The 9/11 Memorial Museum has opened and garnered negative press for its “crass commercialization”.
Its gift shop sells a gamut of things ranging from hoodies and caps to mugs and rescue dog vests. It feels like something out of a satire.
Is it insensitive? Is it understandable/inevitable? General thoughts?
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The 9/11 museum’s absurd gift shop | New York Post
Are the 9/11 museum’s commemorative toys and hoodies a step too far? | Culture | The Guardian
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Some of those items do seem like satire unfortunately 
I understand the need for the gift shop as it is there to help with the cost of the memorial, but it doesn’t feel right. i know it’s been over 10 years, but for us in New York it seems too soon for something like this.
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It feels too soon to me too. :\
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“To me, it’s the crassest, most insensitive thing to have a commercial enterprise at the place where my son died,” Diane Horning said."
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Its american society. The decision was taken by government and by various people who run the place, and there was no protest. Shows a lot about the society, when you can protest numerous things except for the commercialization of what basically is a memorial.
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Zafra is right…this is American society doing what it does best.