# My radio station is doing this really creepy thing

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 14, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-radio-station-is-doing-this-really-creepy-thing/123869 "2002-08-14T17:12:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-radio-station-is-doing-this-really-creepy-thing/123869/21 "2002-08-15T18:26:38Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ivylass \*  
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> The BC/AD of Sept 11 reminds me of a cartoon I say last year. A little girl was sitting on Santa’s lap, and he asked her what she wanted for Christmas.
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> “September 10” she said wistfully. \*\*

That just made me cry.  
I don’t think the daily reminder of events is all that disturbing–we’ll see a lot of that sort of thing on the newsmagazines and such as the anniversary approaches–but I agree that the title “Countdown to September 11” is pretty tasteless.

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**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-radio-station-is-doing-this-really-creepy-thing/123869/22 "2002-08-15T20:05:21Z")

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> \*Originally posted by brondicon \*  
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> the title “Countdown to September 11” is pretty tasteless. \*\*

I disagree, and I agree with the posters who have said this achieves something useful. As Tamex said, the terrorists planned Sep. 11th while we all lived in blissful oblivion.

Right now, this very minute, within our boundries, right around the corner from some of us, other terrorists are planning to do the same or worse. This is something we all need to understand.

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**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-radio-station-is-doing-this-really-creepy-thing/123869/23 "2002-08-16T02:51:29Z")

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All I have to say is

"That’s pretty F’ed up, right there.

9/11 was a terrible thing to this country, and we should not forget what happened, to the WTC or the Pentagon and the people who died, but that’s just sick.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-radio-station-is-doing-this-really-creepy-thing/123869/24 "2002-08-16T04:24:56Z")

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I was all set to chime in with ‘that’s just too creepy to be appropriate’, but y’know… maybe it’s serving its purpose.

Sometimes art _should_ be disturbing.

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