Comments on: Navy to Modify Barracks Complex That Resembles a Swastika From Air

By: Blue Star Chronicles

Blue Star Chronicles — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:39:57 +0000

Wear Red on Friday Articles of Interests…

Friday Round-up…

By: Patrick Sperry

Patrick Sperry — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:39:47 +0000

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/TexasFred/Emoticons/ROFL2.gif

Have to see if that vorkedby Gott!

By: scotte

scotte — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:01:43 +0000

Wow , couldn’t we just add some covered walkways with an equal roofline to each side and have a huge foursquare game pad. Really , couldn’t we figure a cheaper way to change the outline of this building.
Heck , just tear down one wing!!!!

By: BobF

BobF — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:58:27 +0000

Who cares what it looks like from the air. People can be so stupid.

By: Bloviating Zeppelin

Bloviating Zeppelin — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:56:22 +0000

Has anyone perchance examined the shape of the building to see if, maybe, it was constructed in THAT fashion for the sake of route expediency, HVAC efficiency, and or SAVING A FEW DOLLARS?

How STUPID are we?

Don’t answer that.

By: Basti

Basti — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:45:18 +0000

I have one question. “Who gives a flying fuck at a rolling donut?” Fucking p/c bullshit over something that was built in 1967! (I wonder if Klaus Barbie was an architect. He worked for US Intel)

By: TexasFred

TexasFred — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:35:44 +0000

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:32:47 +0000

Conversation between Architect and planners:

P> “uh gee, Fritz … does this design kinda remind you of anything?”

F> “Vass? You don’t LIKE my design! Is perfectly GOOD design! My Uncle Adolph LOVED this design!”

P> “yeah, I know, Fritz, but see … some people might fight it … you know … a bit offensive, maybe?”

F> ” Vat people! People flying around in those things you stole from Dr. Von Hindenberg!”

P> “well … you know. Maybe in … who knows … 40 or 50 years … maybe people can see things from space or something. What will they think if they see that … uh … “shape” there?”

F> “I VILL NOT CHANGE DESIGN! IS GOOD DESIGN! YOU WILL APPROVE MY DESIGN, AND YOU VILL … LIKE … IT!”

…or something.

By: gunz

gunz — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:28:31 +0000

Yea, I’d have to agree somewhat with the closet racist myself, that’s pretty f-ked up and it took 40 years to fully acknowledge it could be offensive to someone? In particular Jews? I wonder how many Jewish American sailors it berthed over a span of 4 decades? Amazing, must not of hurt too bad, this article was the first I’d heard of it.

But on another note, there had to be quite a few hands in the designing, approving, inspecting and building process and no one threw in a flag and said it looks like a swastika? We better change course? LMAO.

By: TexasFred

TexasFred — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:55:58 +0000

Yeah, I’ll let this comment in, this time,Â just so people can see you for what you are…

And in this particular case, I happen to looselyÂ agree with you, why should WE have to spend the money to fix this?? After 40 years?? No one has been lynched or gassed over it, I fail to see it as a deliberate attempt at symbolism by anyone today, maybe during the time it was built but damn, we have to pay to fix it??