So the Peabody, MA, police union wants the new contract to consider 9\/11 (of any year) a holiday. That would mean overtime pay for any officer working that day. WTF?<\/p>\n
I can see NYC police (and fire, and paramedics) fighting for such a thing since, you know, since they were the actual people who a) helped at the site and b) lost hundreds of their peers that day. But Peabody?<\/p>\n
Still, it brings up a good point about how we should be commemorating that day. I’m torn. Obviously, we should not forget. If it’s going to be a holiday for some, it should be a holiday for all. But that’s only if this day should even be considered a holiday in the first place. I know we have Pearl Harbor Day (the closest thing I can think of to an attack on U.S. soil) but we still work. We just use the date to remember it, the same way we currently remember 9\/11.<\/p>\n
And we have Memorial Day (an actual national holiday) to remember those who died fighting for our rights, no matter which war or on what dates those wars took place. We just remember them all on that one day.\u00a0I suppose 9\/11 could fall under that umbrella.<\/p>\n
If\u00a09\/11 were to become it’s own holiday, it would be silly to honor\u00a0it on the actual day since we’ll have just\u00a0had Labor Day a few days before…two holidays in one week? Why not spread it out?<\/p>\n
How about throwing a holiday someday in March or April? That’s the longest stretch without any major national holidays. Plus, the weather is shit and we could use a long weekend. It wouldn’t have to be a 9\/11 holiday. We could make one up. How about the First Day of Spring Day? Or, I’ve always thought April Fool’s Day was underrated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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