# They're Not Just Spineless -- They're Spineless About Their Spinelessness **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-not-just-spineless-theyre-spineless-about-their-spinelessness/372284 "2006-09-11T14:05:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-not-just-spineless-theyre-spineless-about-their-spinelessness/372284/41 "2006-09-13T03:34:38Z")
Right now it’s paid surveys. AND paid survey scam reports. I do NOT welcome our scammer overlords. Unless they’ve organized and acquired automatic weapons. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-not-just-spineless-theyre-spineless-about-their-spinelessness/372284/42 "2006-09-13T20:23:05Z")
Now it’s two ads for plastic sheeting. What, no duct tape ad? Somebody call the Department of Homeland Security. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-not-just-spineless-theyre-spineless-about-their-spinelessness/372284/43 "2006-09-13T22:23:53Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] They’re making a HOLIDAY out of it? Creepy. The first year Sit-n-Sleep has a 9-11 Mattress sale, I’m going to activate an armed rebellion. Sign up now, and you could be a commissioned officer when the day comes to storm the ramparts. [/QUOTE] But imagine the ad campaign! An office worker in the WTC, trapped by fire, leaps from the window of the building… and lands safely on a Sealy Posturepedic! Now on sale! All stock must go! No payments for the first ninety days! Come see our store, just off I-90! Look for the man in the chicken suit to find us! > [@Terrifel](#): > > That’s a new one on me. I remember the “National Day of Prayer and Remembrance,” which at least had some kind of applicability to the events of 9/11, but I hadn’t realized that it had since devolved into “Patriot Day.” Granted, the original name was ludicrously unwieldy (“Today in local news, people across The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations observed the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance…”), but “Day of Remembrance” seems like it would have been a reasonable adaptation. It seems to me that have a Remembrance Day _and_ a Memorial Day is a bit redundant. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-not-just-spineless-theyre-spineless-about-their-spinelessness/372284/44 "2006-09-13T22:35:46Z")
I thought Remembrance Day and Memorial Day were the same. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-not-just-spineless-theyre-spineless-about-their-spinelessness/372284/45 "2006-09-14T00:41:33Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] It seems to me that have a Remembrance Day _and_ a Memorial Day is a bit redundant. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I can never remember which is which… I wasn’t saying it would be a _great_ name; but that was the best I could come uo with, given the subject matter. I submit that the events of 9/11 don’t lend themselves to any sort of workable “holiday name.” “Patriot Day” is a total _non sequitur_, really; at least the other one, Patriots’ Day, specifically commemorates the actions of Patriots. Veterans’ Day is supposed to honor veterans; Labor Day is supposed to honor labor. But who are we honoring on 9/11? “Victims’ Day” doesn’t really sing. At least if the terrorists had had the courtesy to target a single site, then there might be a case for “WTC Day” or something, along the lines of Alamo Day or Pearl Harbor Day. Speaking of odd holidays… I did a quick search to see if I could derive any inspiration from the names of existing holidays. I’m not sure if I ever knew it or not, but apparently Jefferson Davis’ birthday is still an official state holiday in Florida. Huzzah! I have to remember to take the day off next year. Maybe that hints at a solution to the problem at hand-- we could just celebrate 9/11 as “Osama bin Laden Day.” ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-not-just-spineless-theyre-spineless-about-their-spinelessness/372284/46 "2006-09-17T13:51:38Z")
here in britain after the london bombings t.v. interviewed mems of the public up visiting the capital and asked if it would deter them from visiting london as often as they used to . the people they interviewed not only turned out to be complete and utter cowards ,but complete and utter morons ! " oh no " they bleated " we`ll certainly think hard before deciding to come here without a really good reason , we`re sceeeeared!" if they`re genuinly that timid that a few bombs could make them change their routine ,and cliff knows we`ve had plenty of terrorist bombs go off in the u.k. in recent years courtesy of the i.r.a.,london,guilford , brighton ,manchester etc. then the very least they could have done is to lie instead of sending a BIG message to the terrorists "yep lads !it worked !still causing disruption LONG after the actual bombings ! we`ll do it again in a little while !" i suspect that apart from the above they might have been worried about not appearing on the evening t.v. news if they said it WOULDN`T affect their routine . still encouraging terrorists is well worth it if it means people seeing you on the b.b.c. for 30 secs ! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-not-just-spineless-theyre-spineless-about-their-spinelessness/372284.md?page=2)