Your Tax Dollars At Work
What happens when you design four buildings in the shape of an L and then arrange their bases to point at each other? In the age of political correctness, you have created a structure that runs the risk of offending someone who views this arrangement on Google Earth.
As children, we would ‘see’ monsters in cloud formations. But we knew enough to realize that it was our fears and imagination at work. Clouds are just clouds. Someone can look at this picture of Navy barracks and purposefully project an evil symbol of Nazism upon those buildings — buildings that aren’t even connected in the middle. The more enlightened among us could find an ancient religious symbol of well-being. But this isn’t about enlightenment. This is about $600,000 additional tax dollars that the Navy is going to spend to make sure the less-enlightened aren’t offended.
Our begrudging brethren wouldn’t have known about this structure by simply walking around it. As usual, it only took a few people who enjoy making problems where none really exist. So now, instead of buying battle armor to protect our troops, *we* get to spend money to protect the sensibilities of a disturbed few…
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