Posted on 09/13/2005 12:49:38 PM PDT by SmithL
WASHINGTON -- A Colorado congressman is asking the Interior Department to reconsider the crescent-shaped design of the memorial to those aboard a plane hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001, because some may think it honors the terrorists.
Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., says the design, called "Crescent of Embrace," could invite "controversy and criticism." In a letter sent Tuesday to National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, Tancredo said many have questioned the shape "because of the crescent's prominent use as a symbol in Islam — and the fact that the hijackers were radical Islamists."
Flight 93 crashed into a field in southwestern Pennsylvania near Shanksville as its passengers tried to take control of the plane. Forty passengers and crew died in the struggle.
The memorial design was approved last week at a meeting of the Flight 93 Advisory Commission. Congress and the secretary of the interior still must sign off on the design. It is expected to be presented to the Interior Department by Sept. 25, said Dan DuBray, a department spokesman.
The park service and family members of crash victims said that the memorial's shape — a circle broken by the flight pattern of the plane — simply follows the topography of the crash site.
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Thank you Tommy T ping!
Owl_Eagle(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
What dim-bulb loon came up with this idea ?
Make it cross-shaped.
PING!
Kudos to T.T.
This and the planed memorial at the twin tower site are examples of Government stupidity at it's worst.
If not cross shaped, then the shape of a raised middle finger.
Tancredo's turning into one of my heroes.
This discusts me.
As if we have to reach out to 'embrace' our enemies, with a Crescent of Embrace.
Sickening. Mental. Backwards.
What in the hell were they thinking?
If only we could unify in our understandings with other cultures, there would be no war!!!!!
HA!!
"Tancredo's turning into one of my heroes"
Shhh --don't let the anti-Tancredo crowd here you say that too loud here.
That's what the jerk designer wanted it to symbolize. He said, "it's not about religion per se", meaning it was.
He just wants us to demonstrate to the poor, victimized Jihadists that we really really love them, we're all buddies, we didn't mean to upset them, and can't we all just get along?!
Retch.
Same here.
By making it a crescent, they may as well make it in the shape of a box cutter.
I can't believe this got this far.
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It's the internet, so I'm awaiting proof, but....
I've heard that the crescent points towards Mecca, with a error of only .62 degrees. Seriously.
Hmmmm......
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