Tag: The Cell

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A lot of speculation has been flying over true agenda behind the Center for Empowered Living and Learning (The Cell), that nation's first supposed anti-terrorism museum located in Denver and the recent subject of colorful commentary at The Colorado Independent. Apparently, the museum's founder is a maxed-out contributor to Sen. John McCain's campaign for president.

It was like a theme park ride, except with bombs and bodily injuries. The nation's premiere anti-terrorism museum opened in Denver on Tuesday, and somewhere between exhibit malfunctions and violent television panoramas reminiscent of "A Clockwork Orange" there was presumably some sort of message. But it all seemed to be more of an unintended satire on post-911 culture in the United States than an exhibit sparking an intelligent discourse on terrorism.

Denver's one-of-a-kind anti-terrorism museum opened to the public yesterday. The Center for Empowered Living and Learning, dubbed The Cell for short, aims to educate people about the root of terrorism, and what they can do to stop it with its inaugural exhibit, called Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: Understanding the Threat of Terrorism.