1. I know of the following memorials: |
Viet Nam War
Columbine
(under construction)
Oklahoma
bombing (recently opened) |
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2. Memorials to events (wars, national events, etc.) serve
patriotic ends. |
Agree
Disagree |
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3. Memorials to great people (FDR, JFK, etc.) serve to identify
greatness. |
Agree
Disagree |
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4. The Viet Nam War, political bombings and school shootings are
horrific and real tragedies. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 5.
These tragedies involve various groups such as 1.) military, 2.) innocent, unsuspecting
victims, 3.) perpetrators. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 6.
The individual victims of these tragedies would not have been victims if they had not been
members of the targeted groups. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 7.
Recently designed memorials focus on the individual victims by using names on walls
and the 168 empty chairs in Oklahoma City. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 8.
Personalized memorials distract from the greater struggle of ideals. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 9.
Innocent victims should not be the focus of tragedies -- as sad as it is for
families and friends. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 10.
It can be destructive for a society to constantly look back and focus upon tragedies. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 11.
Memorials to wars and political bombings should memorialize the events and struggles
-- rather than focus upon individual victims. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 12.
It is inappropriate to build memorials to horrific acts perpetrated by sick individuals
(such as school shootings, mass murders, etc.) |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 13.
Memorials are meant to commemorate the actions of groups or individual heroes.
Therefore, it can be said that the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial commemorates the work of
bombers McVeigh and Nichols. And the Columbine Memorial will commemorate those
sick kid shooters. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 14.
Why has the U.S. entered The Age of Sadness where its citizens are fixated upon
celebrating tragedies? |
Bill
Clinton, the Secretary of Sadness, has emotionalized and trivialed our feelings. Your reason:
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| 15. I am: |
Female
Male |
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| 16. My age group
is: |
Under 20
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70
& older |