The (New) Seven Wonders Of The World!
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Posted by Taktsekte, 23.05.2007 - 22:07
These are the 20 candidates, and the symbols they stand for:
Acropolis (Athens, Greece) - Civilization and Democracy
Alhambra (Granada, Spain) - Dignity and Dialog
Angkor Wat (Angkor, Cambodia) - Beauty and Sanctity
Chichén Itzá (Yucatán, Mexico) - Worship and Knowledge
Statue of Christ Redeemer (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Welcoming and Openness
Colosseum (Rome, Italy) - Joy and Suffering
Easter Island Moais (Easter Island, Chile) - Mystery and Awe
Eiffel Tower (Paris, France) - Challenge and Progress
Great Wall of China (People's Republic of China) - Perseverance and Persistence
Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey) - Faith and Respect
Kiyomizu Temple (Kyoto, Japan) - Clarity and Serenity
Kremlin, Red Square, St Basil's Cathedral (Moscow, Russia) - Fortitude and Symbolism
Machu Picchu (Cuzco, Peru) - Community and Dedication
Neuschwanstein Castle (Southwest Bavaria, Germany) - Fantasy and Imagination
City of Petra (Petra, Jordan) - Engineering and Protection
Statue of Liberty (New York City, USA) - Generosity and Hope
Stonehenge (Wiltshire County, UK) - Intrigue and Endurance
Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia) - Abstraction and Creativity
Taj Mahal (Agra, India) - Love and Passion
Timbuktu (Région de Tombouctou, Mali) - Intellect and Mysticism
My choices were Acropolis, Alhambra, Colosseum, Great Wall, Machu Picchu, Petra and Taj Mahal. What's yours?
| Sleep In Sorrow Ghost Of The Sun Posts: 1904 From: Brazil  |
How can, for example, Petra, the Colloseum, the Moais and Christ the Redeemer be competing in the same competition? there's a huge time gap among them all! Personally, even though I'm Brazilian, I'm a bit revolted Christ the Redeemer won a place among the new seven wonders... it's not even much of a statue anyways, much less a wonder. It's not a fantastic piece of architecture nor is it very tall (only the hill on which it's placed is tall), and, even worse, it's a symbol of the Catholic power. Also, Rio de Janeiro is horrible, there's a fucking civil war going there. Crime rates are high I'm surprised the Christ wasn't built with the hands in the air in the "you're being robbed" manner. But I guess my braindead compatriots were too busy being full of silly, fake, patriotic pride to think about it. It's just a meaningless competition and a self promotion thing for the organizer...
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| Ellrohir Heaven Knight Posts: 8662 From: Czech Republic  |
none of those i have voted for are "winners" 
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| APOHAKC The Bard Posts: 3585 From: Serbia  |
I watched that on national TV, well, it looks like Great Wall Of China is leading, what a waste of time
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| tulkas el parcero Posts: 4742 From: Colombia  |
i'm not happy with some of the choices either. i mean, the christ redeemer!!?? sleep in sorrow is right, it isn't that big a thing to be in the same list as the great wall of china of the city of petra. also, i didn't vote for the roman coliseum, i don't know, i mean it is something great but... not that convincing for me
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| Endoftherainbow Posts: 1168 From: Canada  |
I think picking 7 new wonders of the world is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Are the old wonders not wonderful enough anymore? Like come on the things they have to pick from now are fucking stupid the thing that made the wonders of the world great is they weren't all man made pieces of shit like the Statue of Liberty who gives a shit about that it's the most boring thing I've ever seen and the reason it was given isn't that great or interesting either, and I'm not just picking on the statue of liberty I don't really think any of those things are worth anything with the exception of maybe Stonehenge.
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| Hyvaarin Posts: 1487 From: France  |
Written by Endoftherainbow on 28.07.2007 at 05:37 Let's look at the "classic" wonders... 1. Great Pyramid (man-made) 2. Hanging gardens of Babylon (man-made) 3. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (man-made) 4. Statue of Zeus at Olympia (man-made) 5. Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus (man-made) 6. Colossus of Rhodes (man-made) 7. Lighthouse of Alexandria (man-made) I think I get where you're coming from, but still, it's pretty funny  .
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands  |
Why the HELL was the Jesus statue in Rio picked? Just to appease the Catholics? Come on that statue is even cheesier and more pathetic than the Statue of Liberty.
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| Endoftherainbow Posts: 1168 From: Canada |
Written by Hyvaarin on 28.07.2007 at 12:15 Yeah I kind of should have thought about what I was saying abit, I was to busy being angry at the fact they're even changing them. Atleast thing like the Pyramid even though man made have more meaning to them because they were completely advanced for such a time period and now the things they have to chose from any stupid fucking archeticht could have came up with them there's nothing spectecular about the great majority of them.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
Written by Endoftherainbow on 28.07.2007 at 20:38 They are not changing the 7 wonders of the world. These new 7 are additional ones and AREN'T recognized by the UNESCO.
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| Endoftherainbow Posts: 1168 From: Canada |
Oh, well that's good to hear, still kind of stupid though. Atleast they're keeping the original ones because that really made me mad 
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| CrownOf10Horns Posts: 18 From: USA  |
If those are the only candidates, woe to the world. The moai are the closest thing I'd say to a "wonder". They're just these fucking crazy heads that make me wonder "Who the hell came up with this and why didn't I think of it first?" I'd say a true wonder would have to be some great feat of architectural mastery, or something really really big that's already there w'o human interference, like the mariana trench......this new seven wonders thing looks to me like a global mental jerk-off to the superiority of mankind over everything else.
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden  |
Written by Fhuesc on 27.05.2007 at 08:50 Ok.. this is pretty old message but I can still say something. I agree ith Doc. The wall isn't that interesting if you see it in the fact of history.... It was just a defense-thingy and nothing more. Stonehenge and Moais shoul get more attention because noone have a fucking clue of what was their purpose and more important... Do you understand how difficult it could be to build that kind of "rocks" as you say? Anyway... I just hate most of the winners. The only ones that actually deserve it is Taj Mahal and Machu Picchu.. those are really wonders. My list: - Acropolis - Angkor - Taj Mahal - Hagia Sophia - Stonehenge - Machu Picchu - Moais I also thought that Neuschwanstein was good.. but it's just not that old and influential.
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Posts: 9718 From: Canada  |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 17.12.2008 at 23:08 Actually I recently watched a documentary on Stonehenge and apparently (well the historians best guess using all sorts of science-y evidence, is that it was a burial ground for some line of royalty/powerful people. One family and all their ancestors buried in one place. As far as how it was built? Strangely enough I saw another thing covering this on the Discovery channel. This group of guys built a bunch of primitive pulleys and whatnots to see how much they could lift (to try and sort of reenact the building of Stonehenge), worked out surprisingly well actually.
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