So there are a bunch of politicos and Kennedys in a tizzy because some ethnic group other than their own wants to tacky-up their greenway (we've mentioned it before). The big news this weekend is that Mumbles has come out publicly (no, not like that) against the memorial:

Menino said there could be another suitable place in Boston for a small park that would recall the Armenian Genocide that began in 1915. "If there's an alternate site, I'd be willing to work with the Armenian community to put it there," Menino said.
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The proposed park was shown publicly for the first time at a meeting of North End and Wharf District residents last month, and Turnpike officials made clear they plan to build it on a piece of land near Christopher Columbus Park.

(emphasis ours)

It's almost like they're starting to get it. They at least put the words "genocide" and "Christopher Columbus" together in one article. How can we argue about the appropriateness of memorials on the greenway when we have a Christopher Columbus Park, complete with concrete statue of the bloodthirsty slave trader (and crap navigator)? What exactly is appropriate about seeing this man immortalized for no good reason — outside of the role he played in initiating a centuries-long policy of genocide — and innappropriate about having a memorial about a culture upon whom genocide was inflicted?

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