Hat tip Breitbart
Is the above "too rah-rah American"?
Or this?
Or this?
According to a new book by Elizabeth Greenspan, that's what some folks, like Creative Director Michael Shulan, thought in considering what was appropriate for the 9-11 Memorial at Ground Zero.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/pic_fire_fight_Bl5WA1MEU7AaQeabPas4uK
“I really believe that the way America will look best, the way we can really do best, is to not be Americans so vigilantly and so vehemently,” Shulan said."
“My concern, as it always was, is that we not reduce [9/11] down to something that was too simple, and in its simplicity would actually distort the complexity of the event, the meaning of the event,” he said.
Comment: Too simple? Complex? What is complex about something that was pure evil?
On top that, we have this years-long controversy over building a mega-mosque at Ground Zero. And don't tell me that the proposed site for the mosque wasn't part of Ground Zero, but that it was a block or a block and a half away. . A wheel well from one of the planes crashed through the roof of the building that sat at the proposed site.
Amazing that in the wake of the worst attack against the US in history we have some Americans who don't want to be too "rah-rah American". Maybe we should scrap the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor or dismantle the Iwo Jima memorial at Arlington. Too "rah-rah American", you know. We don't want to offend the sensibilities of others. We must be inclusive.
We must not be Americans "so vigilantly and so vehemently". After all, we are all citizens of the world now.
I agree with almost everything you say here, Gary. The paragraph about the mosque, however, kind of spoils it, like a worm in a perfect cherry.
ReplyDeleteThere is no reason there shouldn't be a mosque one block away from, or even directly facing, Ground Zero. That would be true even if there had not been one Muslim killed working inside the twin towers, but in fact there were many.
An American flag, however, is entirely appropriate -- and I speak as someone who remains silent when the Pledge of Allegiance is cited, because I find it inconsistent with the Second Commandment. (Not binding on the Congress of the United States, but my option as a matter of conscience).
@Siarlys
ReplyDeleteThe history of Islamic conquest has revealed mosque building over significant sites in other countries. Some of the sites were Christian and Jewish Temoles and Cathedrals. It is s sign of conquest and subjugation on the part of Islam. Two holy sites in point are a cathedral in Spain, where a mosque was build and most importantly, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem were a mosque was build. The Palestinians want this Temple Mount back (the Western Wall), so they can stop Jews from visiting the holy site, as they have promised.
So, what would a mosque represent just one block from ground zero?
Squid
Squid, would you kindly tell us what Christian Church or Jewish Synagogue was previously built on the site of the proposed mosque? Is it still there? When was it torn down? Oh, there wasn't one?
ReplyDeleteI know Lutheran churches all over Milwaukee that are now Pentecostal churches because the former congregations sold the building and built new ones. Is this a sign of Pentecostal conquest?
When the armies of one monarch conquer the armies of another monarch, they do often replace the trappings (religious and otherwise) of the vanquished with those of the victor. Who was the last King of Lower Manhattan, and what army successfully occupied the place?