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To be fair this is much more than just a church, it is a national icon and cultural heritage. Imagine the ungodly things americans would reply in a tweet saying this about the burning statue of liberty
“No way copper burns like that”
Okay the other one then, the oval office building.
What is it with Americans and office buildings in unusual shapes anyway?
I'd be more ok with it if the current occupants were still inside when it did burn.
Jet fuel doesn't burn hot enough!!!
/S
Terrible things can be beautiful in their own way. It doesn't necessarily mean it's something they are glad happened (though that "pleasing" admittedly doesn't look great). Have you never found the visual of something horrible captivating? Where you just can't look away?
Why go with a fictional event when 9/11 is right there? Of which I'm sure much more insensitive things the have been said about as well.
I certainly understand the sentiment, but I am also sensible enough to not proclaim that to the whole world in such an emotional situation. Naturally affected people are gonna be pissed and will interpret the statement in the worst possible way.
For the fictional event, I actually hadn't considered that because it would mean a center of commerce is the american equivalent of a national icon.
The "thousands of lives lost" part tends to hike up the level of tragedy over the "center of commerce" aspect for most people...
Yep, thats americans for you. The white house has been burned down before, and id pay to watch someone fly a plane into the statue of liberty. I bet it'd fuck the plane up way worse than the statue, but the statue isnt going to be undamaged. The spectacle would be cool, and the only people here that would be really pissed are the super patriotic ones, and those financially invested in the statue. For the first group, to be patriotic currently means you are completely brain dead, as there is nothing in americas past or present to be proud of. As for the second group, unless they are working a tourist stall, then that would really only effect the bigwigs, and everyone else would rejoice at their bottom line being effected.
Now if you were to blow up a school or the wtc, that would actually effect people more than it would effect the rich, and therefore most americans would be rightfully pretty pissed.
Je vais cramer ta mère on va voir si c'est captivant
if it happened today we'd probably celebrate lmao
I do see your point though
Completed: 1345
Twice as old as USA.
Lol weve been a disgrace to what that statue stands for. Too many would be ok with it. White house, maybe?
It's just a church to me.
Let that statue burn baby.
Why? It's a beautiful building with a lot of history.
Sure is. History can exist within books too. Doesn't have to be taking up a bunch of space and reminding us of the dark ages forever does it?
Idk about you, but I want to be reminded of the dark ages, that was a time of really cool history.
Who the fuck cares? We hold on to too much old shit as it is and or continues to mutate into a stagnation of meaningful progress. It's a building. Fuck that building.