View Full Version : 9/11, inauguration, MJ death, Chilean miners..
Ithinkiloveyoutoo
14-10-2010, 03:06 AM
....which one had you glued to the tv the most?
And which made you more emotional? These are the only four I can think of that got a full 24-48 hr coverage at the moment.
King Gizzard
14-10-2010, 03:18 AM
Chilean miners. Most of the others didnt last long (well I know they did, but once it happened it happened and then it was just aftermath)
Kerry
14-10-2010, 03:23 AM
9/11 as I saw it happen live. The second plane anyway. Followed by the rest..
King Gizzard
14-10-2010, 03:28 AM
Emotional would have to be 9/11
9/11 & 7/7, both terrible.
Kazanne
14-10-2010, 07:36 AM
9/11 as I saw it live and the death of Michael Jackson,the the death of Princess Diana was a biggie too. But I get most emotional over family tragedies.
Niamh.
14-10-2010, 09:38 AM
9/11 most definitely, I remember hearing it on the radio in the car as it was happening and thinking it was some sort of joke when they called out that a second plane had crashed into the world trade centre. It was unbelievable and shocking.
arista
14-10-2010, 10:10 AM
9/11
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
14-10-2010, 10:17 AM
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lostalex
14-10-2010, 11:00 AM
9/11. no question. I never used to watch the news, i never cared about world events. I was glued to the Tv for 48 hours, and i've watched the nightly news ever since.
The Chilean miners never had me glued to the Tv at all. The only interesting part of the whole story was hearing how they were all arguing about what order they'd come up in, because they all wanted a book deal and wanted to seem to be the most selfless.
At the time these events happened, it would have to be the Chilean miners.
I was only 10 when 9/11 happened therefore, obviously I knew it was a catastrophic event, but I wasn't as glued to the tv, news and internet then as I am now, and what has happened with the miners.
lostalex
14-10-2010, 12:16 PM
i really don't get the Chilean miners thing. It's not an important world event in any way. It's very suprising to me that anyone could compare it to a real news event like 9/11.
What impact does the Chilean Miners event have on anyone??? absolutely none.
It reminds me of that stupid story from the 90's of the little girl trapped down a well.
To compare it to 9/11 is ridiculous. 9/11 changed the entire world. How does the Chilean miners story change the world in any way? It doesn't.
Niamh.
14-10-2010, 12:31 PM
i really don't get the Chilean miners thing. It's not an important world event in any way. It's very suprising to me that anyone could compare it to a real news event like 9/11.
What impact does the Chilean Miners event have on anyone??? absolutely none.
It reminds me of that stupid story from the 90's of the little girl trapped down a well.
To compare it to 9/11 is ridiculous. 9/11 changed the entire world. How does the Chilean miners story change the world in any way? It doesn't.
I think it was more unusual than world changing which is way it held so much interest in people.
Kazanne
14-10-2010, 12:43 PM
I think it was the fact it was good news for a change,something that could have been tragic was turned into something joyous,I think that is why people have warmed to this story.
'Conor
14-10-2010, 01:08 PM
9/11
also the tsunami on 26th December one year that liked wiped out thailand and sri lanka all dat
Niamh.
14-10-2010, 01:13 PM
9/11
also the tsunami on 26th December one year that liked wiped out thailand and sri lanka all dat
oh yeah, that was horrendous, possibly more so than 9/11
i really don't get the Chilean miners thing. It's not an important world event in any way. It's very suprising to me that anyone could compare it to a real news event like 9/11.
What impact does the Chilean Miners event have on anyone??? absolutely none.
It reminds me of that stupid story from the 90's of the little girl trapped down a well.
To compare it to 9/11 is ridiculous. 9/11 changed the entire world. How does the Chilean miners story change the world in any way? It doesn't.
Who has compared it to 9/11? :conf:
The reason it's such big news is because throughout their period down there, there was always hope of them coming out alive and safe, and that happened.
What with all the news of the Pakistan floods and other depressing **** going on, I think people warmed to the story as it was a nice change seeing something hopeful and people coming together.
BB_Eye
14-10-2010, 01:32 PM
9/11 without a doubt. It's actually scary to watch even almost a decade later.
I didn't really watch much of Obama's inauguration, MJ's death came as a shock, but didn't exactly put me in a state of hysterical grief like it did most people. I only caught the Chilean miners on the news when they pulled one of them out. That's about it really.
Smithy
14-10-2010, 01:36 PM
I was on holiday when 9/11 happened, we thought it was a film :shocked:
Although I watched 9/11 happening in a shop window, I didn't experience the aftermath as I went on holiday for two weeks the following day.. I think missing the 24 hour media coverage made it more difficult for me to take in what had happened. I've watched the documentaries made since then and still somehow cannot belive what happened that day.
9/11 aside, I was glued to the news coverage of the floods following hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. It was disbelief and horror that kept me watching (I know that sounds daft) I'll never forget watching a couple of old dears finally being rescued and the sight of bloated, dead bodies floating about.. it was gruesome!
lostalex
14-10-2010, 02:11 PM
Who has compared it to 9/11? :conf:
Ummm, the OP. maybe you should read the thread title again.
Niamh.
14-10-2010, 02:15 PM
Ummm, the OP. maybe you should read the thread title again.
she compared them in the sense that they both got alot of media coverage which is 100% correct.
lostalex
14-10-2010, 02:15 PM
oh yeah, that was horrendous, possibly more so than 9/11
The tsunami was not more horrendous than 9/11. The tsunami was cause by nature and would have happened no matter what.
9/11 was caused by other HUMANS targeting innocent civilians. That makes 9/11 evil. The tsunami was not evil, it was just nature. Nature cannot be good or evil.
It's really annoying when people act like 9/11 was some sort of natural disaster or accident or something. It wasn't. It was an act of war.
setanta
14-10-2010, 02:18 PM
Oh, 9/11 without question. I was in a pub at the time and they switched over after the first plane hit and I watched the second one happening live. Madness.
lostalex
14-10-2010, 02:18 PM
she compared them in the sense that they both got alot of media coverage which is 100% correct.
and i'm saying they cannot be compared. what is hard to understand about that? i didn't INVENT the comparison. we are being asked to compare them by the OP.
'Conor
14-10-2010, 02:19 PM
yeah it was evil, but nature does more damage
Niamh.
14-10-2010, 02:20 PM
The tsunami was not more horrendous than 9/11. The tsunami was cause by nature and would have happened no matter what.
9/11 was caused by other HUMANS targeting innocent civilians. That makes 9/11 evil. The tsunami was not evil, it was just nature. Nature cannot be good or evil.
It's really annoying when people act like 9/11 was some sort of natural disaster or accident or something. It wasn't. It was an act of war.
It was worse in the way that far more lives were lost. I'm not acting like 9/11 was some natural disaster, nobody in this thread is.
lostalex
14-10-2010, 02:22 PM
It was worse in the way that far more lives were lost. I'm not acting like 9/11 was some natural disaster, nobody in this thread is.
i didn't say you did. if I meant you, i would have spoken yur name.
You seem desperate to get me into a confrontation? why?
Niamh.
14-10-2010, 02:24 PM
and i'm saying they cannot be compared. what is hard to understand about that? i didn't INVENT the comparison. we are being asked to compare them by the OP.
actually the op asked which had you glued to the TV more and which made you most emotional. Alot of people on here were to young for a start when 9/11 happened so the may chosen a different option for that reason.
'Conor
14-10-2010, 02:24 PM
i didn't say you did. if I meant you, i would have spoken yur name.
You seem desperate to get me into a confrontation? why?
i dont niamh is trying to start anything at all
lostalex
14-10-2010, 02:25 PM
i dont niamh is trying to start anything at all well he's certainly being confrontational.
i gave my opinion and it doesn't seem to be good enuf for him.
Niamh.
14-10-2010, 02:26 PM
i didn't say you did. if I meant you, i would have spoken yur name.
You seem desperate to get me into a confrontation? why?
well you actually quoted one of my posts and I can assure you I'm not desperate to get you into a confrontation, this is the serious debates section, that's all I'm doing.
Niamh.
14-10-2010, 02:27 PM
well he's certainly being confrontational.
i gave my opinion and it doesn't seem to be good enuf for him.
She.
i really don't get the Chilean miners thing. It's not an important world event in any way. It's very suprising to me that anyone could compare it to a real news event like 9/11.
What impact does the Chilean Miners event have on anyone??? absolutely none.
It reminds me of that stupid story from the 90's of the little girl trapped down a well.
To compare it to 9/11 is ridiculous. 9/11 changed the entire world. How does the Chilean miners story change the world in any way? It doesn't.
Yes, I agree completely with that. I was pleased that the miners were freed but I really didn't care that much so as to watch every single one of them get rescued while events that were far more important and relevant were unfolding.
9/11 had the biggest effect on me, the others I really didn't care that much about. By "inauguration" do you mean Obama? If so, then I wasnt interested, the election itself interested me, but never bought into the Obama hype tbh
lostalex
14-10-2010, 02:28 PM
well you actually quoted one of my posts and I can assure you I'm not desperate to get you into a confrontation, this is the serious debates section, that's all I'm doing.
well maybe i'm confused about what we are actually debating here.... are we meant to be debating what was the biggest news event? or are we meant to be debating what got the most news coverage in actual hours?? i'm confused.
lostalex
14-10-2010, 02:30 PM
She.
i stand corrected.
you'd think they would put a "gender" section in our basical profiles so these types of mistakes wouldn't happen.
No offense meant, i get mistaken for a "she" quite often. my apologies.
9/11 and Diana were JFK-esque, in that I remember where I was at the time of hearing.
I saw 9/11 on a little pocket TV in my tiny squalid apartment which was upside down because I was completely renovating it. Ill never forget that.
Niamh.
14-10-2010, 02:33 PM
well maybe i'm confused about what we are actually debating here.... are we meant to be debating what was the biggest news event? or are we meant to be debating what got the most news coverage in actual hours?? i'm confused.
Well, the question the OP asked was, out of these stories that got 24hour news coverage which one had you glued to the TV most? and which one made you most emotional?. I didn't pick it up as which one was worst or most evil as obviously the four of them are completely different types of stories so aren't comparable in that sense.
Niamh.
14-10-2010, 02:33 PM
i stand corrected.
you'd think they would put a "gender" section in our basical profiles so these types of mistakes wouldn't happen.
No offense meant, i get mistaken for a "she" quite often. my apologies.
No problem and yeah that would be a good idea!
The Chile rescue has made me realise that the News needs more stories like this.
lostalex
14-10-2010, 02:35 PM
i thought we were debating which was the most IMPORTANT to us as individuals. Which event had the most lasting impact. that was the assumption i made about the thread.
Ummm, the OP. maybe you should read the thread title again.
i thought we were debating which was the most IMPORTANT to us as individuals. Which event had the most lasting impact. that was the assumption i made about the thread.
No, perhaps you should read the question again. The OP is asking which event had you glued to the TV the most. Nobody compared the Chilean Mining accident to 9/11, the question is what had you glued to the TV the most. As I was only 10 when 9/11 happened, I wasn't sat in front of the TV watching every minute of it, yes it was catastrophic, there's no denying that, but I watched more of the Chilean Miners coverage, therefore the one which had me glued to the TV the most was that one.
If the OP had asked what was the most devastating, the most upsetting, the most horrific, then yes, 9/11 would be answer, but that wasn't the question.
lostalex
14-10-2010, 09:22 PM
My bad. I assumed that "the event that had you most GLUED to the tv" would be the same as the most most important event.
Obviously we have different priorities when we watch TV...
I guess you prefer entertainment. I guess I take things more seriously...
Different strokes for different folks. my bad.
Shaun
14-10-2010, 09:26 PM
oh lostalex shut up
OT: I didn't really care about the trapped miners. 9/11 was obviously the most captivating. However it didn't move me to tears (though documentaries and films since, have) - MJ's news did.
DDRickyDD
14-10-2010, 09:26 PM
When 9/11 happend I was too young and immature to understand what was going on so I wanted to watch 9-ball pool on Sky Sports instead.
Too young to be emotionally involved in 9/11
I don't care for the death of a paedophile no matter how good his music is (controversial but goes around and round in circles, everyone has an opinion)
Barack Obama isn't fully black and that didn't bother me at all plus I'm not black so didn't feel empowered or anything
The Chilean miners were away for 69 days, its not that long and they were made comfortable. If they were trapped under rubble it would be a different story
So in conclusion, none.
I did get upset at Vera dying in Corrie though :conf: nice to know my mental state has good priorities I suppose
Benjamin
14-10-2010, 11:18 PM
I suggest people calm down and keep this thread on topic without resorting to digging at each other. :)
Benjamin
14-10-2010, 11:31 PM
If people have issues, then please use PM, not a thread. Other people are trying to discuss a topic here!
Kazanne
15-10-2010, 08:38 AM
If people have issues, then please use PM, not a thread. Other people are trying to discuss a topic here!
The disappearance of Madelein McCann also the had me glued to the TV and was emotional
NettoSuperstar!
15-10-2010, 08:57 AM
The Chilean Miners thing was great, I hope they do another one next year....I wasnt so keen on 9/11, bit too graphic:tongue:
The Chilean Miners thing was great, I hope they do another one next year....I wasnt so keen on 9/11, bit too graphic:tongue:
they should try a public vote next time
9/11 i remember coming back from school and turning on the telly to watch some cartoons and then i saw this! i couldnt believe my eyes even though i was 12 at the time and my parent were out so it was just me, my sister and lil bro in the house it was so ****ing scary...
NettoSuperstar!
15-10-2010, 11:22 AM
they should try a public vote next time
Heheh
Shasown
15-10-2010, 11:59 PM
The Chilean miner thing was endearing, and showed what can happen when people believe in what they are doing and put their all into it.
The attacks on 11 September had more of an effect at work. But was sort of shrugged off in a way.
The 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami was quite emotional for me.
Probably the biggest single thing that affected me in life was the Lockerbie Disaster.
Beastie
16-10-2010, 12:16 AM
9/11
9/11. I must have been only around 7 or 8 at the time but I remember it happening as I was on a plane just before it happened [going in Spain though] and when we got to the hotel it was all over the news and everybody was just watching in shock.
and MJ death was also horrible for me, I cried alot and watched like almost every TV programme that was on about him at the time.
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