peppy said:
yaliu07 said:
eyephone said:
SoCal said:
So, fill me in. Why is having a veterans' cemetery such a big deal. HOW CLOSE IS TOO CLOSE? Sharing a fence with the homes? On the same street? Half a mile away? 5 miles away? In the same city? County? Portola Springs has homes built on top of Indian graves. There are absolutely, undoubtedly additional human remains under other Irvine & O.C. homes whether you realize it or not. Then, maybe it's not a distance issue but rather a time issue. If the person died last week, not okay. But if they died 300 years ago, now it's okay? At what arbitrary point does it suddenly go from "Not okay" to "OK"? Sounds kinda ridiculous to me.
Anyway, it's not like living next door to a crematorium. I imagine the veterans' cemetery would be done with pride and respect and probably a very peaceful, beautifully-maintained open space. But, hey, I'm not Asian, so...
Just imagine hearing the 21 gun salute. Motorcade of cars by US agencies, news coverage, etc.
I'm just speculating.
that's a very good point. i should bring that up to city official.
Westwood VA cemetery had the opposite problem. It was too loud OUTSIDE of the cemetery for people to peacefully reflect over the graves of our fallen soldiers. There was a proposal to build a soundwall to keep the 405 traffic noise out of it but that never materialized. Having lived in its proximity, and being a witness to the serenity such a place offers, I have a hard time understanding most of the complaints voiced over it; well, other than being the outcome of superstitious believes that will lower the property value for certain demographics.
I think we are ALL going back and forth regarding this plot of land. The fact of the matter is: this was never disclosed to the homeowners/potential buyers that they are building a national war cemetery. If they did disclose it - it's fair game. My response would be, too bad you didn't read the disclosure and could of walked away.
So basically Yaliu has to "potentially" leave his house during the weekend to avoid hearing the cannons/rifles for the 21 gun solute ceremony. I assume not every funeral will have a 21 gun solute. (Who knows) Also, he has to deal with the stoppage of traffic around the cemetary for the motorcades. This also might be against Yaliu faith/beliefs to live by a cemetary.
Yaliu - please confirm if my points represent your opinion. If not, I can modify them.