Is This a Wreck? You Decide.
September 11, 2008 Today we Americans and our friends around the world should pause and remember those lost in the attacks on 9/11/01. We each do this in our own way, and some people commemorate the day a little differently. Some people, for example, make a cake:
I've received several different pictures of this cake - each taken from a different angle - so it's obviously getting a lot of attention from passers-by. Some believe this is just the baker's way of using his unique skills to make a tribute. Others think it's disrespectful: halfway through serving those towers the cake is going to look pretty darn macabre. Personally, I'm on the fence. I see the skill involved, and I think the baker's motives are pure, but in execution I can see why so many are offended.
Your thoughts?
Thanks to Anna B., Patrick C., Dubi K., and Marc Felion, who took the original photo.
Reader Comments (314)
It's no more morbid than eating a "baby belly" cake or a cake of an animal. It's a tribute... not meant to be disrespectful at all. It wasn't made in bad taste (with an airplane off the side or the tower or anything horrible like that) so just enjoy the thought and eat the cake.... ;)
Look, I know that this is REALLY late, but let me just lay down my views here. I was eleven years old when the Towers went down. I WATCHED those Towers fall and I thought, "Oh my God, this is not happening, it canNOT be happening."
A CAKE, guys? To some, it's awesome. To some, it's offensive.
To me, it's the sounds of those buildings falling and the screams of the dying trapped within the rubble.
I commend the baker for making this cake. Not many people have that intention to honor the dead, and I salute him for baking such a beautiful cake. But if he or anyone else actually intends to eat that cake, then I hope they choke.
I think that the eating of the cake does not enter into whether or not this is a wreck, in the same sense that eating a cake with someone's picture on it is not disrespectful. I think that even if you consider the eating of the cake to be disrespectful, it has not yet been eaten so at best (or worst) it is a potential or imminent wreck.
I have no opinion one way or another, but I think we should all give way to the opinion of the girl who posted, whose dad and cousin died on the day.
If you're ok with it, think back to the last family member you loved and how they died. Breast cancer? How'd you like to eat a lumpy breast cake? Fire? How'd you like to eat a recreation of the building they were burned in? Asphyxiation?
Has anyone noticed that it violates the following Federal Flag Codes?
"The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to
it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any
nature."
"The Flag Code addresses the impropriety of using the flag as an article of
personal adornment, a design on items of temporary use, and item of clothing.48 The
evident purpose of these suggested restraints is to limit the commercial or common
usage of the flag and, thus, maintain its dignity."
What bothers me is that the flag looks like a book. It's a well done cake, even though the towers really aught to be either in perfect condition or in pieces around the remains of the towers. Still, I'd eat it.
Oh my god people are so sensitive these days I swear. Since when did it become ok for everyone to complain about EVERYTHING? It's a nice cake that was meant to be a tribute to the events that happened. Anyone else who thinks differently is just plain stupid and overly sensitive. Grow a pair and stop whining about every little thing you see and hear.
Omg i think 9/11/2001 is very sad it allways has a way to make me cry. i gives all my love and blessinging to the family and friends of the vicktems in the playns and in the twin *sniff* towers.
I think that people should spend less time "feeling offended." It would make the world a better place.
It's a cake, people. Man up and eat it.
This cake is proof that the baker could do it and was tempted to do it. Too bad it looks like it's celebrating 9/11 rather than mourning it. Seriously. Cake is for social occasions. I think some people do have cake post-funerals but nothing that screams "Yay!", you know? This cake screams "Yay!".
Sorry, mate. The Star Spangled Banner never looked so badly misused paired up with the theme of this cake.
Weird and gross, but at least the flag is correct.
maybe it is one of the ones with the sticker that says"for display only".
I beleve the baker ment well, a sort of tribute, but he went about it the wrong way. It was stupid to use bright colors, stupid to make it into cake, and really dumb to display it in public becuse it can be taken the wrong idea. Basically it was a bad idea, not an insult.