Memorial for the OU nut

[iplaw]

What the..?

I'm sure people are going to love walking by this on their way to the next football game in Norman.

[AngieB]

Any bets on how long that paver will last?

[sgrizzle]

There are so many uncouth things I want to say but won't..

They say the memorials "normally cost $150."

How often does this come up?

[Conan71]

I think that paver will have a distinct urine smell to it in a short amount of time.

[patric]

Amazing how much press this is getting elsewhere...

http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2436
and what a shame most of the original thread here on TulsaNow was deleted.

[TulsaFan-inTexas]

Are they CRAZY? Why would you put up a memorial to someone who tried to KILL thousands of people? What the hell is this world coming to?

[tim huntzinger]

What is the issue here?  I thought officially he was not trying to hurt anyone but himself.  Sloppy public suicide, right?

[Conan71]

Actually, the bomb was laden with shrapnel like nails.  That would pretty much show intent to harm other people.

I always figured his Muslim friends put him up to setting it off inside the stadium, he chickened out and the only way to save face was to blow himself up.

Patric had posted a story on the link to the other topic on this that said 1000 pounds of explosives were found in his apartment posthumously.

[YoungTulsan]

I thought it said he tried unsuccessfully to purchase 1000lbs of ammonium nitrate.

I don't know whether to believe that article simply because if it is true, there is some f---ed up stuff going on around us.  David Boren, who was eating breakfast with George Tenet on 9/11, trying to cover up the islamic terror links to OU.  Hopefully his only motivation is to not make OU look bad to potential students.

[Cubs]

It must be removed!!!!

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by YoungTulsan

I thought it said he tried unsuccessfully to purchase 1000lbs of ammonium nitrate.

I don't know whether to believe that article simply because if it is true, there is some f---ed up stuff going on around us.  David Boren, who was eating breakfast with George Tenet on 9/11, trying to cover up the islamic terror links to OU.  Hopefully his only motivation is to not make OU look bad to potential students.

Might have been edited by the troofers.  They quoted some fairly credible news outlets in the story but you'd have to go back and research every single outlet to see if that was really ever reported.

Usually though, people bent on committing suicide (at least outside the Middle East) don't do it with shrapnel bombs.

[jamesrage]

quote:Originally posted by iplaw

What the..?

I'm sure people are going to love walking by this on their way to the next football game in Norman.

It is nice to know I am not the only one who thinks giving a memorial to a potential suicide bomber is an absurd idea.

[Ed W]

I looked at this somewhat differently.  Here's a father wanting to purchase a memorial for his son.  Regardless of how he died, his family grieves for the loss of a child.  The political spin and media controversy is a distant secondary to a grieving family.  In this case, a memorial is a symbol for loss: the loss of a child, the lost opportunities, and the lost chances of putting him on another path.

There are other memorials to some dubious (or worse) characters.  The Alfred Packer grill in a dining hall at the University of Colorado, for instance, is named after a notorious cannibal.

[tim huntzinger]

quote:Originally posted by Ed W


There are other memorials to some dubious (or worse) characters.  The Alfred Packer grill in a dining hall at the University of Colorado, for instance, is named after a notorious cannibal.

Or putting a genocidal xenophobe on the $20 bill.

[jdb]

I am with Ed on this.

History should include the Hero's, the Fiend's and even a few Commoner's.