Comment Re:what is sacred? (Score 1) 286
What if France wanted to build an oceanic research station on the D-Day beaches where the Allies landed and died?
That strikes me as just fine.
Maybe it would be reasonable to ask them to add a small section as a memorial to those who fought and died to free France and perhaps those people could be honored by future research done in their name, since such a research station only exists built by the French because of it.
So sure, go ahead... dedicate the building to the allied soldiers, it would be a nice tribute.
What if Poland wanted to build a university on some of the land that is currently the preserved concentration camps?
What a great way to slap the face of the Nazi's by building our future on top of their evil. You could use it as a learning opportunity for all future students. You could put a memorial to the whole thing right in the center of the common grounds of the university. Millions of students over the years would have direct contact with it and be forced to see it on a regular basis, rather than once in a lifetime on a field trip during high school.
What about all the outrage when some company wants to mine in some nature preserve?
That's fine, all of Earth is one big nature preserve... Perhaps 25% of all the profit from the mining could be used to double the size of the preserve and establish a fund to return the land to better condition when they are done.
Why don't we build office towers in Arlington Nation Cemetery?
You could, but it would be pointless, there is perfectly good land half a mile over that works as well, and no one is asking to do that.