Comments on: Did you die on 9/11? If so, the government would like a word with you.

Did you die on 9/11? If so, the government would like a word with you.

insomnia_lj — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 00:10:16 -0800

Did you die on 9/11? If so, the government would like a word with you.
A woman whose husband died in the WTC disaster received a letter today from the Department of Commerce, requesting the deceased's assistance with their investigations. Presumably, many of the other victim's families received this letter too.
After all, they *were* witnesses, weren't they?!

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 00:23:45 -0800

Ah, my tax dollars at work. I'm so proud.

By: Keyser Soze

Keyser Soze — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 01:04:12 -0800

its just one of those incidents that have a tinge of irony. That is the only thing seperating it from the other millions of fuckups a day. Let us remember what Kurt Vonnegut said about life: When Billy Pilgrim was taken by the tralfmadorians and shipped to the distand planet, he asked them about life. Tralfmadorians see in 4 dimensions in the way that they can see the past, present, and future. To a tralfmadorian, if they see their friend dead, they just assume their friend is just in bad shape right now but because he was alive he will always be there.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 02:04:15 -0800

and so it goes.

By: Blue Stone

Blue Stone — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 05:36:14 -0800

Ho hum.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 07:09:36 -0800

You are acting like John Edwards doesn't exist. This is a legitimate avenue of investigation. I've seen it on TV.

By: tiamat

tiamat — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 07:13:35 -0800

Presumably, many of the other victim's families received this letter too. That's one heck of an assumption. Was the letter numbered something out of three thousand or are you just making a random guess?

By: Zurishaddai

Zurishaddai — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 07:36:31 -0800

like John Edwards doesn't exist John Edwards = John Edward?

By: thatwhichfalls

thatwhichfalls — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 07:54:59 -0800

Johnathan Edwards=John Edward?

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 08:19:01 -0800

I would feel bad about screwing up John Edward's name if it were actually a sign of intelligence to know his exact name.

By: insomnia_lj

insomnia_lj — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 16:59:35 -0800

>>Presumably, many of the other victim's families received >>this letter too. >That's one heck of an assumption. Was the letter >numbered something out of three thousand or are you >just making a random guess? Not random, no. Statistically likely. Most people do not have weblogs, so if you hear firsthand from a weblog owner about their receiving such a form letter, then it is highly likely that many others who don't have weblogs received such letters too.