"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.

Political Correctness be damned.  

Andrea Silverman

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jay Heuman 
  To: [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 3:51 PM
  Subject: Re: Bronze statue a moving tribute or PC run amok?


  Hi All:

      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


    -----Original Message-----
    From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Piper Severance
    Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 7:33 pm
    To: [log in to unmask]
    Subject: Re: Bronze statue a moving tribute or PC run amok?


            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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