Thank-you, Tim
&:)
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Subject: Re: Bronze statue a moving tribute or PC run amok?
> Andrea,
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> Bravo!
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> Tim
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> "The truth shall set you free"...And this country is all about Freedom.
We
> were attacked for having and loving Freedom. What in god's name is so
> politically incorrect about just being honest? These 3 heroes (whatever
> color they are) are alive to be honored by this statue (as well as
everyone
> else). But don't they deserve this bit of 'visual healing', as well? Of
> course they do! This is a slap in their face.
>
> America's been through so very much. The raising of that flag had nothing
> whatsoever to do with race, why should the statue? It had to do with being
> a proud AMERICAN. This is much larger than racial, IMHO. I think
changing
> the truth diminishes the importance of the act. I also feel that if this
> country is about Freedom, it must then be about Truth, or we're all
> hypocrites.
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> Political Correctness be damned.
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> Andrea Silverman
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> From: Jay Heuman
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> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 3:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Bronze statue a moving tribute or PC run amok?
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> Hi All:
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> As a member of two different 'minority groups', I find the notion of
a
> so-called "politically correct" version of reality sickening.
> In many cases, the participants celebrated by a monument are unknown.
> Most monuments, as another article (by Kimmelman, forwarded by Indigo)
> indicates, are not erected until long after the event(s) unfolded. By
> that point, truth gets clouded. That monuments are seldom historically
> accurate implies, sadly that our society values and chooses to
commemorate
> falsehood over truth. [Should we accept that?]
> Now is an inappropriate time to debate the 'subjectivity of truth'
as,
> in this case, everyone knows who raised that flag. Let the monument be
> truthful in representing the three who performed this act. If people are
> offended by a realistic -- not "politically correct" -- monument, they
> ought to be shown a photograph of the event. That's undeniably true.
> Additionally, there will be no negative result to African-American or
> Hispanic firefighters in representing the truth. Three firefighters, who
> happen to be Caucasian, performed this patriotic act. It's an open and
> shut case . . . clouded, as is so often the case, by those who wish to be
> "politically correct."
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jay Heuman, Visitor & Volunteer Services Coordinator
> Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, 68102
> 342-3300 (telephone) 342-2376 (fax) www.joslyn.org
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> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 7:33 pm
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> While it is easy to see PC run amok in the creation of this
> statue, we must remember that images such as this are seldom historically
> accurate (at least not in that way). The image of the flag raising on Iwo
> Jima was staged and restaged. It was entered into the popular lexicon and
> been manipulated endlessly and yet for most Americans it retains an
> authenticity.
> While I personally find the reworked statue a bit sickening, it
> reveals far more about our nation and our society during the time of
> tragedy then the photo does.
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