Rebuild the Towers!

I've heard it suggested that the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center should be rebuilt just as they were--perhaps an inch higher and an inch wider--as a show of defiance to the terrorists. I haven't had much of an opinion on the matter. I had no affection for the Towers architecturally. They almost seemed imposed on the Manhattan skyline. I'm sure it was difficult for old-timers to warm up to the Twin Monsters when they came along.

But I have to say, now that I have been to NYC several times since 9-11-01, the Towers need to be rebuilt as they were. Make them an inch taller if you like. Build them stronger if possible. But the city is not the same without them. It's bizarre to me that there was ever debate about what to do. I think some didn't want to "invite" another attack by putting up the same structures. And there was the whole controversy over how to memorialize the victims. But isn't there something self-evident about the fact that the city should look like it does above? Why was it ever a question?