Comments on: Crescent design replaced for 9-11 memorial

By: Tel-Chai Nation

Tel-Chai Nation — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 19:56:22 +0000

The camouflaged crescent

This should serve as an important lesson as to why a man who pretends that he’s designing a memorial dedicated to heroes but that’s really dedicated to their enemies should not be allowed to work on any such project any further.

By: Oblogatory Anecdotes

Oblogatory Anecdotes — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 16:07:45 +0000

Islamic Symbolism Still In Flight 93 Memorial!

The New flight 93 memorial has only been slightly altered and instead of the “Crescent of Embrace” We now have the “Curve of Embrace”. All the designers did was change a name and extend the crescent slightly to make it a more circular shape. However …

By: Sister Toldjah

Sister Toldjah — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 13:48:22 +0000

Alec – interesting. I’ll link up to it in the main post.

By: Bachbone

Bachbone — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 05:12:13 +0000

Steve S. – The news report I read said the “implications” of that design were, indeed, brought to the attention of the designers before the public uproar. The designers, though, pooh-poohed the complainants’ concerns. (Sorry, I don’t recall where I read that.) And given that the designers did get defensive, I’m inclined to believe they were forewarned.

By: Alec Rawls

Alec Rawls — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 03:52:12 +0000

P.S. My complete analysis here.

By: Alec Rawls

Alec Rawls — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 03:50:51 +0000

Don’t celebrate yet. In the redesign, the red maple crescent is only blended in with a few more trees. Both of the crescent tips are still defined exactly as before. The crescent bisector still points to Mecca. There is still an upper section of memorial wall, bisected by the red crescent bisector and containing additional translucent blocks. The Tower of Voices is still an Islamic prayer-time sundial. The whole Flight 93 memorial is still a jihadist shrine!

By: Steve Skubinna

Steve Skubinna — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 02:18:27 +0000

I can accept that the original design was innocent. What boggles my mind is that when the implications were noted, the planners went into full blown defensive mode, instead of saying, “Oh, right, that’s unfortunate. Okay, can’t use that design.”

At risk of invoking Godwin’s Law, it’s akin to choosing a swastika layout for a Holocaust memorial, on the grounds that it’s an efficient use of space and besides, was used for centuries before the Nazis.

Aside from the crescent flap, I would really prefer the memorial be more, oh, defiant. The passengers on Flight 93 fought, and won heroically. I would like something more inspiring than contemplative.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:18:46 +0000

I hope they rename it from the ‘Crescent of Peace’ to ‘Let’s Roll Bowl’.

By: Bachbone

Bachbone — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:38:24 +0000

Eternal vigilance pays off yet again. Had the PC crowd not been monitored, the initial design would have been rammed through.