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LeftinOH

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33. Anyone been to the traveling Titanic exhibit? Or to a Civil War battlefield?

Fri May 30, 2014, 04:48 PM

May 2014

Or to the Fifth Floor Museum in Dallas? Or to Ford's Theatre in Washington DC? Or to the ruins of Pompeii? etc, etc, etc.

Exit through the gift shop!

With each passing day, that awful Tuesday morning in 2001 transitions from "current events" to historical event. Consider that current high school students have little or no memory of 9/11.

Certainly, I have a problem with the commercialization of 9/11 ...but it is unavoidable, especially given its location. On-site trinket-peddling often is in dubious taste...and it seems that only places where visitor access is tightly controlled -like Arlington National Cemetery or some Holocaust sites- are truly successful at keeping out the money-changers.

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9/11 Museum Yanks Commemorative Cheese Platter After Outrage [View all] n2doc May 2014 OP

It really was cheesy. Warren Stupidity May 2014 #1

Rimshot Algernon Moncrieff May 2014 #5

It made me bleu. nt msanthrope May 2014 #8

A feta compli. Orrex May 2014 #22

Yeah, they bleu it. theHandpuppet May 2014 #25

They were trying to make cheddar on tragedy. nt msanthrope May 2014 #46

You curd brie right about that pinboy3niner May 2014 #27

Not even worthy of a truck stop. no_hypocrisy May 2014 #2

Cheezy sleazy 2naSalit May 2014 #3

Who decided these things? Do all profits go to the memorial or the families impacted by the 9/11 Lint Head May 2014 #4

Seriously, somebody thought this was a good idea? hatrack May 2014 #6

What about the "3000 people died and all I got was this tshirt" shirt? NightWatcher May 2014 #7

I agree treestar May 2014 #21

A 9-11 cheese platter? Hekate May 2014 #9

What really outrages me is the $25 admission fee Hekate May 2014 #10

The 9-11 Memorial Museam has a fee to enter????? dixiegrrrrl May 2014 #11

Apparently so, but "only" $24 for adults. At least seeing the Memorial is free. Hekate May 2014 #23

U.S. Veteran $18.00 Tree-Hugger May 2014 #30

I am just sitting here imaginging MadrasT May 2014 #12

If I don't buy a souvenier, how else am I JaneyVee May 2014 #13

Knock-Knock. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #17

Why single out this item? seveneyes May 2014 #14

Not really. It's just the cheesiest. n/t VWolf May 2014 #15

At least they dropped the chess set. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #16

Oh, No! Delmette May 2014 #37

So that exists. Initech May 2014 #39

You're right it could be worse. I saw tourists scooping up peoples' ashes KurtNYC May 2014 #20

For the 19 cojackers? Blue Owl May 2014 #26

DARN I always wanted a US-shaped cheese platter with hearts marking terrorist atrocities. Nye Bevan May 2014 #18

I'm sure they are available on e-bay n2doc May 2014 #29

Meh. hedgehog May 2014 #19

That's just a teensy bit different. A century ago they'd be wearing mourning garments for a year... Hekate May 2014 #24

The Onion had a great take on the museum LuckyTheDog May 2014 #28

I'm outraged. It's time this country started a CHEESE PARTY! MrScorpio May 2014 #31

I feel the need... pinboy3niner May 2014 #32

Anyone been to the traveling Titanic exhibit? Or to a Civil War battlefield? LeftinOH May 2014 #33

I was going to post "Don't you folks ever go to a place like Gettysburg?" lisby May 2014 #38

"Who cares?" WE DO - LiberalElite May 2014 #44

it hasn't even been 15 years, even the Kennedys and King deaths still seem too soon JI7 May 2014 #40

Where's the cheese? tclambert May 2014 #34

Everything (and everyone) is a commodity deutsey May 2014 #35

True capitalism! Oh we should be so proud. Nothing is sacred in this country except YOHABLO May 2014 #36

It was double plus ungouda daleo May 2014 #41

Here's the real outrage of 9-11: Octafish May 2014 #42

I will put it next... awoke_in_2003 May 2014 #43

Vulgarity: America's #1 Greatest Natural Resource REP May 2014 #45

why was it there in the first place? *(and another thing i find sick) iamthebandfanman Jun 2014 #47