# Mets vs Yankees and 9/11 discussion

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-vs-yankees-and-9-11-discussion/950533>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 12, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-vs-yankees-and-9-11-discussion/950533 "2021-09-12T02:28:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-vs-yankees-and-9-11-discussion/950533/1 "2021-09-12T02:28:14Z")

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Watching the Mets/Yankees game and the obligatory discussion about 9/11 and the almost 3000 US civilians killed on that day and “Never Forget.” Well how the hell can anyone forget? But why is this a topic for discussion during a baseball game, sports should be a diversion from the real world. About 7000 US soldiers died in post 9/11 US operations, and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians (think about that, hundreds of thousands of innocent people, with families, people just like you and me), in a war based on lies. When will we have a Never Forget day to talk about that?

ETA - I feel I must add that this is in no way meant to be disrespectable to those who lost husbands or wives or friends or family on that day

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**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mets-vs-yankees-and-9-11-discussion/950533/2 "2021-09-12T13:37:42Z")

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You should probably join the thread in the Pit about these 9/11 memorials.