Sunday 2 March 2008

U.S.S. New York

From the BBC:

Thousands of people have gathered in Louisiana for the christening of a US warship built partly from steel salvaged from the World Trade Center. (1)
A warship. Brilliant idea. Just what we need, and what a nice way to commemerate the dead of September the 11th, 2001, and the shattered families mourning the dead - something intended to create more dead people and leave more shattered families mourning. How bloody stupid. Couldn't they have made a ... a Peacemangel or something out of it, not a bloody war machine?

Idiots.
1 - 'US christens '9/11 steel' warship,' unattributed BBC article, 2nd of March, 2008. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7273407.stm)

1 comment:

Vashon Nox said...

The USS New York will be commissioned in NYC in summer of 2009. This gala event will honor the men and women who serve on board and the victims of 911. It will also raise money for the crew and their families. For more information about the commissioning of the Uss New York including a schedule of events visit the official website at www.USSNY.org.

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