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| "Freedom Tower" dropped | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 27 2009, 04:14 PM (343 Views) | |
| Copper | Mar 27 2009, 04:14 PM Post #1 |
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Shortstop
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I guess the Chinese moving in don't like the idea of freedom. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/27/no.freedom.tower/index.html
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| JBryan | Mar 27 2009, 04:17 PM Post #2 |
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I am the grey one
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They should call it the Freedom Crater for all we have seen for the past eight years. |
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| Mark | Mar 27 2009, 10:37 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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It's a stupid name. We are not free. |
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| jon-nyc | Mar 28 2009, 04:01 AM Post #4 |
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Cheers
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It was a silly and jingoistic name. Glad to see it go. I like Deficit Tower. Or The Bubble Building. |
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| John D'Oh | Mar 28 2009, 05:21 AM Post #5 |
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MAMIL
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The Stimulated Erection. |
| What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket? | |
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| kenny | Mar 28 2009, 05:28 AM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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The WTC was destroyed in an act of aggression against the US. I can understand if many Americans feel the name of the replacement would hold significant symbolism. I can understand the outrage if a Chinese company got the name changed from Freedom Tower. I agree the original choice of the name Freedom Tower was yucky jingoism but to have it dropped at the request of communists (who are now successful capitalists) is an big ouchie. |
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| George K | Mar 28 2009, 05:45 AM Post #7 |
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Finally
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Good thing that nobody was around when they forged the "Liberty" Bell. |
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| Jeff | Mar 28 2009, 06:19 AM Post #8 |
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Senior Carp
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I am glad the old name World Trade Center is coming back. I am glad that they are able to rent it to a constituent of the world trade community. How appropriate!! Perhaps not the best time to build new office space in the city, but I am sure we will grow into it eventually.
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| Frank_W | Mar 28 2009, 07:03 AM Post #9 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Yep. Forget the corny, jingoistic names. "World Trade Center" works for me. (Plus, it's a great big FU to the terrorists. It says, "Not only do you matter so little that we've gone ahead and rebuilt it, we've even given it the old name, and what you've done will not be memorialized in the name of the buildings that you destroyed.") |
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| phykell | Mar 28 2009, 11:41 AM Post #10 |
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Senior Carp
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"WTC" definitely! |
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| Horace | Mar 28 2009, 01:30 PM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Yes, "Freedom Tower" is an embarrassing lowest common denominator type name. I'm glad we're getting rid of it.
Interesting point, Frank. |
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| George K | Mar 28 2009, 07:11 PM Post #12 |
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Finally
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Who's Unpatriotic?
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Frank_W | Mar 29 2009, 07:09 AM Post #13 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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TMIF. (The media is foul.) |
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