In the wake of Notre Dame’s inferno, while many hope to see that magnificent landmark to God grace the Parisian skyline once again, others see the burning of the iconic Catholic cathedral in a far different light. Take the recent response by Rolling Stone, for example, which promotes a quote from an architect hailing the fire as “an act of liberation.”
“How should France rebuild Notre Dame?” the Rolling Stone’s E.J. Dickson asks in the title of an op-ed published Tuesday. Rather than give the obvious answer – exactly as it was – Dickson goes on to flirt with the idea of Notre Dame becoming something else, forever ridding it of the meaning that so many people ascribe to it, which the article suggests is some kind of pathological clinging to a past-that-never-was.
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