Timeline for Can you "commemorate" something bad?
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| May 25, 2016 at 0:46 | comment | added | SAH | I stand corrected; there was nothing happy in 1945. The second sentence's use of "commemorate" is oddly both redundant and overdetermined. I would not call this good writing. | |
| May 22, 2016 at 19:25 | comment | added | deadrat | If you think the liberation of Auschwitz was a happy event, I suggest you do a little more reading on the subject. I have no idea what you mean by "weaselly" "in light of" this issue. Is it that the second sentence directly contradicts your notion of how the word commemorate should be used? So sorry that the English of Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau w Oświęcimiu doesn't meet your standards of quality writing. | |
| May 22, 2016 at 18:41 | comment | added | SAH | I wasn't the downvoter. I will say that the liberation of Auschwitz was indeed a happy event, so this is not a great example of what not to commemorate. The second sentence of your quote is a little weaselly a use in light of this specific issue, I think. Still seeking a citation from high-quality writing. | |
| May 6, 2016 at 8:37 | comment | added | deadrat | Another driveby downvoter, a curse upon this site. If you don't have the common courtesy to provide a reason for your vote, consider that you leave no opportunity for someone to correct a wrong answer and you leave readers with the impression that a correct answer is lacking. | |
| May 5, 2016 at 23:18 | history | answered | deadrat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |