Once a year we remember Mothers, Fathers, Grandparents, whoever they are that used to be called Secretaries, Pickles, Sock Monkeys, the Flag, folks who are Veterans, Veterans who Died in/from combat. Why should we not take one day a year to remember 9/11?
Of course, if Roo_ster had his way, "Remember 9/11" would be more like "Remember the Alamo", Remember the Maine", and "Remember Pearl Harbor" than an occassion for buying sheets and automobiles.
The problem with "Remember 9/11" is that it will be filled with platitudes and have almost no effect on making is better citizens, let alone better people. It will also, I am afraid, perpetuate the practice of turning certain categories of ordinary folks going about their jobs into heroes. Where are the cheers for the Sanitation District workers who picked up and hauled away the rubble? Where is the adulation for all of the air traffic controllers who grounded flights across the country to prevent even more attrocities? Why do we not celebrate the very small number of folks at flight training schools who expressed concern over students who did not seem worried about getting a passing grade on landings?
In the early days after 9/11 some folks stepped up and Did Something because they thought it Might Help - like giving up an NFL career to join the Army. Unfortunately, it's like the folks who hear about a disaster somewhere and their first instinct is to head out and donate blood. I never did understand how donating blood helped the folks in South and South East Asia who were flooded by monsoon rains, but according to a contact at the local blood service every year when the stories of monsoo flooding show up on the TV they get folks coming in to donate to help the victims.
If you want to "Remeber 9/11" how about going out and doing something to show those radical fundamentalists that not only have they not destroyed our "way of life" but that there is no way they can ever do so. I'm not sure just how, but things like kicking a PC apologist in the shins, or cutting in line ahead of a welfare leech with an EBT card might be a start.
stay safe.
