And you are surprised by this??
Originally Posted by Sensei
Where'd that come from? Hell naw, I'm not surprised. More like disgusted.
I reiterate: Had those towers been rebuilt, fast and on a much grander scale than the originals, as they would have been in Depression-era America; and had they dominated the skyline for a few years already, there would be no hysteria over some mosque getting built nearby that at 15 stories would be tiny and trivial in comparison. Almost no one would care.
My understanding is the Empire State building got built in 18 months during the Depression (probably some google-scholar will pop up with a correction; the point is that financing was arranged, all the regulatory bullshit was performed, and high-steel men did their jobs and up that thing went in an extremely short period of time). The void left by the WTT stands empty at 9 years, and it will not surprise me if it takes another decade for someone to take the initiative and build something there. I have no idea how others think about this, but to me it is a national disgrace, a betrayal of the 9/11 victims, and symptomatic of a nation in decline, a nation without confidence in the culture it is rapidly losing to political correctness and hyper-regulation.
Horrible.
. But I fear that one day Sep 11 will be relegated to just another day as December 7, 1941 and VJ Day has. I remember when the flags where lowered to half-staff each year and now its turned into a iconic kiss day. Maybe its a generational thing, so when the generations alive when it happened die off or are no longer able to influence things the memory fade away.
