our president is less than honest, and I think there is just too many underlying motives to think this was anything more than 'a wrong place, wrong time' deal for those poor souls.
 19 Nov 2007 11:59
by Moechelle Moechelle
 I think no because if we make 9-11 a national holiday then more terrist will start saying so if 9-11 is a holiday then if we do it that will be a holiday to
 10 Nov 2007 16:31
by Haters910 Haters910
 Yes, to allow people to remember those who died.
And to remember those who have died in iraq since, of all nationalities.
 14 Sep 2007 14:10
by Rhiannon92 Rhiannon92
 While I am devastated by what has happened to us, for some reason I am intuitively uneasy about turning it into a National Holiday. The brave people who helped in even the smallest way should be proud and commended by us all, but I am afraid 9/11 will not be the end of this saga...hope that statement was not too gloomy
 11 Sep 2007 23:06
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