Was 9/11 "the defining moment in your life?"

[stopbush]

According to Pickles, "9/11 was the defining moment in ALL our lives."

Oh, really?

How do you feel about that? Vote below:

[bobbieinok]

1. civil right movement starting in 54 was my defining 'moment'

...

[demnan]

2. The defining moment in my life

was during a computer course for FoxPro programming when I realized I wanted to be a database programmer.

[trumad]

4. No

that would be when they cut my imbelical cord...

[Bertha Venation]

3. nice of her to speak for everyone

:eyes:

[Feanorcurufinwe]

5. My life is far too rich, varied and interesting to be defined by 1 moment.

[elfwitch]

6. that doesn't rank in the top 1000 defining moments of my life...

Ones that do rank pretty high, in no particular order...
Discovering "The Sex" (That was a great discovery)
Discovering cartoons
Discovering comic books
The birth of my son
Meeting my husband
My mother's death
Learning how to use Photoshop
Learning how to use Flash
Discovering shows by Joss Whedon

damn... there are a lot of them and 9/11 isn't anywhere in there

[grannylib]

7. Not even freaking close....

[H2O Man]

8. Not even close!

Meeting my wife and becoming a father are by far the defining moments "In My Life", to borrow a title from Lennon.

[zonmoy]

9. The day I walked away from evangelical christianity

and began my path toward becoming a maltheist was.

[fudge stripe cookays]

10. 1. Getting my ass back to school

and paying for it myself.

2. Finding reprehensor and knowing that I was not a freak by looking for real and lasting love. (Made me realize I had only dated immature idiots up til then)

3. Finally letting my mother know I was the boss of my own life, and making her realize that she needed me more than I needed her. (My mom is a major league control freak)

Nope...no 9/11. Yes, it freaked me out, and scared the crap out of me for awhile, but it didn't DEFINE anything, other than the need to change our government toute de suite.

[AlFrankenFan]

11. Nope. The defining moment in MY life was...

when I first picked up Al Franken's "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot" and saw a Wellstone speech on TV.

[amber dog democrat]

12. In her dreams.

Not even close. Cant see my self ever wanting to party with the Pickles.


For me it was things like learning to play mandolin, meeting my second wife, joining the navy, encountering bluegrass music, working for Apple Computer for 7 wonderful years.... seeing the ocean for the first time...meeting Alan Ginsberg, hearing Ken Keasey talk, seeing a triple expansion steam engine in operation, seeing the Grateful
Dead, and flying in an AT-6G. No way I'd EVER look at 9/11 was defining. Doing my best to ingore it.
live my life in spite of it.

[DoBotherMe]

13. Reading

Upton Sinclair's, "The Jungle" in a high school lit class. Dana ; )

[boobooday]

14. The defining moment in my life came a bit earlier

It was the day Bush stole democracy.



http://www.wgoeshome.com

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. The defining moment of my life was the day I found out that I was

expecting my first child...after deciding that I did not want to have kids. It changed who I am. I am sure 9/11 has unfortunately, in a profound way, defined the lives of those most directly tied to it. Personally, I hope Laura's "true" defining moment happened on that day when her reckless driving caused the death of another human being.

[marcus_b]

16. Gulf Wars

Important events for causing nagging doubts about my political understanding of the world where the first gulf war, and the second. 9/11 was rather a wake-up call that something was happening beyond my radar screen, but not any more.

[ncbiker]

17. Nope...

defining moment in my life was the lynching of Matthew Shepard. From that point on, I knew that if left to their own devices, the GOPers would allow the killings of more gay Americans to continue