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Originally Posted by Thorsmomma I don't think that it is implying the message that everything is okay at all. I think it is more of a celebration that New Orleans is moving on, that they are holding their ground and rebuilding. I think it says' 'we are strong and we are not going to let THIS tradition be stopped' I totally agree with it. It will help bring money into NO and I think it will be a catalyst for another 'wave', if you will, of people to move back. |
Well said, and also Claire and Megan's posts, too. You are TOO smart for your age, Megan! And Claire, I love NO, but only know it as a tourist. Its so nice to hear your childhood stories. I'm sure you want to continue those traditions with your family.
I think there must be a real need to make things seem as normal as possible after such a tragedy. Mardi Gras is such an important tradition to NO that I think it would be so much worse to just ignore it.
On one of the news shows, I heard them say that it was going to cost the city a little under 3M to bring in revenues of over 300M. And NO was even starting to receive donations to cover their costs.
