i'm slowly coming to the conclusion that the best way to commemorate 9/11 is to stop trying to commemorate 9/11. everyone who tries to do it just ends up twisting the event for their own political purposes. after nine years of this the day is starting to reek of cheap politics instead of feeling anything like a solemn occasion.
so maybe it would be better to just stop trying so hard. i'm not saying we should forget what happened. we won't anyway. i am saying a lot of these self-conscious efforts to remember often end up sullying the memory.
i'm not sure if i have thought this idea through yet. but after reading my FB feed this morning, i feel like throwing it out there.
