Very powerful quote Roz.  I tend to agree with you and
Ross Weeks.  I have not seen the exhibit.  Being a
student in Toronto who can't get around that much,
some may say I have no say in this. But I must say
that too often Musuems do not take a stand and merely
portray images.  What is the role of the museum?  Is
it to merely display objects and images, or is it to
take a position in regards to such thought provoking
issues as violence in American society?
Noreen
 --- Roz Chatt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Very
interesting comments bu Ross Weeks regarding
> our national culture and values.
> It's an interesting concept to have a museum
> designed as an opportunity
> to examine our national values, in this case,
> liberty through war.
>
> It makes me wonder if the purpose of the
> Philadelphia Museum of Liberty
> was more about questioning the glories of
> warfare,  perhaps to make a critical or ironic
> statement
> on the national obession with violence. And maybe
> less about  displaying the virtues or benefits
> of living life in liberty, that is freedom from
> arbitrary or despotic government or
> outside oppression.
>
> I think it was Pogo who once said, "I have seen
> the enemy and it is us."
>
> Roz
>
>
> --- Ross Weeks <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > I do not know who opened the "Liberty Museum"
> > but when it comes to
> > discussing the meaning of American liberty, in
> > Philadelphia of all places, I
> > think the content seems entirely appropriate.
> >
> > We have been trained as a culture to see
> > liberty in terms of the weapons of
> > murder.  We killed to achieve liberty.  Our
> > historical museums often glorify
> > war.
>
>
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