Enola Gay Damaged at Air & Space Museum Opening

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:30:46 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

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.

He was protesting something that happened three generations ago?

Aren't protests usually more effective if they're done *before* an
event takes place?

Rob

"plumb bob" blathered:

... state sponsored terrorism ...

Sir: were you simply born an idiot, or is your sad
condition a tragic result of years of exposure to
nonsensical socialist propaganda?

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"plumb bob" wrote in message
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It's just a chunk of metal (snippety snip)
Just get it patched up and move on, really.
The history is far more important than the tool.

I agree. We wear out historical artifacts by both loving and hating them
too much. Museums patch them up and keep them out there. Like publicity
for media stars, maybe there's no such thing as a bad visitor to a museum.
As in "Mommy, why was that man so upset and why did he put a dent in the
airplane?" "Because a lot of people died in WWII, would you like to read
about it?"

Reading about the event is more rewarding. "Enola Gay" by Thomas and Witts
(1977) was OK with lot's of flying as I recall. "Fly Boys" by Bradley is a
good contemporary account of many aspects of the Pacific conflict including
the bomb, Japanese culture, and the fire bombing of Japanese cities.

I had a chance to tour the a/c while it was being restored. Sticking my
head up thru the bomb bay doors made it unforgettable. Of course 'touring'
is a misnomer. It's much smaller and tighter inside than I would have ever
imagined.

In a previous article, (Andrew Boyd) said:
"plumb bob" blathered:

... state sponsored terrorism ...

Sir: were you simply born an idiot, or is your sad
condition a tragic result of years of exposure to
nonsensical socialist propaganda?

Wait a second - I'm probably more leftist than 90% of the people who post
here, and I think the bombing of Hiroshima was a necessary evil that saved
millions of Japanese lives. (I also think that not doing the whole
Nuremburg trials thing on Japan has let them pretend they weren't as evil
as they were and left them totally unrepentant, so I've probably just
given up most of my leftist credentials.)


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("Mike Rapoport" wrote)
Just make him pay for the damage.


I'm going more with A Clockwork Orange type "teachable moment" here.

Open his eyes, so to speak, to over 10 years of brutal Japanese military
aggression. At times, the Japanese made the Nazis look like Boy Scouts.

That nonsense needed to stop. After the bomb(s) were dropped - it stopped.

Much like the (1971) movie, I don't see plan A working out so well. So yes,
I support your plan B - just make him pay for the damage.

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Publish his name and address. Then let the chips fall ....



"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?
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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.

Not to mention the risk of killing someone with a glass bottle thrown
from an overhead walkway.

(There was no paint on the B-29, but it was dinged.)

all the best -- Dan Ford
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It's just a chunk of metal... that was used to kill much more than 3,000
innocent civilians - I believe we would call it state sponsored terrorism
these days. Why should we celebrate and adore a killing machine like that -
regardless of the circumstances?

Your logic would close a lot of museums! Indeed, I doubt that NASM
itself would be open today if it didn't celebrate killing machines of
all nations.

(3,000 people, huh? You're more than a little bit off. nOr are you
saying that only 3,000 of the Hiroshima dead were innocent? See
www.warbirdforum.com/hirodead.htm )


all the best -- Dan Ford
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"Cub Driver" wrote in message


(3,000 people, huh? You're more than a little bit off. nOr are you
saying that only 3,000 of the Hiroshima dead were innocent? See
www.warbirdforum.com/hirodead.htm )

No, he's linking the WTC atrocity (~3,000 dead) with Hiroshima.

Personally, I think you guys are just feeding a troll.

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"Roger Tracy" wrote in message


Publish his name and address. Then let the chips fall ....

I'm not certain it would have been chips falling had I seen him do it.

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