by Lionel Bascom — December 29th, 2006 — 2 comments
A guy calling himself a “gay conservative liberal” has lots to say about construction of the Freedom Tower and all of the hoopla surrounding it.
What irks me most about the Freedom Tower is the arrogance behind the project,” he says “– we’re not showing the world anything by building an even taller edifice downtown, we’re just waving the red flag in front of the bull. Five years after thousands of people were wiped from existence it’s become our city’s prerogative to account for all the deaths in dollars and cents. Which means that this very pricey bit of real estate, which is now a cemetery, has to be repurposed and every last person who lost a loved one there needs to be placated with hollow praise and the drone of a bagpipe.
Some simple-minded people might gasp and tear up at the thought of steel, glass and copy machines soaring 1,776 feet into the heavens, ever closer to their departed loved ones. I find it sickening and audacious. But predictable. Given our heady times, when our government seems hell bent on winning an un-winnable war, it’s small, empty “victories” like these that emphasize, oh what is it, “the resilience of the American spirit” and bla bla bla.”
1:35 AM in Uncategorized, Ground Zero, Related Stories, Freedom Tower News, America at War, Politics
This gentleman with political identity issues does make a good point. It would be wonderful if all those who lost their loved ones could see them once again enjoying life as they did prior to the terrorist act against this country.
What happened on that fateful day is that a bully kicked sand in our neighborhood’s face. We transferred our feelings of inadequacy to another country and committed our own acts of hostility.
Whatever we end up constructing to honor our innocent victims, my hope is that it will make a lovely statement to the world of the beauty of this country. Absolutely, we are not infallible, but we continue to strive in our innovative manner to make our democratic republic work.
I respect this gentleman’s opinion. He has a beautiful right to express it. Here’s how I interpret it: perhaps, all this creative activity associated with the erection of a tower to replace the emptiness within the New York skyline masks the need for the mourning United States to establish a relevant relationship with the world.
Jeanne · December 29th, 2006 at 7:42 am
How’d I do at creating my own little tower of psycho-babblel?
Jeanne · December 29th, 2006 at 8:02 am