disturbing ...but not surprising

The story below that the Post and the News trumpeted yesterday about the dropping of the name "Freedom Tower" from the rebuilt World Trade Center site is disturbing....it represents the bleaching and white washing of our collective memories....just like the dropping of the phrase "Global war on terror" and replacing it with overseas contingency effort...(that's no joke)

As Bob Weir would say " Just cause you say it...that don't mean that it;s so"

I would like to say that you can't just change a name of something , or stop using a phrase to project a better image....BUT YOU CAN...because as a nation we are not just willing to forget , but we Are Eager to do so.....less than 65 years ago we were in the throws of global war , attacked by the Japs in the Pacific, Planning the largest land invasion in history in the Atlantic , an entire generation of men gave their lives for FREEDOM....what % of Americans reflect on that ? no not daily of course, but how many even give it a fleeting thought or say a Hail Mary for the dead on "Memorial Day"

After September 11th we tossed around a silly phrase of "Never Forget" ....put it on T-shirts , bumper stickers, beer coozies et al .......it's just talk , just a phrase...don't take it seriously , the gentrification of our History is well in place, soon that day will be surrounded by adjectives that suggest outcomes other than Murder......you see it already...."Tragic Events" "Lost their lives".....earthquakes and tsunamis are tragedies...not this.

I personally could not care less what they call the new building , I won't swell with pride if it carries the moniker "Freedom Tower" , but I do have a problem with them reusing that address of One World Trade Center .......that exists no more....that place is gone forever..that title should be retired out of respect for the dead if nothing else....





NEW YORK — The Freedom Tower is out. One World Trade Center is in.

The agency that owns ground zero confirmed Thursday that the signature skyscraper replacing the towers destroyed on Sept. 11 will be more commonly known as One World Trade Center.

The building under construction at the site was named the Freedom Tower in the first ground zero master plan. Officials at the time said the tallest, most symbolic of five planned towers at the site would demonstrate the country's triumph over terrorism.

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey chairman Anthony Coscia says the agency refers to the building as One World Trade Center. He says it's the building's legal name and "the one that's easiest for people to identify with."