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Racial issues asside, its a crappy idea for a monument.

Lets spend $2.15 on some originality and come up with a design on our own instead of using the Marine memorial (flag raising on iwo jima, WWII - ring a bell?) thats already in bronze in DC. The photographer said he snapped the famous photo because it looked like the one in DC.

Lets not allow emotion to rush us into something. They'll be cleaning up the site for the next 12 months anyway.

NO to a park either. NYC isnt about open spaces, like OKC is. Its not on the plains. NYC is about a mix, going, doing, changing, evolving. A park there wouldnt seem right. A museum or somehing, yes, but no , I dont see a park. (Plus, battery park is practally right there.)