When
the twin towers fell, part of me enjoyed it.
( octopus footwear raaa, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 14:53, 9 replies)

I can't
see this one going down terribly well (no pun intended)
(Bazongaloid, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 14:56, closed)

Yes!
Say what you like about it from a moral point of view - from an aesthetic point of view it was... "impressive" doesn't seem like quite the right word, but the right word is somewhere in the vicinity.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 15:02, closed)

rephrase?
"morbidly impressive"?
(twiceydrinker hmmm is it pint time?, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 15:14, closed)

Possibly...
"Awesome" has a nice double meaning, too, but most people won't get it.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 15:16, closed)

Probably correct though
It inspired feelings of awe, therefore it must have been awesome.

Watching them fold up on themselves did make me think "Wow!" as well "oh shit"
(Bazongaloid, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 15:19, closed)

Same here, I thought it was great
then I realised that it was the "proper" news when it didn't cut back to some American GI or evil laughing russian after 5 minutes. And that it said "BBC" not "CNN". Then I realised that it was an awful loss of life.

And now for the standard Family Guy quote:
Peter Griffin: Ground Zero. So this is were the first guy got AIDS.
Brian Griffin: Peter, this is the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Peter Griffin: Oh so Saddam Hussein did this?
Brian Griffin: No.
Peter Griffin: The Iraqi army?
Brian Griffin: No.
Peter Griffin: Some guys from Iraq?
Brian Griffin: No.
Peter Griffin: That one lady who visited Iraq that one time?
Brian Griffin: No, Peter Iraq had nothing to do with this, it was a bunch of Saudi Arabians, Lebanese, and Egyptians financed by a Saudi Arabian guy living in Afghanistan and sheltered by Pakistanis.
Peter Griffin: So you're saying we need to invade Iran?

Still, it was a mighty impressive bit of work by controlled demolitions standards! *dons flameproof jacket*
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 15:20, closed)

Although terrible loss of life and all that jazz.....
.... Whenever I see the footage on TV or wherever, I still can't help but have Hannibal's face appear in my minds eye, cigar in hand, saying;

"I love it when a plan comes together"

It's led to some rather inappropriate moments...
(The_Mighty_Spleen, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 18:26, closed)

Damn
I had enough trouble with my concience without Hannibal sticking his 'gar in.

made me chuckle for a moment.
(AndyC4m Eject Eject [><], Thu 11 Dec 2008, 18:40, closed)

to be honest...
I always enjoy it when some big building/bridge/structure falls down and goes boom.

If they didn't cut so many fucking corners trying to scrounge money building the thing it might not have been suck a colossal fuckup*

*not that I'm saying that buildings should be build to withstand aircraft, but that aircraft or no is was still a pile of crap.
(Gazebo will eat you on, Tue 16 Dec 2008, 14:08, closed)