Mickey and Stonewall
Richard Lowe (fd78@jove.acs.unt.edu)
Tue, 31 May 1994 14:28:39 -0500
FYI: The June 6, 1994, issue of _Time_ magazine (the D-Day special
issue) includes an essay (last page of issue) by Charles Krauthammer on
the proposed Disney theme park near Manassas. The author sympathizes
somewhat with the fear of urban sprawl but takes a dimmer view of other
bases of opposition to the park. Krauthammer's bottom line to historians:
"Lighten up, guys."
I'm not sure I can agree with the essayist, but his views are worth
reading -- if only to see what an intelligent person not connected to
either group (pro or anti) is thinking.
My own view (shared by countless others, I'm sure) is that the
urban-sprawl issue is sufficient in itself to oppose Disney's project.
The sprawl will inevitably do violence to the Manassas site.
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= Richard Lowe =
= Univ. of North Texas =
= fd78@jove.acs.unt.edu =