Wednesday, September 28, 2005

The IFC Gets its Just Desserts!

This is the BEST news I've heard in a long time! According to the "Take Back the Memorial" newsletter, the "Museum Dropped From WTC Site for Now." From the article:

"NEW YORK -- Bowing to pressure from furious Sept. 11 families,
Gov. George Pataki on Wednesday removed a proposed freedom center from the space reserved for it near the planned World Trade Center memorial, saying
the museum project had aroused "too much opposition, too much controversy."

Pataki initially said the state would help the International Freedom Center find
another home, but center officials said they weren't interested and considered
the project dead.

The decision followed months of acrimony, with some Sept. 11 families and
politicians saying that such a museum would overshadow and take space from
a separate memorial devoted to the 2,749 World Trade Center dead and
would dishonor them by fostering debate about the attacks and other world events.

"Freedom should unify us. This center has not," Pataki said. "Today there
remains too much opposition, too much controversy over the programming of
the IFC. ... We must move forward with our first priority, the creation of an
inspiring memorial to pay tribute to our lost loved ones and tell their stories
to the world."

This is the BEST news I've heard today in this world of Political Correctness gone HAYWIRE!

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