Eagle,
First - I completely respect your right to feel this way. So please do not take this as an attack.
The design, while taking the form or a crescetn/arc/semi-cirle - whatever you want to call it, mimicks the shape of the treeline in the field. It will echo and mirror the landscape to "flow" with the natural shape of the field.
I for one will be outraged if I find out that the artist had intended to extend an olive branch to the Islamofaschists through this design. But it does seem that this would be a natural use of complimenting the treeline that Flight 93 plowed into on 9/11. I could be wrong - but I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt until we find out more.
I hope everyone will too. Again, I appreciate your patriotism and your view.
Chris Driscoll
Proud son of Patrick Joseph Driscoll, passenger of Flight 93
It really doesn't matter if it was deliberate or not. Islamic fanatics will see it as a victory. They die every day for such symbolic victories. We should not help them in their cause.
It's a beautiful design. Just horribly inappropriate.
I agree Chris, it seems that people are making mountains out of molehills and seeing boogey men everywhere and in everything.
My condolences on the loss of your Dad.
Prepare to be outraged. Not only is it a crescent, it's aligned to point towards Mecca, which is one too many coincidences. here is the FR thread, and here is an independent check by the author of the Belmont Club blog
Chris,
The crescent is oriented to point to Mecca. When you enter the crescent and kneel to pray, you will be praying in the direction of Mecca.
If that is not the intention, then I challenge them to reorient the direction of the monument by at least 20°.
See what they say...They'll have a million excuses for why it cannot be done...