A rant:

Has anyone heard about this yet?? Ground Zero statue criticized for 'political correctness'

A statue based on the famous photograph of the flag-raising at the World Trade Center site is being criticised because three white firefighters have been transformed into one white, one black and one Hispanic.

I was listening to the radio this morning and they were taking calls from listeners who had an opinion on this travesty and a lot of them had very good points, such as:

- There are a lot more races in New York City to be represented than the three that they've lined up for this project

- Why is race such an issue? One man mentioned that if race wasn't such an issue in the world today, maybe we wouldn't have the situation that we have. And if they're trying to represent everyone, where is the representation of the muslims (the victims, not the terrorists) who died that day in the towers?

- A lot of women died too. Where are they represented?

The bottom line is that they are changing history with this US$180,000 statue, and all people can see is what they're leaving out. They should find a different way to honor all those who lost and gave their lives on September 11 - one that will truly achieve its purpose, instead of leaving out more than it is capable of encompassing.

If they really want to make a point with this statue, perhaps making them racially non-specific would have been a better choice than changing them to only three of the many races that were effected by this tragedy.