Who said anything about not feeling much about it? I’m simply pointing to basic realities of the situation, it’s an event that was 13 years ago, that’s put a lot of distance between us and then, entertainment that came out that year is old, ground breaking TV shows have had their entire run in that time. Meanwhile, it’s America, we have certain things we do in America, some of which don’t really fit properly with the situation but we do it anyway. Like it or not the 9/11 Museum is a donation collecting organism, and donations collecting museums always have a high brow cocktail party for the big donors as part of the opening ceremony. And yeah that’s a little gauche in this case, but that’s the path they went down when they started collecting money from the movers and shakers of NYC, they don’t write big checks for fun, or even for belief, they do it for photo-ops that show how much they care. The only way we were ever going to avoid this was to not have a museum in the first place, of course then people would be complaining that we aren’t recognizing an important event.
The twin towers should have been rebuilt. That would have taken care of everything. Thirteen years may be a lot of time to you but not to me. For years, I had to drive in past that mess, past the Islamic center trying to gain a foothold on sacred ground and still trying to mosey their way in. Geert Wilders has shown more sensitivity to this event than Americans spread across the fruited land.
The “high brow” cocktail party could have been held at the Temple of Dendor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art or MOMA - no need to hold it near Ground Zero. Manhattan is loaded with gorgeous places to hold a cocktail party to raise funds to keep this museum going. Watching young girls sloshing back cocktails close to where young secretaries and janitors died for no good reason disgusts me.
Dude it’s like thirteen years ago, “ground breaking TV shows have had their entire run in that time. Meanwhile, it’s America, we have certain things we do in America”. TV show running times are a great standard to judge historical and national significance. One of the things we used to do was honor our dead particularly our war dead. You either believe these people died in an attack on America and Western Civilization or you don’t. If you don’t it’s a great place for a party. The fact that the last of the unidentified human remains from 9/11 were moved there recently also should have somehow played into the decision. 7 World Trade Center is up and running and hosting parties on a regular basis as it should. That should have been where the reception was held. The museum has to fundraise but not at the expense of the honored dead. Never Forget