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September 30, 2005

Tree falls in forest, believes it has made a sound

As if unsatisfied with its efforts to date in becoming unreadable in both function and substance, the New York Times laments the fate of the "International Freedom Center" at Ground Zero in Manhattan, to which New Yorkers bade adieu earlier this week. The editorial begins by shooting the proverbial fish in the barrel - George Pataki - but then leers leftward and wraps up as follows:

Nor does it seem to have mattered that the protest against the Freedom Center - or, more truthfully, against any cultural presence at the World Trade Center site - was based on false information and a profound fear of free speech.

At the root of that vitriolic protest was one question: "Why here?" Why imagine creating an institution that would celebrate freedom and foster discussion of its meaning, and the meaning of 9/11, within the memorial quadrant of ground zero? Wouldn't that dishonor the dead? We have never thought so. We believe that the site is sacred to more than death. It is sacred to life and to the principles - as well as the people - attacked there on Sept. 11, 2001. We believe that this country can be made stronger only by free speech. We believe that the power of that site should be used to consider what happened that day and to see what lessons we can derive from it, not only to mourn the dead.

This sounds an awful lot like Bob Herbert, NYT's standard-bearer for meandrous leftist nonsense, and in the end the paper has simply offered more evidence it has completely and utterly lost touch. More here.

Posted by bill at September 30, 2005 02:56 PM

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