Captain's QuartersOkay - anyone else realize the signifigance of the Red Crescent? Not that we haven't provided a heck of a lot of aid to Muslim countries, and saved a heck of a lot of them in Bosnia, and freed Afghanistan and Iraq... but a red crescent? Come on, folks...The designers of the Flight 93 memorial at the impact site unveiled their effort yesterday.
If you're going for symbolism, how about a 300 foot white spire inclined about 30 degreees off vertical? Or maybe a big circle with a large X bisecting it?
Sorry - this just doesn't cut it for me. Guess I'll never be much of an artist, but I can sure tell what looks right and what doesn't quite look appropriate.
J.
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Actually, it's not a bad concept, if the furschlugginer architect had done it as a complete circle. But a crescent? What by the Nine Unholy Names could he have been thinking of?
Posted by John C. | September 10, 2005 10:57 AM
Posted on September 10, 2005 10:57
No doubt there's other readers who will disagree, but I don't see how the artist could have ignored the symbolism... or the affirmation to those of that religion who would see this style of monument as a tacit approval of what the Al Quaeda assholes on that plane did.
J.
Posted by JLawson | September 10, 2005 10:21 PM
Posted on September 10, 2005 22:21