I remember the incitement, insults and accusation campaigns that started on the television screen and ended up in the living room.

I remember the hope among people after Aoun visited Geagea in prison and how everything turned south afterwards.

I remember every rocket that flew above my brother's and my heads during the war of elimination.

I remember my father's screams when he broke his leg and we couldn't take him to the hospital because of the falling mortar.

I remember my neighbour's complaints about the humiliation she suffered every time she had to cross the Barbara checkpoint.

I remember the people who shot at and hit each other in 2007, when the Aoun's supporters decided to block the streets and burn tyres.

I remember how my father forbade us to say that he loved Aoun in front of our neighbour who fought with the Lebanese Forces because of his fear on us.

I also remember the note put up by my grandmother in the kitchen Discussing Politics is Forbidden as she tried to put an end to the quarrels over Sunday lunch (this was after 2005).

Some remember the 3.1 million dead while seeming to avoid the context of the war in which they died, while others are committed to preserving the memory of how destructive war can be, and the need for Japan to continue to embrace pacifism.

Then you move from there to remembering the kindness of mothers in general, if you can remember the kindness of your own mother, if you can remember the kindness of your spouse, or, if you are a mother yourself, how you were with your children.

Diplomacy no longer works with terrorism, but it can help to prevent it by dealing carefully with potentially hostile states. With global expectations mounting for a fresh start in US foreign policy, it is vital not just to remember, but to understand the attack on Pearl Harbor.

On a good day, I'll have maybe three or four seconds that I really want to choose, but I'll just have to narrow it down to one, but even narrowing it down to that one allows me to remember the other three anyway.

Had it been possible to bring some of the offenders to justice? Did the world care to remember what had happened in the worst atrocity to be committed in Europe since 1945?