September 10, 2005

This Is In My Backyard, And I Totally Missed This (More WingNut Idiocy, Part 3959)

I live somewhat near Pittsburgh, and I remember readings something, somewhere, recently about a Flight 93 Memorial. Flight 93 was the fourth hijacked plane that was deliberately crashed into the hills in Pennsylvania by (probably) the hijackers as the passengers/crew (who had been informed by people on the ground of the other three hijackings) attempted to re-take the plane by force. I'm not a huge memorial fan, but this didn't seem controversial. (Most of this story via The Liberal Avenger)

A committee (formed from family members of victims) opened the memorial competition to the public, and got 1100+ entries. One was selected, and it was unveiled to almost unanimous acclaim in the past few days.

Not, however, without WingNut controversy. See, the memorial is in an arc (not a complete circle). An arc is somewhat like a crescent. The crescent is a symbol used, sometimes, but folks over in the Middle East. Of course, it's also used in other ways. But that's irrelevant, when the WingNuts are on the hunt.

So, see, the memorial (follow the logic) being like a crescent is really a victory for the terrorists and associated islamofascists. Following this logic, we can never, ever use crescents for anything else, ever again. Ever. Not even harmless, tasty breakfast pastry.

I'm not the first to point out this idiocy, but I couldn't let it go unmentioned. Very, very silly.

Posted by baltar at September 10, 2005 07:46 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Culture


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