tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post800787638357794349..comments2023-10-21T03:07:18.017-05:00Comments on Enclave: The false choices of a nostalgic Tennessean columnistS-townMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-70554841481267553012011-01-17T09:43:22.868-06:002011-01-17T09:43:22.868-06:00The biggest problem with Ms. Kerr's editorial ...The biggest problem with Ms. Kerr's editorial is that it dangerously runs the risk of reducing the term "historic" to "nostalgic." If we begin to define the past as little more than preserving a memory, like a bad NPT documentary, then the importance of historic resources will be based solely on their value as a contemporary attraction, and that value will change depending on the political or economic climate. Memories can be dangerous, because no two people remember the past the same way. That's exactly what happened after the Civil War with the memory of the institution of slavery. Some Southerners looked back on it with nostalgia, not for the inherent conflict it had with creating a modern, democratic society, but that it was benevolent and ordered. Historic and nostalgic are two wholly different animals, thank goodness, and let's keep it that way and not reduce our debate over the fairgrounds to less than the legitimate concerns we might be destroying an historic resource that could have significant cultural value beyond the need for generating revenue for Metro's coffers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com