RE: New Newark Name
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 26-08-02 AT 10:42 AM (GMT)]Ok,saying ‘Let it lie’is not the right way to put it.I’m not American so I don’t have the right to say that,I knew no one who died in the attacks,so saying that is arrogant and ignorant.I apologise.
However,why name an airport after the worst days in aviation? 9/11 saw passenger planes being used as weapons to kill. Why name an airport which is a constant reminder of this?
I’m not against the patriotism which we have seen from the US in the last year,but surely there are much better ways to commemorate the events?In 10/15 years time,people travelling to ‘Liberty International’ will probably think its named after the Statue of Liberty,not the events off 9/11.
Newark also looses its identity if the name is changed.When the name ‘Newark’ comes up,what do you think of?I think of an big international airport.Taking this name away surely looses Newark any sort of recognition,it would just be any other NJ city.If you also change the name it might damper airlines such as COs attempts to market Newark as a NY airport and people will travel to JFK,not realizing that Newark is as convinient as JFK from Manhattan.
How about Newark Liberty International Airport,or seeing that JFK and La Guardia are named after famous political people,Newark Giuliani International?Airports named after people are much more comman.
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