From: thew
>I did not say to deny the history, or change it. But the memorial is not to those
>who raised the flag, but to those who died trying to save others.
Then they should create an artpiece totally from scratch, and not use an existing historical event.
Women, and at least one canine member of the Port Authority police department, also died trying to save others; why aren't women and a dog included in this statue? Hell, dogs have been an integral part of the search and recovery effort continuing to the present day, at great risk to their physical safety and health, so any monument purporting to be honoring those who worked on the rescue effort would be amiss not to include a canine representative. And if this statue IS supposed to be 'just symbolic', then I as a woman resent the fact that a woman isn't being included in the piece...
>The photo IS the image of reality. And the photo will always exist. Hell - put a
>copy of the photo in the memorial plaque � history is about the truth � memorials
>are not the same as history. The statue IS an art piece.
Again, if all you say is true, then the statue should be something created totally from scratch, and not be based on an actual historical event.
>I just don�t think in the case anything is hurt by changing the statue
Just historical truth and reality...
> (and I wonder if it was 3 black guys who had raised the flag in reality,
>if the same people would be complaining about the change or not)
*I* would; the statue purports to represent an actual event, it therefore should accurately represent the people who initiated and carried out that event, regardless of the race of the actual particpants. This would apply is the participants were all black, all white, all male or all female...
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