Posts made by waywardmarbles

@muslim Islam is not a religion of terrorism any more than Christianity is. There are radical Islamics that try to force their beliefs on others, and they are evil. However, there are also radical Christians that have performed bombings and shootings, the same as the much-feared radical Islamics. Essentially, unless a religion actively teaches and encourages terrorism, it is not a religion of terrorism. There are factions of muslims and christians and other religions who are violent and wish to eradicate everyone but themselves, but they do not make their respective religions terrorism religions.

@fullmoon Jeez, I actually said that they should only leave if they feel uncomfortable. I also demonstrated how vicious bullies can be, then apologized for being rude. I think I respected their feelings and helped fortify a positive environment. But then again, thanks for criticizing me. Always helpful.

@kortlyn Ok first of all *bullies. Second of all don't make spelling mistakes when you're surrounded by "bullys" because we'll make fun of you.

Sorry, I'm not actually a bully, just wanted to warn you. Good luck, only leave if you feel uncomfortable.

@sarah Texted my friend's new boyfriend with a fake # to get him to talk to her. He told me that he thought she was hot and sexy and a bunch of other stuff, so then I anonymously told a friend of hers and blackmailed him (sort of) with the screenshots I had. He would die if she found out.

@global_warming Fascinating race, the Weeping Angels. The only psychopaths in the universe to kill you nicely. No mess, no fuss, they just zap you into the past and let you live to death. The rest of your life used up and blown away in the blink of an eye. You die in the past, and in the present they consume the energy of all the days you might have had, all your stolen moments. They're creatures of the abstract. They live off potential energy.

@alwaysstranger I amend my statement; ALL Nazis are bad. The ones in the past and the Neo-Nazis that infest our planet today. ALL Nazis are bad.

@alwaysstranger Oscar Schindler was not truly a Nazi. He masqueraded as one to help children under Nazi control. All Nazis were bad. Schindler wasn't really a Nazi.

@kek Try Wikipedia. This is common knowledge and is also taught in school. There should be no alternative theories, we know what happened and anything else is just false speculation from conspiracy theorists.

The attacks were carried out by members of al-Qaeda. An interesting piece of information not on Wikipedia is that the United States attacked and mostly destroyed al-Qaeda, but left a weak government in place, which allowed the rise of ISIS. The wars and invasions launched by the United States in Middle-Eastern countries also greatly contributed to the rise of ISIS in the same respect.

The most important information from Wikipedia and other sources:

The September 11 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed 2,996 people, injured over 6,000 others, and caused at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage.

Four passenger airliners operated by two major U.S. passenger air carriers (United Airlines and American Airlines)—all of which departed from airports in the northeastern United States bound for California—were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists. Two of the planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were crashed into the North and South towers, respectively, of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. Within an hour and 42 minutes, both 110-story towers collapsed, with debris and the resulting fires causing partial or complete collapse of all other buildings in the World Trade Center complex, including the 47-story 7 World Trade Center tower, as well as significant damage to ten other large surrounding structures. A third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, was crashed into the Pentagon (the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense) in Arlington County, Virginia, leading to a partial collapse of the building's western side. The fourth plane, United Airlines Flight 93, initially was steered toward Washington, D.C., but crashed into a field in Stonycreek Township near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after its passengers tried to overcome the hijackers. 9/11 was the single deadliest incident for firefighters and law enforcement officers in the history of the United States, with 343 and 72 killed respectively.

Suspicion quickly fell on al-Qaeda. The United States responded by launching the War on Terror and invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, which had harbored al-Qaeda. Many countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded the powers of law enforcement and intelligence agencies to prevent terrorist attacks. Although al-Qaeda's leader, Osama bin Laden, initially denied any involvement, in 2004 he claimed responsibility for the attacks. Al-Qaeda and bin Laden cited U.S. support of Israel, the presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, and sanctions against Iraq as motives. After evading capture for almost a decade, Osama bin Laden was located and killed by SEAL Team Six of the U.S. Navy in May 2011.

The destruction of the World Trade Center and nearby infrastructure caused serious damage to the economy of Lower Manhattan and had a significant effect on global markets, resulting in the closing of Wall Street until September 17 and the civilian airspace in the U.S. and Canada until September 13. Many closings, evacuations, and cancellations followed, out of respect or fear of further attacks. Cleanup of the World Trade Center site was completed in May 2002, and the Pentagon was repaired within a year. On November 18, 2006, construction of One World Trade Center began at the World Trade Center site. The building was officially opened on November 3, 2014. Numerous memorials have been constructed, including the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City, the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington County, Virginia, and the Flight 93 National Memorial in a field in Stonycreek Township near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Hope this helps clarify.

@iwant2believe See also:

https://novni.com/letters/read/60762/my-convoluted-love-life

This was written by me and posted anonymously basically right after the events of the first paragraph took place.

@iwant2believe This guy I like asked me out on a dare. I said no, because I suspected it was a dare. Later I found out from a mutual friend that he liked me and just succumbed to the pressure to ask me out at the time of the dare, the feelings were genuine. I basically ignored this information because he had been acting like none of it ever happened.

Fast forward 2 months. He is now dating my friend. I have to be happy for her because she's my friend. They break up after a week. He proclaimed to our mutual friend in class, in front of me, that he was pretty much fine with it because he was used to his heart being broken. By me, apparently, and by our mutual friend much earlier. (They're perfectly good friends now and there were never any hard feelings.) She had broken up with him then said she wanted him back on April Fool's Day because she had succumbed to the pressure of dares from our classmates.

So now, I have to sit in class with him (ALL DAY) and pretend nothing ever happened. This continues for six months, during all of which he liked me, according to my friend, who he tells everything.

I had to pretend it never happened because he would think I had turned him down earlier out of spite if I told him anything.

In May, I found out that he had written a song and was planning to sing it to me, in public, on either my birthday or the last day of school. He eventually just planned to do it on the last day of school at the beach. Everyone but I and a friend went to the beach. Not being supposed to know about it, I couldn't just march up to him and say "I'm not going to the beach. Bye." So he went to the beach and was disappointed when I didn't show up.

IF you can make sense of this, message me with your opinion so far and ask for the rest of the story. Thanks for caring even the tiniest bit.

If anyone is interested, I'll describe my problem. I can also give free advice with no obligation to help me in exchange. Too many people talk about their problems and don't help others. Just leave a comment and we can start helping each other!

P.S. I have a really stupid problem and an annoying love life, so your problem is probably easier to solve than mine. Anyway, I'm just looking for input and advice from multiple points of view and I can provide my point of view for you. Thanks for your time and consideration!