I guess my point is....one minute we are here...the next we are not. Why would we spend so much time in misery? What is the socialogic, psychologic, evolutionary siginificance of such suffering? Terrorists or divorce. Why do we pause to spend so much time in that place? What is it's usefulness?

Get up...go to the window...throw the window open and yell out..."I'm not gonna take it any more!" at the top of your lungs!!!!

Don't forget to yell. "I'm mad as hell and..." before the rest of it. Good question. Why are so many of us addicted to misery? I'll have to think about that one. Is it just as easy to train ourselves to be addicted to joy? I like to think so.

downforthecount (you MUST pick a shorter user id LOL), you have drawn a picture of what I was afraid the WTC has become. I avoided all news reports on 9/11 because I too think we can and should choose our reaction to terrorists, divorce, hurricanes, death of a loved one. A sufficient period of mourning is appropriate. Wallowing in it is self-indulgent.

I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANY MORE! There. All better. Thanks!

I've been to the WTC probably 10 times, before and after. My best friend works right next to the footprint, and was there when the tragedy occured. That's a long post for another board.

I don't blame the tourists who go there. It was a life defining moment, we all remember exactly where we were when it happened. And being in Manhattan is pretty rare for the majority of Americans. I'm sure I'd stop by Dealey Plaza if/when I ever get to Dallas.

I'm from Canada, and I visited WTC Christmas 2005.

I wasn't there for some tourist thrill or mobid curiousity. I feel like there are 'souls' there who want to be laid to rest. I went to pray for them, and their families. It is the same way I visit the graves of my loved ones who have passed.
It also gave me a sence of the gravity of the disaster. Even though the footprints had been cleaned of debris at that point, it was still humbling to see the spot where so many innocent victims lost their lives.

I get VFW magazine. It lists the dead every month in Iraq. I see the updated toll of WTC every month. Unbearable.

I would probably go to ground zero if I was in New York for nothing else then to pay my respects. The last time I was in the city, 30 years ago they were standing tall and proud. I can't even imagine how I would feel to go there and remember what once was and how much was lost. If it has taken on a touristy atmosphere well that is a shame but life goes on and we can't let the bastards that did this keep us from moving forward.

back when they were trying to decide what to do with WTC this was my thought.
Capture bin ladin and put him in a bullet proof glass jail right at the site for life.
ppl could walk by for his eternity here on earth and wave.

I know the feeling. I work in downtown Minneapolis, and frequently walked down by the river during my lunch hour. However, after the 35W bridge collapse, it became a tourist haven. I walked close to the disaster one time, said a prayer, because it was still a grave site, and I turned around and left. You just never know when your number is going to be called up.