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- From: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
- Subject: Re: Vietnam Memorial (was Vietnam Moratorium)
- Reply-To: fist@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Richard Pierson)
- Organization: Bell Communications Research (Bellcore)
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 04:01:37 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.040137.24577@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- References: <1992Nov16.012818.1307@cbnews.cb.att.com> <BALDWIN.92Nov16153449@csservera.scs.usna.navy.mil> <1992Nov19.111820.27602@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> <1992Nov19.181732.27774@cbnews.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1992Nov19.181732.27774@cbnews.cb.att.com>,
- jmk@cbnews.cb.att.com (joseph.m.knapp) writes:
- |> buckley@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (BUCKLEY CHARLES RAY) writes:
- |> >I like the wall. Unlike other memorials in Washington, it is
- |> personal. It is
- |> >something that people can approach and touch. It does not glorify
- |> war nor does
- |> >it make any judgements on the war. Most memorials that I have seen
- |> are the
- |> >traditional soldier standing on a pedestal. In the wall, we have
- |> essentially
- |> >a blank slate where the people can project their own feelings and
- |> emotions
- |> >into the wall. Maya Lin gave us a gift. The gift of a memorial that
- |> actually
- |> >belongs to and can be touched by anyone.
- |>
- |> And, as someone (Dickens? Wilde?) pointed out long ago, Washington
- |> has
- |> altogether too many bronze generals.
- |>
- Yea, and the problem is tooooo many of them are on active
- duty :-)
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