Obscuring “Freedom”…

I saw this article in today’s New York Times: Farewell to Freedom for a While. Let’s focus on this excerpt:

“It is a little troubling to me that again there is a 1 World Trade Center, because a lot of great people and a lot of true heroes died in 1 World Trade Center,” Mr. Pataki said. “I think that name should be reserved, for those who did die on that horrible day.”

How do we approach the taboo? Interesting that Pataki insists on the label “Freedom Tower” while New Yorkers are calling it “1 World Trade Center.” A divide between the polity and the populous it seems… Government insisting on certain rhetoric…