Here, this'll give you something to pursue:
Posted on 09/10/2005 1:14:53 PM PDT by wagglebee
That about does it for me.
Change the design, and while you're at it, fire the designer, just on general principle. And make sure privately, one-on-one, that he gets it that we got it, and that's why he's canned: for being a Left Coast smartass.
Here, this'll give you something to pursue:
It's the site of a victory in the war against terror, and I would use the standard iconography of military monuments: a solitary white pillar, good and tall, with an angel ("winged victory", if ACLU complains) on the top, standing on a very solid, preferably granite-cored, dado of light-colored stone with appropriate inscriptions on all four faces. Something like that could last for 2,000 years.
No metal to rust or corrode, no marble or concrete to crumble and erode, just solid, hard, incorruptible stonework.
It's the site of a victory in the war against terror, and I would use the standard iconography of military monuments: a solitary white pillar, good and tall, with an angel ("winged victory", if ACLU complains) on the top, standing on a very solid, preferably granite-cored, dado of light-colored stone with appropriate inscriptions on all four faces. Something like that could last for 2,000 years.
No metal to rust or corrode, no marble or concrete to crumble and erode, just solid, hard, incorruptible stonework.
It wouldn't post and wouldn't post, so I thought maybe I'd forgotten to hit "post" before refreshing.......
"Look like this is Teresa Heinz' doing... "
The Red Crescent is the Muslim equivalent of the Red Cross....rescuing those who need it, and obtaining blood donations.
Yeah. This is sick. Even Heinz Ketchup is red.........
"chapel separate from the building and a reflecting pool surrounding...."
For ablutions, no doubt, so you can wash your feet before going in to 'pray.' By chance, does the whole thing orient toward Mecca?
There's a "service" today:
MEDIA RELEASE
Public Invited to September 11, 2005 Ceremony at the Flight 93 National Memorial
The following information is provided to better plan your visit to the Flight 93 Temporary Memorial on
Skyline Road, Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania, the week leading up to September 11, 2005:
September 8th and 9th The Temporary Memorial is open to the public from dawn to dusk as usual.
Access may be limited during certain times of the day due to preparations for
September 11th.
September 10th The Temporary Memorial is open to the public from dawn until 6 PM.
The Memorial is CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AFTER 6:00 PM ON THIS
DAY.
September 11th The Temporary Memorial is open from dawn to dusk. Access to the Temporary
Memorial is from Lambertsville Road ONLY; NOT FROM Buckstown Road.
Public parking is available on Skyline Road approximately 100 yards west of and
uphill from the Memorial. Handicapped accessible parking with a valid permit is
at the Temporary Memorial lot.
The public is invited to the Commemoration Ceremony – Designed to Honor –
which will be held down the hill from the Temporary Memorial on Skyline Road
at the gravel pad where other ceremonies have been held in the past. The
following information is important for the public to keep in mind:
• Continuous public shuttles will run between the public parking lot, the
temporary memorial, and the Ceremony Tent beginning at 8:00 AM.
• The Ceremony is from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM. The public should plan to be
at the Ceremony Tent no later than 9:15 AM. NO SHUTTLES WILL RUN
DURING THE SERVICE.
• The Ceremony will include the traditional reading of the names of the
passengers and crew, tolling of the bells, music, and brief remarks.
• Small folding chairs are permitted. NO COOLERS OR BACKPACKS.
There is a designated area adjacent to the temporary memorial for any person or group that is planning
their own personal ceremonial tribute. You must call ahead to 814.443.4557.
Get this. One number off. Here's the address:
Flight 93 National Memorial
109 West Main Street
Somerset, PA 15501
If this thing goes through I hope enough of the citizenry rises up against it, vandalizes it, blows it up whatever. This is ridiculous...
Yep, you're right. Personally I doubt that whoever designed this was so twisted they intentionally meant this as an insult to the victims of 9/11. But it is certainly in highly questionable taste to include a memorial feature that can be interpreted as an Islamic symbol - even if that crescent would actually look pretty impressive.
Do we have to ban crescents? No, of course not. But including them in 9/11 memorials seems dumb and insensitive. Personally, I'd leave it up to the families to decide.
(scratches head) If that red line is perfectly bisecting the crescent then you're right - it would seem intentional.
Who the f*** designed this thing?
An altar to ISLAM will be built in USA....UNLESS YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Mark of Islam to be permanently etched on Flight 93 Site!!!
So the mark of the Jihadists will forever emblazon our landscape. Is it time to cry for America yet...???????????? This design seems to be a fitting memorial for the Muslims who died aboard Flt 93. The hijackers whose ashes are fused into the shale with those of their victims, of all the shapes, in all of geometry, they pick the symbol of Muslim power, THE CRESCENT!!!
This is like making a holocaust memorial in the shape of a swastika. Absolutely disgusting. I think is a slap in the face of every solider that is fighting terrorism now. And a shameful way to honor those that have died in this fight.
Recognize it for what it is....
A commemoration for those who bravely died in their fight to expand Islam!
Fouad El Bayly, leader of the Islamic Center of Johnstown, said the crescent isn't a holy symbol, but one identified with the lunar Muslim calendar.
US Capitol Hill operator toll free: 866-727-4894
Just ask to be connected to your Senators and Congressman.
Attaboy.
They are not laughing, they are emboldened though.
"By chance, does the whole thing orient toward Mecca?"
Yep! (Well, within .17%). Other FR thread as it.
To defeat the terrorists, we must view the entire religion as our enemy
You mean like Mohammed N. Rahman
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1453397/posts
Or the late Hatim Kathiria
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1477079/posts
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