Tourists treating 9/11 Memorial like a playground

[mookiemookie]

NY Post link, so take it with a grain of salt, but I find this behavior shameful. I remember when I visited the Arizona memorial and was a little offended when some of the Japanese tourists didn't seem to show any sort of respect. People are just clods.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/m...nqwuoAbdwOmC9J

At the National September 11th Memorial, tourists balance coffee cups and soda bottles on the parapets bearing the names of the dead.

Parents hoist their children to sit on the bronze plaques, while other visitors splash water from the two waterfalls onto their faces to cool themselves on a hot summer day.

On the plaza, tourists break out lunch foods and lie on their backs.

[Takeda Shingen]

while other visitors splash water from the two waterfalls onto their faces to cool themselves on a hot summer day.

Heh, joke's on them. Plaza fountain water is notoriously filthy.

EDIT: While the whole cups and spitting coffee thing is innapropriate, I like the idea of picnicking and having a more casual atmosphere. The only way that the types of people that flew these planes into the buildings win is if we alter our lifestyle to suit them. We should show respect for the dead by making the record of their names part of the daily life of New York City. That's how we win.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

EDIT: While the whole cups and spitting coffee thing is innapropriate, I like the idea of picnicking and having a more casual atmosphere. The only way that the types of people that flew these planes into the buildings win is if we alter our lifestyle to suit them. We should show respect for the dead by making the record of their names part of the daily life of New York City. That's how we win.

Well said.

Originally Posted by Dowly

Well said.

Agree.
I travel all over and see the disrespect many show of land marks and such.
I view it as a way that the common person lets off the pressure of thier everyday life.
Many don't even have a full grasp of how other feel due to the 'It's all about me' syndrome sweeping the World.

[u crank]

Design and management of any memorial site would have a lot to do with how people act when they are there. Putting the bronze plaques where they are, first photo in link, is a poor design if you don't want people to lean on them or put stuff on them. It's very hard to dictate to people how to behave in any situation. Some people just don't know any better. Respect is all that is required. Continual mourning and sorrow is a victory for the enemy. I also understand that the memorial has deeper meaning for some people. If I were a victim or a family member, I would want people to be happy, to go on and live life with out any acknowledgement of defeat.

The big problem is lack of respect for others.
Being in a big tourist area for a project just now?
I see that everyday.
I have my pick-up truck here now and everyday some ass throws trash in the back of it!!!


I only want to catch one Richard doing that!!
Then it's off to jail after I stomp his arse!

[RickC Sniper]

Originally Posted by u crank

Design and management of any memorial site would have a lot to do with how people act when they are there.

I agree.