I'm just someone who hopes, someday, in the distant future, to possibly, maybe, if everything goes well, own some land. And, within the law, I would hope to be able to do whatever I want with the land. Now, I agree, it's easy to not feel sorry for Silverstein - but he does have legal claim to the land.
And while I am not arguing for building a huge tower on the site, I don't find the argument that it is a terrorist target to be very persuasive. Here's my thinking: Imagine there is a terrorist group in the country ready to blow something up. If there is a huge tower rebuilt on the WTC site I agree that this would be a tempting target. But if there is not, they will just pick some other target. What is the difference? It's not like building a tower there is going to *create* terrorists who otherwise wouldn't have been terrorists.
Maybe you could just build it *really* well and then it could be the flypaper theory skyscraper. (Okay, that bit was sarcastic ;-)
opps, sorry. now I messed up your comment. and I can't really re-create what I had written. I think I have had too much coffee today. I just realized I had probably been reading you incorrectly (this webstuff can be confusing :-).
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And while I am not arguing for building a huge tower on the site, I don't find the argument that it is a terrorist target to be very persuasive. Here's my thinking: Imagine there is a terrorist group in the country ready to blow something up. If there is a huge tower rebuilt on the WTC site I agree that this would be a tempting target. But if there is not, they will just pick some other target. What is the difference? It's not like building a tower there is going to *create* terrorists who otherwise wouldn't have been terrorists.
Maybe you could just build it *really* well and then it could be the flypaper theory skyscraper. (Okay, that bit was sarcastic ;-)
- jim 6-10-2004 10:15 pm
opps, sorry. now I messed up your comment. and I can't really re-create what I had written. I think I have had too much coffee today. I just realized I had probably been reading you incorrectly (this webstuff can be confusing :-).
- selma 6-10-2004 10:21 pm [add a comment]