I had an idea last night.

[gridlore]

As everyone knows, we are fast approaching the first anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Everyone is discussing how the best memorialize the event, and the people lost. Here's my two cents.

A day of silence on the Internet. For one calendar day, starting at 0001 11 SEP 02, your local time, stop posting, emailing, surfing whatever. A global day of silence moving around the world. I realize that this would be impossible for those in business who rely on the net, but I think it would be a powerful statement. I remember on that day the messages on the Traveller Mailing List to our NYC members asking "are you ok?" And I know the terrible silence when one person never replies to those calls.

So for one day, stay off the net. It will survive. talk on the phone, go for a walk, or just remember how much we all lost on the terrible day, one year ago.

Comments

[gingicat]

If it had not been for the Internet, I would not have known that the planes had hit the WTC until panicky parents started calling the school where I work as an admin assistant in Boston. I would not have had the mental time to prepare. As such, *my* way to honor the day might be to stay signed into #filkhaven, where I found out what happened. I very rarely go on IRC from work, but this seems a reasonable exception.