ONLINE PETITION: Depict the WTC Flag Raising as it Actually Occurred! (Corrected Link)

PetitionOnline ^ | January 15, 2001 | Jeff Head

[Jeff Head]

Here is an online petition to Depict the WTC Flag Raising as it Actually Occurred!

VIEW SIGNATURES   ----------   SIGN THE PETITION

To:  The New York City Council, The New York City Fire Department

We the undersigned citizens of the United States, and concerned citizens from other nations, hereby petition the New York City Fire Department and the City of New York as follows regarding the proposed statue depicting the raising of the US flag at ground zero of the WTC attack by firefighters on September 11, 2001.

1. Immediately change the proposed statue or replace it, such that the actual events of the flag raising are accurately depicted to show those firemen who actually raised the flag doing so. Use the famous picture, shown below, of the flag raising to acurately depict the flag raising as it occurred.

2. Cease all efforts to modify the historical record of that day in any way, shape, or form that would promote a so called "culutural diversity" or "politically correct" agenda of any type and simply present events as they occurred accurately for rising generations.

This event is of great historical significance and has united the American people like no other. The only hope for future generations to avoid and/or counter similar events is for the historical record to be accurate. The only way to continue the unification created by those horrible events is to present them accurately and truthfully. To do otherwise will only promote disunity and aide the cause of our enemies.

One might just as well try and depict the terrorist animals who perpetrated these attacks and those who aided and abetted them as choir boys and peace loving pacifists as to depict the heroic events of that flag raising as something other than what they were. The fact is, those enemies who attacked this nation were cruel, grossly evil and perverted in their actions and deserving of a harsh and just retribution for what they did. Thousand of innocent American and other lives were lost due to the twisted religious and ideological ravings of those whe pepretrated the attacks, thousands who were innocent of any crime other than trying to live their lives in freedom and peace.

The fact is also that the events regarding the flag raising occurred as they did, without any thought to political correctness or cultural diversity. At that moment, the only thought was patriotism to our nation and devotion to the duty of helping the victims. To depict it in any other manner sullies an historical and a heroic act, and descrates hallowed ground. The American people will not stand for it.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

SIGN THIS PETITION

[damnlimey]

Now at 428,
Signed,bumped

[Jeff Head]

Thank you! and may they in turn send it to everyone in their address book!

[Jeff Head]

Thank you ... here's a BUMP for more!

[NC_Libertarian]

LOL, that was great.

[YOMO]

I knew it all the time. It was the three Firefighters from Miami-Dade in Opa Loca who refused to ride on a fire truck with the American flag. They simply found a way to get rid of it.

[Emily RN]

Signed # 424 added comment also...

The truth and only the truth.....PLEASE

Emily's Hubby

[Quila]

Aside from the petition, I just thought of a chance that may be farfetched, but may work. Does anyone have a print of that original photo? If so, find out who owns the copyright on it, probably AP.

You see, it could possibly be interpreted that the sculpture is a derivative work of the flag-raising photo. If this is so, then the owner of the work could sue this man commissioning the sculpture for copyright violation. Anyone here a copyright lawyer? I've studied copyright quite a bit, but I'm not a lawyer.

[maxwellp]

I just signed. This petition is moving very quickly. By the time I got back to post here - matter of seconds - 7 more people had signed. Thanks for putting the petition online. I'd do it myself, but I don't know how, perhaps we could also put it on the NewsMax forum.

[phasma proeliator]

And MORE....

BUMP

[Jeff Head]

GREAT BUMP graphic. Thanks, have it saved.

Here's a BIG

for more!

[gfactor]

they should include a fourth figure, the photographer. thanks to his/her sense of "news", the flag raising "occurred".

[Navy Patriot]

Cool Bump.

Signed and Bumped.

[Jeff Head]

Appraoching 500 now in less than two hours.

Once the email chains kick-in, it'll take off even more.

[Austim]

We already have too much of it infesting our nation and its time to stand up and put it down once and for all.

The statue is privately funded and the person who is paying the bills for the statue will specify what he wants the statue to look like. This does not sound like fascism to me.

[who knows what evil?]

Appreciate your help...thanks!

[phasma proeliator]

And who is paying that bill...?

[Jeff Head]

Send it to them! Newsmax would be a great place for it.

I also asked JJ Johnson to put it up on SierraTimes.

[Austim]

Bruce Ratner is paying for the statue he is a NYC developer who has decided to have the statue depict three different ethnicity’s . No tax payer money is going to this project and I see no reason why we should be concerned with what private people do with their money.

[Jeff Head]

Fascism is when something is owned, but is controlled by others, inparticular those in rule.

This can be applied to the truth as it is attempting to be distorted and "controlled" here. As I understand it, the NY City Council is also involved.

Sure, an individual can build a statue to represent anything he wants ... but when the government buys into it and proposes to establish a lie as a memorial to an historical event ... well, the path leads right to where that origial poster mentioned.

It is up to us to also exercise our rights to correct this gross miscarriage ... and we will.