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# 9/11 Days
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/5007/
- Published: 2006-09-08T19:19:45.000Z
- Updated: 2006-09-08T19:19:45.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Current Affairs, #wpChunk

Well, 9/11 Days are here again. Some of you may recall that I wrote about it last year at Catholic Exchange ([link](http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm%5Fid=1&art%5Fid=29945&ref=thedailyeudemon.com)). Whew, did I get hate mail for that one. One lady even suggested that I move to France. I don't know if she knows about my weak stomach for body odor, but it was cruel.

Looking back on the piece now, it comes off a little harsh. I should've toned it down a bit, but my basic sentiment hasn't changed: I like (repeat: like, like, like) 9/11 memorials. I think 9/11 memorials should be encouraged (encouraged, encouraged, encouraged). What I don't like are forced (forced, forced, forced) memorials. Don't trick me into watching (delaying a football game by 15 minutes, even though you advertised a 1:00 kickoff), don't spiritually coerce me into listening (playing a memorial before the final blessing), and don't otherwise secure my participation without my consent. That's all I'm asking. I think it's called "being forthright." Like Salinger, I don't like sneaks.

Excerpt from Salinger's short story, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish"

> On the sub-main floor of the hotel, which the management directed bathers to use, a woman with zinc salve on her nose got into the elevator with the young man.

> "I see you're looking at my feet," he said to her when the car was in motion.

> "I beg your pardon?" said the woman.

> "I said I see you're looking at my feet."

> "I beg your pardon. I happened to be looking at the floor," said the woman, and faced the doors of the car.

> "If you want to look at my feet, say so," said the young man. "But don't be a #@\*&! sneak about it."

> "Let me out here, please," the woman said quickly to the girl operating the car.

> The car doors opened and the woman got out without looking back.