This Sarasota news really steamed me

06-30-13, 10:51 AM

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What I don't like is the insinuation that if "we" put that statue on display "we" would be "backwards".

As was said.
Uh....what?

Neither of your posts appear to have anything to do with......
"It also potentially puts Sarasota in a category of looking backwards, and I think as a community we need to be looking forwards."
.....maybe it is all just a reading fail on your part.

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Lets not think about our past at all. Seriously, what could we possibly learn. Wouldn't the street look so much better lined with rainbow flags or a really nice phallic piece of modern art, maybe something that incorporates burning the 'merican flag, that's always popular with the artsy crowd.

Or perhaps it does suggest from both your posts that you are simply ranting just to rant about your own issues

Oberon · 06-30-13, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Tribesman

Or perhaps it does suggest from both your posts that you are simply ranting just to rant about your own issues

C'est la GT.

06-30-13, 12:18 PM

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C'est la GT.

Don't you bring the French into the Grande Theatricals.

Wolferz · 06-30-13, 12:28 PM

Ars Gratia Artis?

Spiced_Rum · 06-30-13, 12:30 PM

I do not live in Sarasota, however, if I did then I would like to see the statue in a park where a piece of great 20th Century art can be admired by all (or not, as art is subjective). Arlington already has the national Iwo Jima memorial so no point placing the statue in another cemetery. It could go inside a museum but I think it is better outside where it can weather with time and is more accessible. It is a town planning issue, and if tax dollars are being spent then the citizens should have a say.

Wolferz · 06-30-13, 01:01 PM

This is a replica of the statue in Arlington.
It's in the veterans section of the cemetery where my father is buried.
A cemetery is a place of rest. A place to remember with quiet reflection on those who have gone before us.
I don't consider the statue as being buried there. It is there as a memorial to the sacrifices of our men in uniform.
It shouldn't matter where Sarasota decides to put theirs and raising a ruckus about it just shows disrespect in my eyes.

06-30-13, 12:28 PM	#4
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06-30-13, 12:30 PM	#5
Spiced_Rum Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2013 Location: Enjoying a run ashore Posts: 1,129 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	I do not live in Sarasota, however, if I did then I would like to see the statue in a park where a piece of great 20th Century art can be admired by all (or not, as art is subjective). Arlington already has the national Iwo Jima memorial so no point placing the statue in another cemetery. It could go inside a museum but I think it is better outside where it can weather with time and is more accessible. It is a town planning issue, and if tax dollars are being spent then the citizens should have a say. __________________ Spiced_Rum "The only rocks I want to see are in my glass, and covered with lashings of Spicey and Coke"

06-30-13, 01:01 PM	#6
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	This is a replica of the statue in Arlington. It's in the veterans section of the cemetery where my father is buried. A cemetery is a place of rest. A place to remember with quiet reflection on those who have gone before us. I don't consider the statue as being buried there. It is there as a memorial to the sacrifices of our men in uniform. It shouldn't matter where Sarasota decides to put theirs and raising a ruckus about it just shows disrespect in my eyes. __________________ Tomorrow never comes