United 93 had come out and I have mixed feelings. In some regards I do want to see it as it is moving, supposidely fact-based, and everyone likes a disaster movie; but on the other hand, I view it the same way I view those who sold t-shirts at ground zero right after 9/11: as people exploiting the pain and suffering of the victims of the attack for profit.

I’ve already been challenged for my lack of patriotism on stating I dislike the Darryl Worley song “Have You Forgotten”. I always viewed it as someone using the memories and passions of 9/11 to make money, while some people I know say that it was written to bring us all together in patriotic unity.

Hey, I like patriotism as much as anyone else, and I do see some weight to the argument that we shouldn’t try to hide images of 9/11 from the public, but there is a fine line between using the imagery of the terrorist attacks to keep the memory alive and using them to make a big box office smash.

Still, I watch all the 9/11 documentaries whenever they are on and I am sure someone makes money off of those too. Psychologists say that no one does anything for someone else without having some kind of ulterior motive, so I can see how someone can have both the goal of making money and honor the brave people who fought back on flight United 93… so maybe I wont watch the movie now, but perhaps I will watch it when it comes out on DVD.

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