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They should have put a surface of plastic squares over the whole site, the kind that light up as you walk over them. But you wouldn't see them from the street. Instead, on the fringe of the site would stand groves of trees and small areas of grasses with pathways leading inwards leading the visitor inward. The foliage would eventually give way to the surface of plastic squares. On the squares would be the names of the victims, imprints of newspaper headlines, audio of the important speeches, as well as expressions of love and remembrance from the survivors. And as one approached the clearly defined center of the site, the lights underneath the squares would get brighter and brighter. When people stand at the true center, a hologram would be clearly visible, one showing a view of what once stood there one glorious morning in September: the site in its prime, untouched by violence and populated with people going about their day as they always had before.
No, no stupid cross. No religious intrusion. No tower of greed or expression of power.
The cross is a symbol of salvation, not remembrance.
Did you read the article? Read it and then worry about what you say. 72% of the people who were polled manaed to want the cross. Maybe those rotten people asked those polled if they were atheists and then left them out. Most pros here would say that happened.
They should have put a surface of plastic squares over the whole site, the kind that light up as you walk over them. But you wouldn't see them from the street. Instead, on the fringe of the site would stand groves of trees and small areas of grasses with pathways leading inwards beckoning the visitor to what lies beyond. The foliage would eventually give way to the surface of plastic squares. On the squares would be the names of the victims, imprints of newspaper headlines, audio of the important speeches, as well as expressions of love and remembrance from the survivors. And as one approaches the clearly defined center of the site, the lights underneath the squares get brighter and brighter. When one person stands at the true center, a hologram would be clearly visible to the visitor giving the them a view of what stood there on one glorious morning in September: the site in its prime, untouched by violence and populated with people going about their day as they always had before.
No, no stupid cross. No religious intrusion. No tower of greed or expression of power.
As a part of the 28% of the minority do you think that your thoughts should be used as the basis of the decision?
As a part of the 28% of the minority do you think that your thoughts should be used as the basis of the decision?
Of course, I always want my opinion to be heard. If pressed, I think most people polled would probably pull back a bit on their desire to have a cross erected because they know how much it would appear to be unAmerican. A minority would demand that we are Christian nation so why should we be concerned how it looks, but they would be overruled rather quickly.
Al Qaeda and other Islamic extremists have bombed many mosques in Iraq.
But in the US they erect them as a symbol of triumph. Muslims have a history of building Mosques, not to profess religion, but as symbols of conquering their enemies.
What and where they bomb has nothing to do with anything in reality. Simply because they bomb mosques (anywhere) doesn't balance the attack on 9-11.
I'd like to see 5000 terrorists strap bombs on themselves, meet on a field in the wilderness and find out who's vest works best.
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