by Lionel Bascom — January 1st, 2007 — 1 comment
The writers at “Webmerica.org” have a complaint.
“The name Freedom Tower is kind of dumb,” they say. The “World Trade Center” had global meaning,” according to the site’s bloggers.
The World Trade Center was a crossroad for world commerce, a place where world-size problems were pondered if not solved. Agreed. But Freedom Tower, they say “just evokes that same, stupid naming streak that’s been going on ever since the creation of the “Department of Homeland Security.”
I can’t say I agree 100% but I must say they’ve got something if we’re talking about that God awful Homeland Security Department. An investigation of the blunders it has hatched in the short time its been around would reveal more than a troubled nation like ours could stand right now.
Was Homeland was really the best word they could’ve come up with? Webmerica asks. “How about the Department of National Security, or Domestic Security… just something to give it a little FBI or CIA feel. Homeland is pretty much the dumbest word they could’ve used … makes the whole organization seem like kind of a joke next to something like the Defense Intelligence Agency, or the National Security Agency.
So, now they’re doing it again, with the Freedom Tower… Do we really need the word “Freedom” in the title to know what it stands for? So, I will put forth this notion: We are not all morons! These names seem almost “Kid Friendly,” when they should strike fear in the hearts of our enemies, or at the very least, command a modicum of respect.”
Lets be clear about this business of striking fear in our enemies, no one with an ounce of integrity is afraid of that big bad wolf America. And no American has a dog in that fight either. That approach has already cost of more then we can afford to squander.
9:39 PM in Uncategorized, Ground Zero, The Attack, Related Stories, Freedom Tower News, America at War, Homeland Security, Politics
What’s in a name? As Mab Graff Hoover agrees, “A rose by any other name would still have aphids.”
The concept of constructing these new, state of the art buildings involves perception on multiple levels: visual, aural, tactile, and of course, there will be food, involving taste and smell.
The world will view a beautiful addition to the New York Skyline, replacing the other, much disputed artistic endeavor known as the World Trade Center, which emphasized the capitalistic nature inherent with American spirit and pride, a concept that angered a few ignorant terrorists.
The name, Freedom Tower, will have a broader spectrum of symbolism, and those events associated with this building will contain a broader range of possibilities for enlightenment.
The name may be controversial, but those in the naming committee could have titled it, The New World Trade Center with all the connotations associated with that little collection of phonemes, and there still would exist many who would disapprove of that, as well.
When all is said and done, the Freedom Tower will be a beautiful statement to the world that the United States has a tourist destination with a statement of purpose: to elucidate for the citizens of the world that there can exist grace in structure, creative expression and intelligence.
Once the tenants and furnishings are in place, this newest monument will symbolize the release of misunderstanding and melancholy which has loomed across this nation since
9/11/01. It will be a tower of freedom.
Jeanne · January 1st, 2007 at 10:55 pm