http://www.propeace.net/node/715 Comments for "9/11 World Peace Day" en http://www.propeace.net/node/715#comment-1554 <p>We need another peace day about as much as we need another patriot day. Please don't stop celebrating your mother's birthday on September 11th, and let it kick off the 11 days of peace that culminates on the UN International Day of Peace on September 21st. And don't forget to celebrate the founding of Gandhi's <em>Satyagraha</em> on September 11th, too. </p> <p>I think I have a much better idea for a new September 11th holiday. I want to extend Labor Day to Labor Week and honor all sectors of our workforce. September 11th can then be First Responders Day to honor the real heroes of the WTC disaster.</p> <p>I completely disagree with your statement that we haven't seen the world united in a sense of community around a disaster since the fall of the WTC. What about Hurricane Katrina? How about a campaign to declare August 29th, the date of Katrina's landfall, an official World Community Day?</p> <p>In short, I'm not particularly inspired by reacting to the fear mongers and jingoes by declaring a World Peace Day. Being confrontational doesn't serve your declared intent. And BTW, your link is dead.</p> <p>Editor, propeace.net</p> Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:17:14 -0400 Susan Livingston comment 1554 at http://www.propeace.net http://www.propeace.net/node/715 People from 90 countries perished on 9/11. It happened in America, but it didn't happen just TO America. This was a global tragedy. We honor those we lost not by more war and more killing, but by making the planet a more peaceful place to live. Calling September 11 "Patriot's Day" is about some of us (as in U.S.), not about all of US. The best way to commemorate September 11 is to celebrate it as"¦ "World Peace Day!" http://www.911worldpeaceday.org http://www.propeace.net/node/715#comments politics Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:23:23 -0400 mitchaxelrod 715 at http://www.propeace.net