Discussion: A vision for Kent Bruce Adams: Balance promise of the future while keeping flavor of past

It's hard to look to the future of Kent without first looking at its past to see how we got to today.

[shari74]

The 14th Amendment Equal Protection clause applies in this case. There are thousands and thousands of historical markers across America that serve as memorials to victims of war and insurgency, and use the words "Indians attacked..." "British RedCoast..." "Mexican bandits..." "Negro slaves..." etc.
So what then? How do the "Indians" and "Mexicns" feel about being portrayed as savage killers and "bandits". One need only wander into Messila New Mexico and read the placards on the buildings to get a sense that "Mexicns" were portrayed as bandits. There are placards all over the South as a testament to savage treatment of "Negros" by "White" People, who are portrayed as "slaveowners."
If you're prepared to tear down every last historical marker and placard in the United States, then you have a right to deny this man's request. Other than that, put up or shut up.

[shari74]

And don't forget who exactly is memorialized forever as attacking Pearl Harbor.