The Decade Will Be Remembered By....

[D4u2s0t]

I hate to say this, but...

There is no doubt 9/11 was the most traumatic, widespread, unifying, etc event of the decade. However, it seems to me that a lot of people have already forgotten about it. It seems as though the misadventures following it in Iraq/Afghanistan have overshadowed it.

But the most important event? The event that changed the most lives? I'd have to give that to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990, the symbolic end of the Cold War. This decade can be remembered as a decade in which two superpowers were not trying to blow the hell out of each other...and take the rest of the world with them.

This got me thinking...I was trying to come up with something that impacts society for long periods of time...but I couldn't think of anything. Our world today heals itself and changes so quickly. Remember 1990? The Cold War almost means nothing now. I'm not trying to undermine things like 9/11, etc. I'm just making an observation.

depends where you live.  Tragedies like this always impact people closer to the event more.  Every time I see the new york skyline, I look to where the towers where.  It was a little different when you could smell the smoke, hear the chaos, and then the realization that if that was a bomb you may not have lived through it.  Around here, nobody has forgotten.

But it's like anything, you can watch katrina all day long on the news, but it's nothing like the person standing on their roof hoping help will come.

[D4u2s0t]

I hate to say this, but...

There is no doubt 9/11 was the most traumatic, widespread, unifying, etc event of the decade. However, it seems to me that a lot of people have already forgotten about it. It seems as though the misadventures following it in Iraq/Afghanistan have overshadowed it.

But the most important event? The event that changed the most lives? I'd have to give that to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990, the symbolic end of the Cold War. This decade can be remembered as a decade in which two superpowers were not trying to blow the hell out of each other...and take the rest of the world with them.

This got me thinking...I was trying to come up with something that impacts society for long periods of time...but I couldn't think of anything. Our world today heals itself and changes so quickly. Remember 1990? The Cold War almost means nothing now. I'm not trying to undermine things like 9/11, etc. I'm just making an observation.

The fall of the Berlin wall was not in this decade , you had better brush up on your history.

if you read, he says it was in 1990 lol

[guitarkid]

Speaking of fads, 28" wheels on a beat up old car.

                   -gk

[Root beer]

Berlin wall fell Nov 9, 1989........different decade.

What I was going to say, I was pretty sure it was in 1989 just before I was born. ;D

I think 9/11 and Stock Market crash will be remembered for the country as a whole during this decade.

Events that I remember personally is graduation of high school, my glory days of baseball before having surgery, and my trip to Mexico, Cayman Island, and Jamaica.

[grimlin]

For me it's 9/11 I still remember the exact thing what i was doing and where i was when the first plane hit,I watched the second plane hit on TV.

A lot of people also consider Presidential election of 08 to be eventful....I do not.I could care less who gets in...they are all corrupt. >

[Lund Explorer]

1. Historic U.S 2008 Presidential election.

9/11 is up there but since there have been other terrorist and sneak attacks, it gets my second spot.

Skinny Jeans and shaggy haircuts. You missed the 60's, this is old stuff, lol

'What event, invention, or fad will the decade be remembered by?'

This is a Fad that has reemerged. Therefore I included it into my list. Seems like all the youths have resorted back to a Hippie/Hobo look. I guess thats whats "IN" ;D ;D ;D

I wonder when my Leisure Suits are coming back!  ;D

[Lund Explorer]

9/11 has to be the biggest event of not only the decade but sine Dec. 7th.

That said, I wonder why no one else thought about the very first day of the decade?

Y2K.....  What A Flop!

[Tokyo Tony]

This decade will be remembered as the beginning of America's conversion to socialism.

[dman]

the snuggie :

[NewAngler]

Corrupt sports.

[roadwarrior]

This is pretty cool. Move the ball down to review

each year:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/Decade/

Merry Christmas!

[farmpond1]

It seems odd to me that everyone (who was alive then) seems to remember the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster  but there's been no mention of the Columbia burning up on reentry (Feb 2003). I guess 911 and the subsequent wars were weighing us all down and perhaps we couldn't cope with one more thing.

[Catt]

#1 September 11 2001: America attacked

#2 The entire year of 2005 saw the worst weather in recorded history

Tropical Storms: 28 (27 named and one unnamed)

Hurricanes: 15

Category 1-2: 8

Major Storms: 7 (4 category 5s)

Total damages are estimated to be over $100 billion (2005 USD), and at least 2,280 people have been confirmed dead.

August 23, 2005: Hurricane Katrina the sixth strongest hurricane ever recorded, most tornadoes spawned fifth overall at 62

September 23, 2005: Hurricane Rita the fourth strongest hurricane ever recorded, most tornadoes spawned fourth overall at 86

[Hookemdown.]

Yes, the wall actually fell in late 1989... but it wasn't until 1990 until the effects of the event began--reunification--which was part of that decade. That can be compared to 9/11, which also occurred at the very beginning of its decade.

I was just trying to make the point that people often "forget" major events by the end of the decade. The tech boom exploded in the 90's...and the Cold War seemed to be in the distant past. The same could be said of how the nation has healed itself and moved on after 9/11. I guess having a short memory can actually be a good thing.

Hell, I guess I should have written that more clearly. Congratulations for successfully tearing apart my previous post.  Now give yourselves a big pat on the back.

[roadwarrior]

9/11 is the defining moment, but winning the war

on terrorism will someday be "The Story". It's

interesting to me that we have won in Iraq, but

there is so little press. The naysayers were wrong.

We continue "to fight the good fight".

To all our servicemen and women, SALUTE!

Merry Christmas!

 

[bilgerat]

9-11 for sure.

The recession.

On a lighter note, the decline of television. Bad reality shows featuring unlikeable morons. You can't escape it. Talentless people famous for being famous.

My daughters (born in 1996 & 1998) having the unique distinction of living in two different centuries.