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"Freedom Tower"? *Groan*

Originally posted by: dighn
it reminds me of freedom fries
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my cafeteria at work still uses the term 'freedom'. everytime i go in for french fries or french toast, they correct me. i just roll my eyes. ok, i understand the concept, but its been a year, c'mon now!
 
it's retarded.

Operation enduring freedom... I liked infinite justice a lot more.... hehehe... I like my terrorists nice and crispy on the inside!
 
Anyone have pics of the building??? I didn't even realize they had finalized what they were going to do...
 
Originally posted by: anxi80
Originally posted by: dighn
it reminds me of freedom fries
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my cafeteria at work still uses the term 'freedom'. everytime i go in for french fries or french toast, they correct me. i just roll my eyes. ok, i understand the concept, but its been a year, c'mon now!
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Which is exactly why terrorism works. Because Americans are in such a damned hurry that if it didnt happen last week we no longer care. Only our country is so dumb as to suffer debatably the worst terroist attack ever and just a few short years later pretend like it never happened and walk around blindly waiting for it to happen again :roll:
 
the est shi'te.


freedom tower designed by the clicched lefty danielf freedom-skin


its crap. they should just have built two big functional profiable office blocks, not some silly tapering 'hit me again' target.


what the hell new york and this tower have to do with the date of 1776 is beyond me. the link is too nausiatingly obvious.


the artistic tribute should have been left to installations in the ground previously occupied by the twin towers, and now occupied by some ornamental gardens.
 
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Which is exactly why terrorism works. Because Americans are in such a damned hurry that if it didnt happen last week we no longer care. Only our country is so dumb as to suffer debatably the worst terroist attack ever and just a few short years later pretend like it never happened and walk around blindly waiting for it to happen again :roll:
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but the whole 'lets put down the french' debacle has pretty much reached its pinnacle and and tapered off. in fact, i see it more as beating a dead horse. add on top of that, the fact that my grandmother has some french in her, meaning i have a small amount in me, thats in extremely bad taste for them to correct me and make me utter an insult towards my own bloodline heritage.

edit: and im not debating the politics of the whole ordeal, but the fact that my work cafeteria decided to still carry this on... just clarifying in case that point was forgetten/missed. didnt want to re-quote all that. 😀

edit02: in fact, i agree with the points you made shock. i dont want us to forget, i just want to be able to order food without being corrected just so that person behind the counter can feel all high and mighty and make me sound less patriotic than them.
 
Originally posted by: anxi80
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Which is exactly why terrorism works. Because Americans are in such a damned hurry that if it didnt happen last week we no longer care. Only our country is so dumb as to suffer debatably the worst terroist attack ever and just a few short years later pretend like it never happened and walk around blindly waiting for it to happen again :roll:
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but the whole 'lets put down the french' debacle has pretty much reached its pinnacle and and tapered off. in fact, i see it more as beating a dead horse. add on top of that, the fact that my grandmother has some french in her, meaning i have a small amount in me, thats in extremely bad taste for them to correct me and make me utter an insult towards my own bloodline heritage.
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Well then Mon Anxi80, french fires should be more derogatory then freedom fries
Of course, lets just put aside all that terrorism bit and worry about what we're calling our fries shall we? This is EXACTLY why we need the government to take away our freedoms and rights, because we the people are mere fickle sheep.
 
Originally posted by: anxi80
Originally posted by: dighn
it reminds me of freedom fries
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my cafeteria at work still uses the term 'freedom'. everytime i go in for french fries or french toast, they correct me. i just roll my eyes. ok, i understand the concept, but its been a year, c'mon now!
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Would you prefer French Tower? 😉
 
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Originally posted by: anxi80
Originally posted by: dighn
it reminds me of freedom fries
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my cafeteria at work still uses the term 'freedom'. everytime i go in for french fries or french toast, they correct me. i just roll my eyes. ok, i understand the concept, but its been a year, c'mon now!
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Which is exactly why terrorism works. Because Americans are in such a damned hurry that if it didnt happen last week we no longer care. Only our country is so dumb as to suffer debatably the worst terroist attack ever and just a few short years later pretend like it never happened and walk around blindly waiting for it to happen again :roll:
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I would argue that renaming french fries "freedom fries" has absolutely no effect on the amount of terrorism in the world. I would also argue that a paranoid populace would not really be any better at the "fight against terrorism" than a rational populace. I seriously hope that anyone that corrects your use of the term "french fries" is joking or mentally deficient. Also realize that the worst terrorist attack this country has suffered is minimal on the global scale of atrocity in the past few hundred years. Shouldn''t wiping out the indians be a worse terrorist attack than 9/11 in a rational thinking world? I'm not trying to play down 9/11, just put it in a realistic perspective instead of furthering the propaganda that stems from our government and media.
 
Freedom Tower, so cheesy. 100% Processed American Cheese. Does anyone have a link to a pic? I never realized they had decided on a concept.
 
I think somethign along the lines of "fvck Off Towers" would have been good. Works for Terrorism, and NYC in general.
 
I can't think of a better name for a 1776 ft phallus. I can think of less idiotic things than making the thing 1776 feet tall though.
 
Originally posted by: TheShiz

I would argue that renaming french fries "freedom fries" has absolutely no effect on the amount of terrorism in the world. I would also argue that a paranoid populace would not really be any better at the "fight against terrorism" than a rational populace. I seriously hope that anyone that corrects your use of the term "french fries" is joking or mentally deficient. Also realize that the worst terrorist attack this country has suffered is minimal on the global scale of atrocity in the past few hundred years. Shouldn''t wiping out the indians be a worse terrorist attack than 9/11 in a rational thinking world? I'm not trying to play down 9/11, just put it in a realistic perspective instead of furthering the propaganda that stems from our government and media.
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No, the renaming doesnt change a whole lot, except keep the memory alive of what happened. I also realize the 9/11 deal was minor compared to some atrocities, but my point is Americans so easily forget and history just keeps repeating itself over and over. We suffer a terrorist attack of some type, get all mad and hot under the collar for a year or so, then just brush it aside. 5 years later its like it never happened and we're all complacent and fat and lazy. Then it happens again, and we repeat the whole process over. And over. And over.
 
I am sure. I am so damn sure that terrorist are afraid and french are scared
of Americans changing the name "French Fries" to "Freedom Fries".
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the freedom fries thing come from Iraq? If I am right, I don't see what the hell not calling them freedom fries has to do with remembering 9/11. Either way, it's rediculous that they feel the need to change the name of fricken food to scoff at the French. They are sure showing their patriotism.

Back on topic: Maybe Freedom Tower is a bit cheesy, but do you have any better ideas for a tower that is going up over the sight of such a terrible event? At least people will remember how it got its name.
 
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