Absolutely. I have no idea why everything has to be so

black or white on this issue. I may not entirely agree with the University’s decision, but this threads the needle of historical preservation and architectural integrity quite well. I seriously doubt that ND will be destroying these murals in the foreseeable future.

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But it is 2019. - mustangman 2019-01-21 09:49:53
- Again, this has been a point of debate for at least 20 years - 3rdSt 2019-01-21 09:54:34
  - That is my point. - mustangman 2019-01-21 10:02:10
    - And I’m saying that this wasn’t a ‘rush’ decision. - 3rdSt 2019-01-21 10:06:55
      - But it is selective. - mustangman 2019-01-21 11:18:22
        Aren't careful decisions supposed to be selective... - ufl 2019-01-21 11:51:56
        I think it was a hollow and spineless decision. - mustangman 2019-01-21 18:26:07
        You make up your own narrative. Good for you. * - 3rdSt 2019-01-21 23:03:28
        It’s both an unstoppably broad slippery slope - captaineclectic 2019-01-21 14:43:50
        Yes. * - mustangman 2019-01-21 18:26:45
        I think you may have missed the conflict... - ufl 2019-01-22 09:05:34
I think the conundrum has to do with the fact... - ufl 2019-01-20 19:07:19
- Yep. And that’s why I think the University made a decent - 3rdSt 2019-01-20 19:22:22
  - Understated righteous indignation - - SWPaDem 2019-01-21 07:18:11
    - It would have been preferable to just cover them.. - ufl 2019-01-21 08:23:24
      - Yes, I wish that's what ND had done. * - SWPaDem 2019-01-21 08:36:37
        Wouldn't the complaint then be that - ufl 2019-01-21 08:55:47
        Not to mention the complete lack of transparency * - DakotaDomer 2019-01-21 09:49:31
        There likely would have been twice the uproar. * - ndroman21 2019-01-21 09:12:17
        Agreed * - HTownND 2019-01-21 10:51:57
        Was covering them the right decision, i.e., in your opinion? - SWPaDem 2019-01-21 11:21:15
        Yes, covering them was correct - HTownND 2019-01-21 12:06:03
        What is the educational value and historic value of the mura - fontoknow 2019-01-21 11:26:34
        History - SWPaDem 2019-01-21 11:41:21
        I'm lost, aren't there plenty of places to learn about him? - fontoknow 2019-01-21 11:56:28
        And at ND when this is all said and done - HTownND 2019-01-21 12:06:51
        In fact, they're being reproduced for display... - ndroman21 2019-01-21 12:46:50
        PS - HTownND 2019-01-21 13:09:57
        I don't disagree personally. - ndroman21 2019-01-21 13:28:04
        I can absolutely see - HTownND 2019-01-21 13:49:04
        No, you are correct - HTownND 2019-01-21 12:57:17
  - Exactly. * - Irish Tool 2019-01-20 20:27:34