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Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Flight 93 Memorial — Sat, 27 May 2006 02:53:52 +0000

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By: Mr. Snitch!

Mr. Snitch! — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:17:54 +0000

We share your concern regarding the lack of 'appropriate' 9/11 memorials. We've put our own 5 minute video memorial online. No burning buildings, no rubble, no explosions, no speeches, no screeches, no Bin Laden, no bodies. Just a remembrance of some people whose lives were cut short through no fault of their own, with poignant candid snapshots from their lives, and music.

By: David

David — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:05:09 +0000

Redefining the symbols of an enemy is part of the total destruction of that enemy.

The designers of the memorial state that the crescent, in part, is a broken circle — a perfection damaged by the plane’s crash. What was a symbol of Islam is being called a symbol of imperfection and destruction.

Of course, the crescent is also called an “embrace”. A positive part of religion (comfort at a time of need) is being stressed — a positive part that, when truly followed, leaves no room for the hateful actions of the hijackers. The more we say Islam is another comforting religion and not a religion of hate, the more the world believes us, and the more those who hate in the name of Islam are isolated and more easily destroyed.

Christianity itself has a long history of adopting the symbols of other religions and redefining those symbols to undermine their origin. These days those other religions are so undermined that most people think all Christian symbols were always Christian. For example, many of the major Christian holidays were originally holidays of other religions, especially pagan. Only Halloween still keeps abit of its pagan flavor, although its name refers to its Christian purpose — All Hallow’s Eve or the night before All Saint’s Day.

Redefining symbols takes time and constant repeating. Join the chorus. In time, the enemy will lose the ability to express themselves, let alone spread.

By: Flopping Aces

Flopping Aces — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:56:23 +0000

Flight 93 Memorial

This is the ground where we obtained our FIRST victory in our war against the terrorist’s and they want this on that hallowed ground? Unbelievable.

By: Sloan

Sloan — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:00:40 +0000

Mo:

I simply don’t trust the media to report honestly on this issue. I have really serious doubts about the design being approved “overwhelmingly” by the families…and I wonder how many of them are familiar with the red crescent as a symbol of Islam. Look at how they’re trying to portray opponents of the design as crackpots.

This whole thing smells really bad.

By: Mark in Mexico

Mark in Mexico — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 05:54:16 +0000

Crescent of Embrace

In light of the Islamic nations’ and terrorist organizations’ flags shown below, I really am having trouble understanding the selection committee’s thinking.

By: Mo Stout

Mo Stout — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:40:21 +0000

About that crescent … listen, I do understand the point, but (as I commented in my own blog) the Flight 93 memorial design was approved –”overwhelmingly” according to reports — by the survivor family groups, who had a major voice in deciding the finalist out of several design entries. If they had concerns or were offended by the crescent symbolism, wouldn’t they have rejected that design outright or asked for/demanded a revision? Are we getting just a wee bit too touchy here?

By: David Foster

David Foster — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:15:47 +0000

What today’s “liberals” cannot understand is that everything comes down to individual human beings. They dream of a perfect system, in which government experts will take care of everything…too often, they have so little experience with the “friction” of real life that they really don’t get why this can’t work.

For related thoughts, see my post on
Arming Airline Pilots.