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**arrismVam** · 10-03-2007, 07:01 AM

1. Are you happy with the plans drawn up which will see a mix of memorialisation and economic prosperity? Would you rather have seen one rather than the other?

The memorial is overblown. I'd rather have 90% of that space considered a "park" with a memorial within it. As a memorial, the entire place is going to be a somber, activity restricted space. About as horrible an addition as one could ask for in the middle of a rapidly growing 24/7 neighborhood. Plus, there can really be no live and lively lunchtime entertainment for the office workers in Spring and Summer.

I think the commercial portion and transportation portion are justified and needed. The audacity to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a memorial is just stunning. However, it does reveal a lot about American society and our materialistic, warped value system.

2. Are there anything missing from the project which you think should of been considered?

The cultural center was the most constructive and valuable addition to the area. It was the first item sidelined, which was really sad. There's a line from the show "Rent" which says, "The opposite of war isn't peace - it's CREATION." On-going creativity has been tossed out of the WTC site. We are building monuments, not to the dead, but to this specific generation - the survivors. I am very disappointed in the statement the end produict will make. It really has very little to do with September 11th, 2001.

3. Do you think that the current stance of American foreign policy that the name 'Freedom' maybe slightly hypocritcal?

The criticism exists in numerous places on this website that the contradiction between the name "Freedom Tower" and it's 20-storey windowless bunker base says it all. Freedom is just a word. Our government and the Bush administration in particular have co-opted patriotic words and phrases and perverted them. It is very disappointing to live in a country that is a destructive aggressor.

This country really does not have a foreign policy. It has a "national security" task force that acts on whims. We do what is in the interest of this nation. We have no regard for foreign opinion. Those national interests have little in common with the needs and desires of the majority of the American population. Our actions are driven by Big Oil, Big Pharma, the Military Industrial Complex, and 435 of the most corrupt Americans in the land (Congress), who happen to operate within a political system that makes it nearly impossible to unseat an incumbent.

God bless America.

10-03-2007, 07:01 AM	#6
arrismVam Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 381 Senior Member	1. Are you happy with the plans drawn up which will see a mix of memorialisation and economic prosperity? Would you rather have seen one rather than the other? The memorial is overblown. I'd rather have 90% of that space considered a "park" with a memorial within it. As a memorial, the entire place is going to be a somber, activity restricted space. About as horrible an addition as one could ask for in the middle of a rapidly growing 24/7 neighborhood. Plus, there can really be no live and lively lunchtime entertainment for the office workers in Spring and Summer. I think the commercial portion and transportation portion are justified and needed. The audacity to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a memorial is just stunning. However, it does reveal a lot about American society and our materialistic, warped value system. 2. Are there anything missing from the project which you think should of been considered? The cultural center was the most constructive and valuable addition to the area. It was the first item sidelined, which was really sad. There's a line from the show "Rent" which says, "The opposite of war isn't peace - it's CREATION." On-going creativity has been tossed out of the WTC site. We are building monuments, not to the dead, but to this specific generation - the survivors. I am very disappointed in the statement the end produict will make. It really has very little to do with September 11th, 2001. 3. Do you think that the current stance of American foreign policy that the name 'Freedom' maybe slightly hypocritcal? The criticism exists in numerous places on this website that the contradiction between the name "Freedom Tower" and it's 20-storey windowless bunker base says it all. Freedom is just a word. Our government and the Bush administration in particular have co-opted patriotic words and phrases and perverted them. It is very disappointing to live in a country that is a destructive aggressor. This country really does not have a foreign policy. It has a "national security" task force that acts on whims. We do what is in the interest of this nation. We have no regard for foreign opinion. Those national interests have little in common with the needs and desires of the majority of the American population. Our actions are driven by Big Oil, Big Pharma, the Military Industrial Complex, and 435 of the most corrupt Americans in the land (Congress), who happen to operate within a political system that makes it nearly impossible to unseat an incumbent. God bless America.
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