(note: an earlier version of this commentary originally appeared on the World Wide Web site Examiner when I was one of its contributors)
To local and national broadcasters,
Please stop using the eleventh day
of September every year to remind your audiences about a certain series of disasters that occurred in the town of New York in the state of New York, the town of Arlington in the state of Virginia, and the town of
Shanksville in the state of Pennsylvania in the year 2001 as if they were the worst events to have
ever occurred in the history of the world. I am sure you all know that other events happened on this date both before
and after those disasters.
If every other terrible event to have ever occurred on this date were like the series of disasters I had just referenced, every day would most likely be declared a somber day or a day of remembrance; so please, stop making the
eleventh day of September less than ordinary compared to every other
calendar date. Let this date be free to be like every other date and
free to be used by every living thing who wishes to make the best of this
date, especially the ones who were born or married on this date.
In conclusion, please stop referring
to the series of disasters I had mentioned earlier as "9/11" or "September 11th". Doing so
would really help restore the eleventh day of September to being an
ordinary calendar date full of great potential and great
possibilities.
Thank you for reading this message
and may every one of your days be filled with great joy.