Posted on 09/14/2005 4:54:48 PM PDT by jimbo123
The new design will be a crescent with a star.
Not good enough. We don't WANT to "keep the spirit of the design."
I personally didn't take issue with the design, but I did have a problem with the name. But Flight 93 families are involved with the design, so in my view their votes are the ones that really count.
Good! I wonder what he's going to change it to?
I think he knew perfectly well what it looked like, and in fact I read an interview with him where he described his wretched insult of a design as a "sign of reconciliation." And all the Muslim organizations from CAIR on down have rushed forward to support him. Sorry, the innocent act doesn't work.
Let's see what he comes up with first.
Darn hoi polloi.....daring to criticize their more intelligent superiors!
I don't think the families matter, quite frankly. They probably have varying opinions on it, in any case.
This is an American monument to American people who did something very important in a time of crisis. The monument is for us to remember them, not for their families or their families' memory of them.
BTW, the "Chapel" was exactly where a star would be...
Blogosphere and pajama people strike again:)
I doubt this clown will remove the crescent. He's better than us. He's an tax funded artiste!
I agree with you. It is too obviously an Islamic symbol for him to act ignorant.
Make it a pentagon minus one side.
You beat me to it...us "simpletons" just don't get the sophistication. How telling is THAT?
Wanna put some money on that???
That is wrong--a red crescent by accident? I think not.
This architect thought he'd sneak in his sick joke for all his artist friends and it didn't work.
Whether or not the symbolism was intentional, it will still be seen as an Islamic overtone, particularly in the radical Muslim world. I don't want any sort of honor, recognition, or memorialization of the hijackers or their ilk, intentional or not. I don't want any celebrations in the hearts of the proponents of this twisted philosophy.
a broken circle can symblolize a lot of things. fuhgawdsake, too many cooks spoil the broth. just rebuild the freaking thing -- assuming, of course it makes sense to economically. I'm sure the replacement cost of those towers is astronomical and probably couldn't repaid at reasonable rents were it not for concessions and subsidies. so, maybe it should be a park for a few years, until there's demand for the space again. right now it seems like they can't give away office space in the financial district.
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