Never Leave Leftists to Do American Memorials (Flight 93 Heroes get Islamic Crescent)

"Chris is young and naive. You can bet it will bother him after he serves in Iraq.and flies into Newark and spots a giant red crescent glaring up at him from the ground of his own country."

So you know better than he what he does or should think? Pretty impressive mental powers you've got there.

I find it disrespectful to fabricate something about this memorial that makes it honorable to terrorism. That's not personal, that's defending the passengers' memory and heroism. If you find this memorial unappealling, that is your right. To hype it as some type of symbolism that it is not--is just plain wrong. If you can show me in black and white that this was the motive of the architect, I would agree with you. However, it appears that the only basis you have are assumptions.

Either it is... or it isn't.

If it is a crescent... then I think we should ask why it is not treated like the rebel flag...

If it isn't, then there should be no objections to rotating the entire memorial 90 degrees so it points the wrong way :)

Craig

Motive is irrelevant; Perception and consequences are what resonate through the court of public opinion. For example;

1) Bill Clinton's motive with Monica Lewinski was to "have a good time"; The public perception was that he had no self control. The consequence was that he single-handedly destroyed the credibility of the Democrat Party.

2) A judge erects the ten commandments in his court house. His motive is to remind criminals that they answer not just to him but to a higher being. The perception is that he is using his position to push his religion. The consequence is that the 10 commandments are being removed from historical displays throughout the country.

3) A child draws a picture of a happy afternoon when he and his brother played cops and robbers. His motive is to express a happy moment. The perception is that he is dangerous because he drew a gun in his picture. The consequence is that parents teach their children to never, ever draw pictures that have guns or knives in them, which in turn makes the child feel like the happy game of cops and robbers is a bad thing.

On another of these many Flight 93 memorial threads someone posted a bunch of links to the background and writings (both officially published and on websites) of the architect. For the life of me, now I can't find them when I need them most.

He is clearly a left-winger and something of an activist, based on his writings.

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