Posted on 01/15/2002 9:53:28 AM PST by Jeff Head
I sent it to Rush and my whole address book
Leni
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Commissioner Scoppetta,
It has come to my attention that the proposed design of the statue depicting three of New York's finest, (NYFD firemen originally captured on photographic film while raising an American flag at the WTC site), has been HIJACKED by the mindset of the politically correct.
I purchased a tee shirt from my local grocer (Krogers) in Lincoln, Illinois, just days after the terrorists committed their heinous crimes against humanity. I could have cared less what ethnicity was represented by these individuals, spontaneously raising the red, white and blue.
This manipulation of the facts is absurd.
Those that would use this iconic moment in time to further ANY agenda, is irresponsible and creates far more division than it attempts to eliminate.
Historical revisionism is always a bad idea. Let the facts speak for themselves.
If the city of New York wants to create an accurate representation of the sacrifices made on 9-11, 2001, remember this: lives were lost representing 80 nations.
Will your design committee leave out other ethnicities ? Will your design committee include the handicapped ? Will I see a female ? Surely the homosexuals of NYC will be represented in the design, won't they ?
An accurate depiction of the facts or a distorted depiction of the facts ? What is the right thing to do ? Give the men that raised the flag the credit that is do them.
Honor the lives and sacrifices made by EVERYONE in the right way. Save the politically correct grandstanding for the late night television audiences.
End this nonsense post haste and let's move on.
Respectfully,
from a former volunteer firefighter from Central Illinois,
Perry K. Harris.
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