[Vision2020] President Obama at Tucson

[Joe Campbell]

A memorial should offer what the people at the memorial want. Not what you want. This is a town that celebrates the Day of the Dead each year, a celebration of the LIVES of those we have lost EVERY year.



On Jan 14, 2011, at 4:08 PM, "the lockshop" <lockshop at pull.twcbc.com> wrote:

> I guess that part of the problem for me is my pre Vatican II upbringing. A memorial should offer dignity and solace. It just seems odd for there to be such a circus atmosphere at an event where among those in attendance was the parents and loved ones who had yet to attend the fallens funerals and burial services. Their pain had to have been intense.
>  
> The other part is reducing the event to a slogan on a T-shirt. I find nothing at all inappropriate in such a  message, I just would have wanted something more. To the parents of the nine year old it will likely be a good long while before they thrive and together isn't in the cards for them anymore. 
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> g
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> From: Art Deco
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> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] President Obama at Tucson
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> What is inappropriate about T-shirts being given at this memorial?
>  
> They carry what the organizers thought to be an inspirational message, just as the various speeches, music, homilies, etc were intended to do. 
>  
> Is there something inappropriate in using a T-shirt as a medium for a message rather than TV, air, paper, etc?  Why?
>  
> Wouldn't a possessor of the T-shirt be more likely to remember and be inspired to heed the message and of the tragic events that occurred?  Or is it the message you object to as inappropriate?  If so, why?
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> Wayne A. Fox
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: the lockshop
> To: Chuck Kovis ; lfalen ; vision2020 at moscow.com
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 12:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] President Obama at Tucson
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> Nothing outrageous about the slogan itself but it's a little weird to be 
> passing out T-shirts at a memorial. I can't believe that anyone who watched 
> the event didn't come away with the feeling that the whole tone was off for 
> what would normally a rather somber event.
> 
> g
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chuck Kovis" <ckovis at turbonet.com>
> To: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 11:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] President Obama at Tucson
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> 
> > Roger, this is what was printed on the T-shirts:
> >
> > "Together we thrive"
> >
> > This is truly outrageous, don't you think?  Chuck Kovis
> >
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> > From: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>
> > To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 10:57 AM
> > Subject: [Vision2020] President Obama at Tucson
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> >
> >> President Obama gave a good speech at the memorial in Tucson. He set the
> >> right tone for a memorial. Some of the crowds actions and the t-shirts
> >> were not appropriate for a memorial. A political rally, maybe.
> >> Roger
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