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I think he's got the right idea. But how will one ensure that the memorial won't be dwarfed by the rest of the sky-line? Some have suggested re-building the towers on a grander scale. But is a comercial center on such hollowed ground really appropriate? I think not!

"If we don't do this correctly—if we let some minor memorial be dwarfed by office space—people a hundred years from now will say this generation did not understand the significance of that world-altering day."

Maybe there should be a moratorium on doing ANYTHING (other than completing the cleanup) at that site for a period of, say, five years.

Just a thought.

But is a comercial center on such hollowed ground really appropriate?

See, I think that's exactly what is appropriate. That's what the scumbags were attacking, our way of life, our prosperity, our freedom.

That's why on September 11th we should go to work and work harder, play harder, spend more money. Yes, pause to remember those who died.

But then stand shoulder to shoulder with those like ourselves left to carry on.

In my mind, those who perpetrated 9/11 and their allies haven't even begun to pay the price for their deeds.

I applaud Mr. Guiliani for not taking the more popular self blaming Kumbaya road that we hear from the gutless politicos in DC, the UN and the EUnuchs.

A year from Sept. 11th, only Afghanistan has changed. Two years from Sept. 11th, the whole Mideast landscape will have changed. If not, we have failed our 3,052 countrymen who were murdered by Islamofascists.

I have a lot of respect for Hizzoner. However, on this issue, I must disagree. I believe that the only appropriate memorial to those who died (apart, of course, from terrible vengeance) is to build a soaring, taller structure, symbolic of America in general and New York in particular. It should, IMHO, eschew the minimalist, box-like approach of most modern skyscrapers and return to a more ornate style, as with the Chrysler and Empire State Buildings.

a Spire like those, reaching to the heavens, would symbolize the onward - marching, optimistic spirit which built the original towers, and animated our country.

Enough cemeteries have been built, and we can do no more for the dead now, save avenge them. We do not need to be reminded of our grief, but of our courage.

The next building to stand there should aspire to be no less than the tallest, most beautiful and inspiring structure ever created, demonstrating to the entire world that our spirits cannot be broken by small animals with evil hearts.,p> Oh, and don't leave out the PHALANX and SAM batteries...

I think a waiting period would be in order.

I also don't understand why rebuilding a commercial site would be wrong.

London, Berlin, Dresden, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were rebuilt. Hundreds of thousands (millions?) lost their lives in those cities.

They were not forgotten. Building a new office complex would not necessarily tarnish the memories of loved ones lost.

Just a thought.

We should just make it the world's most expensive cemetery land. That is exactly what the terrorists wanted to do. They wanted to turn the symbol of our commercial and economic success into a symbol of our death. Why not.

While we are at it, why don't we shut the Pentagon down and turn it into a giant flower garden full of crosses. It certainly would not do to have war planning or normal bureaucratic work carried out in such a holy ground where people died.