"Andy News" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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I'm surprised no one has brought up this travesty.

For those who don't know, the Enola Gay -- beautifully refurbished and
now
on display at the new Udvar-Hazy facility of the National Air & Space
Museum -- was damaged by some nut case from Ohio who threw something at
the
plane and dented it during a protest against the atomic bombing of
Japan.

If it were up to me, a life sentence without hope of parole would be too
good for this jerk. To damage an irreplaceable aircraft, and a piece of
history, is absolutely unconscionable.

Margy, how bad is it?


Would you react the same way if a refurbished Boeing 767 and a model
of the world trade center was on display at the Afghan museum of
history? Although the Hiroshima bombing was necessary to end the war,
it is not something we should be proud of and display at a national
museum.

Except that we are proud of it and what it did to end the war. Why should
we not be proud of it? The Japs started the war and when we developed the
technology to end it we did. It is a part of our proud history. If someone
doesn't like the display the simple solution is............don't go to the
museum.