Originally Posted by analog

I hope you're not referring to me (because this would be a very passive-aggressive way to do it), as I said nothing of the breadth of impact created by these 2 tragedies, just the targets themselves. I'd also note that if you demand to illuminate the civilian suffering due to the attack on Pearl Harbor, I'd point out that the military didn't exactly come out unscathed on the attacks of 9/11/01, either. Once again, drawing parallels is just pointless.

My point was that comparing the two is disrespectful, as far as I'm concerned, because they are two different events and two different tragedies.

Yes, Pearl Harbor was a tragedy- but it was an act of war, on a military target, not an act of terrorism on civilians in a civilian target. Once again, I am not downplaying Pearl Harbor- there's just no comparing the two, because they're two totally different things.