Today as I walked around Bebelplatz in Berlin, I was accosted by endless streams of young American and British tourists in huge numbers, distinctly audible from their accents, which made me bristle with the kind of annoyance I get when I end up in a place overrun by tourists and generic packaged tour groups. There was a tour guide standing close to me giving a description of the square to a dozen teenagers, and talking about the significance of books and why the burning of books was such a terrible atrocity that should never be repeated again. To me, it sounded so obvious and logical that his statements came across almost trite. Likewise I also find that my entire article is nothing more than stating the obvious. Yet as obvious as it seems, in the end it is still a lesson that many have not learnt. openurbanism.blogspot.de/2014/07/on-act-of-rationalising-destruction-of.html
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 23:07:29 +0000
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