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| DATE | 2002-01-13 |
| FROM | From: "Salvatore Denaro"
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| SUBJECT | RE: [hangout] WTC Update
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Vagn Scott writes:
> > I find the very idea of planning any new office space, while the
> > bodies of the victims and heroes of 9/11 are still there under the
> > twisted rubble to be rather offensive. To me, it shows
> disrespect to
> > the families of the missing.
>
> Do you object to plans for building a monument?
No, assuming that proper time is allowed to pass and that they are done
with care and respect.
> What if the buildings ARE the monument?
I don't see it that way.
> Or is it that no one is allowed to formulate such a thought
> becuase YOU find it offensive?
Strawman.
I don't object to opinions, but do reserve the right to voice mine.
> Sorry, but "respect for the families of the missing" does not
> trump all other considerations.
IMnotsoHO it should. There are several thousand missing and I find it to
be in very poor taste to plan anything until we have done everything we
can to recover all the bodies we can and insure that the wishes of the
families of the victims are fulfilled as best as we can.
Office space comes a distant second behind humans, at least in my books.
> It is one consideration, but
> not the only one, and not the most important one.
Talk to a few of the people directly involved, then tell me if you feel
the same way.
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Salvatore Denaro
sdenaro-at-speakeasy.net
AIM: KarmakazeSal
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interests.
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