# 9/11 moment of silence was observed at 8:46 except for the Today Show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456 "2012-09-12T01:11:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/21 "2012-09-12T12:41:58Z")
Maybe if they flew a plane into Kardashian’s breasts it would’ve been ok. Or just lit a candle by them. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/22 "2012-09-12T12:59:24Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > NBC and the Today show can do whatever they want. I also have the choice not to watch that show anymore. So what were you doing _watching_ the Today show yesterday, instead of observing the moment of silence yourself? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/23 "2012-09-12T13:02:59Z")
Perhaps a nice compromise would be to stick a needle in the K-tits and watch those twin towers collapse in a spray of silicone. ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/24 "2012-09-12T13:20:56Z")
I was in the Pentagon on 9/11. Was in the Pentagon yesterday. But at some point, life goes on. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/25 "2012-09-12T13:30:34Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I don’t see a problem with quietly showing a image of the twin towers for 60 seconds at 8:46. > > It’s a very small gesture of respect for a defining moment in our country’s history. Every person that died has family that grieves every year on 9/11. It’s not old history to them. > > NBC and the Today show can do whatever they want. I also have the choice not to watch that show anymore. You went on too long. > [@](#): > > Every person that died has family that grieves every year. There. That’s all that needs to be said. 9/11 was eleven years ago. Pearl Harbor was 71 years ago. The Armistice was 94 years ago. Do you bother to Remember the Maine? That was 114 years ago. [Gravestones cheer the living, dear, they’re no use to the dead.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDFiQZ8QdWc) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/26 "2012-09-12T13:51:34Z")
An average of 3503 people die every September from auto accidents. Where is their memorial and moment of silence? At some point, you have to move on. We got the guy who planned the attack. The people who carried it out are all dead. Time to get back to normal. Dump “God Bless America” at ballgames (the song sucks anyway) and let’s get moving forward. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/27 "2012-09-12T14:27:21Z")
Having read the story in the OP I see some of my questions were answered/didn’t matter. Nice of NBC to patronize New York by having their local affiliate broadcast the moment of silence while everybody else saw the witch’s tit story. This wasn’t a local terrorist attack. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/28 "2012-09-12T14:39:15Z")
And yet, I find myself un-outraged. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/29 "2012-09-12T14:41:30Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > And yet, I find myself un-outraged. So you are in-raged as opposed to enraged. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/30 "2012-09-12T14:46:24Z")
I haven’t watched a single Today show since well before 9-11-01, so it didn’t bother me a whit. They probably helped break us out of the “moment of silence” tribute routine. Next year, maybe some of the other shows will think back to how Today went on about their programming and decide to do the same. I recognized it was September 11th when I went to work, but it never even occurred to me to have a moment of silence at 9:46 (I’m on Central time). Besides, it was the 11th anniversary. Do we place much emphasis on the 11th anniversary of anything else? Did they have a moment of silence on the 8th anniversary? Couldn’t say. And wasn’t it technically a Jenner boob job? She doesn’t go by Kardashian anymore, does she? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/31 "2012-09-12T15:59:33Z")
Did you observe a moment of silence on December 7 at 7:48 AM? Or on January 28 at 11:38 AM? And since I’m in Great Plains, was I suppose to observe it at 8:46 or 7:46? I’m so confused. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/32 "2012-09-12T16:01:01Z")
> [@Duke\_of\_Rat](#): > > I recognized it was September 11th when I went to work, but it never even occurred to me to have a moment of silence at 9:46 (I’m on Central time). Psst, Central Time is an hour less than Eastern Time so it would have been 7:46. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/33 "2012-09-12T16:13:45Z")
And no one mention 4/19 either. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/34 "2012-09-12T16:14:05Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Psst, Central Time is an hour less than Eastern Time so it would have been 7:46. Doh! Well, I never thought to observe a moment of silence while I was getting ready to go to work. But I could have sworn we were watching that stuff go down on TV here at work back in 2001. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/35 "2012-09-12T16:18:37Z")
> [@Duke\_of\_Rat](#): > > But I could have sworn we were watching that stuff go down on TV here at work back in 2001. Me too, but I think that’s because it took a little while for the TV stations to realize what was happening and get on the air. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/36 "2012-09-12T16:18:53Z")
I’ll add in something that’s related: Yesterday I was on the 42nd St. downtown A/C/E subway platform on my way to work. While I’m waiting for the train I see two women with a big display holding various brochures to inform people about their religion - they were Jehovah’s Witnesses. On the top of the display was a large image of an explosion with the words “Are You Ready?” on it. They were set up right under a sign that said “E Train to World Trade Center”. Part of me was amazed, part of me was amused - I wasn’t sure what to think. Did they do it on purpose to grab attention, or did they not see how people might think it insensitive on a day when everyone is just a little more on edge than usual? Someday we will find the right balance between observance of this event and going on with life, but I think we’re still finding our footing on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/37 "2012-09-12T16:24:02Z")
I think it’s crass because NBC was playing to the worst aspect of the American psyche–boredom. “What? No talking! Boring. Switch the channel! Ohhh, the Kardashians.” ---
**Author:** ![Abortion\_Fanatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@Abortion\_Fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abortion_Fanatic)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/38 "2012-09-12T19:23:27Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I don’t see a problem with quietly showing a image of the twin towers for 60 seconds at 8:46. > > It’s a very small gesture of respect for a defining moment in our country’s history. Every person that died has family that grieves every year on 9/11. It’s not old history to them. > > NBC and the Today show can do whatever they want. I also have the choice not to watch that show anymore. Well if you were looking to the Today Show for thoughtful and sensitive content, then… I don’t even know what to say. A lot of people who have had a loved one die in an unexpected, tragic way grieve every year on the day that person died. And many other days. Why do people who die in other violent, awful ways not deserve to have the whole country shut down to mourn them? You think when someone you love is brutally taken away from you, you care how many other people died at the same time? You think the totality of the loss for a 9/11 victim family member is greater than that of an Aurora shooting family member? Healing can’t happen while wallowing continues. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/39 "2012-09-12T19:47:05Z")
All I want to know is, did she have a flag on her lapel? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456/40 "2012-09-12T20:24:27Z")
I don’t know, I was too busy looking at her boobs. _Not really as I don’t watch the Today Show or any morning ‘news’ program._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-moment-of-silence-was-observed-at-8-46-except-for-the-today-show/634456.md?page=3)