I posted this earlier and the bloated individual who said that "it's just a building, people matter more," locked down his replies shortly afterward. Here is what I have to say and I mean every word. I mean it with an internal violence of emotion and historical backing. It isn't about the building. It's what the building represents. You say that it's about people? So is history. History is made by people. It is meant to linger. It should stand as something that lasts. A living legacy made before to help us understand where we are now. To see how far we come. Pages get lost. People turn to dust. Building and art are meant to last. They were made by human hands. I am so tired of being lectured by pseudo intellectuals who think that history has no place in modern society unless they get to rewrite it. Those buildings matter more than the invaders sent to destroy them. Not only does Western civilization deserve to survive, but all this stands as a point of historical merit. Invaders ransack and destroy cities to erase what came before. You dont see it as important, because you are lucky enough to remember. What about generations from now? A scruffy young man who wants freedom searching for anything to give him hope? Anything that isn't muddled by the travesty that you want to usher in? It will all be forgotten then. Silly, petulant, loathsome people say that buildings are more important than people. In some cases, yes. But my question is: would you do this? Would you traipse into someone's home and destroy what they hold dear? And if you wouldn't, what does that say about the people who do? And if they would do all this to buildings to prove a point? What would they do to you? History already knows the answer, but you seek to abolish it for future generations.