yep lets spend a shed load of monny on a stutue in the porest part of a country. its not like it would make more sence spending the mony ore investing the time took on helping reduce poverty around the world.

Westy, based on your comments on other posts I have no idea whether I should take you seriously (or seruysly, or however the hell you think it is supposed to be spelled), but in case I should, or anyone else is wondering why they're doing this, I think it's actually a brilliant way to lift the surrounding community *out* of poverty. They're billing this as an "8th Wonder of the World," which almost certainly means tourists will be visiting. If this is supposed to hold up for 1000 years and costs, lets say, $200M (I'm guessing it'll go overbudget, probably by more than that), they only need it to earn $200,000 every year to break even. Plus interest presumably, but if it's really as incredible as they're billing it to be a sum well over $500k per year should be easy. Potentially they could rent out some office space and make that much, which would also be good for the community, as at the very least there would be some secretarial / temp work; restaurants too.

Hell, they put a good arcade, imax theater, and/or waterpark into it and I'm thinking 2nd honeymoon destination. Oh, and please a "Planet Bollywood" restaurant. This must happen.

That is Uttarly incredible.





Sorry.

I can't help thinking of Gorkamorka.

Astonishing! Thanks for posting this, gwaan!

It's about time our planet's civilizations again build something to stand the test of time. The Egyptians have the Pyramids... and we have low-income housing. That's no slam on the value of combatting poverty, but when we set our brains to creating something we know will last long after we're gone, it gives us a sense of pride and ownership over our lives. That may seem counter-intuitive to some, but not everyone can be a visionary!