Well. It's a grand disaster and I am sad, but there are people starving and nobody seems to care, but for a Cathedral they are donating over 500 M€ …
Good point. How much have you donated to the poor this year? And how much have you spend on diyaudio this year?
Jan
What do starving people have to do with this cultural/historical disaster?
So not repairing that Cathedral will stop the World Hunger or something?
Speak about
So not repairing that Cathedral will stop the World Hunger or something?
Speak about
(In can´t even imagine the current value) and *that* might have some influence, anything less is irrelevant.World military spending totaled more than $1.6 trillion in 2015
It is a disaster, I'm not sad, but I have no personal connection to it.Well. It's a grand disaster and I am sad, but there are people starving and nobody seems to care, but for a Cathedral they are donating over 500 M€ …
When Windsor Castle went up in flames I thought it was an impressive sight and the sort of thing that should happen to castles
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Well. It's a grand disaster
not really. The Twin Towers was a disaster, Grenfell was a disaster, this was just a fire.
What do starving people have to do with this cultural/historical disaster?
So not repairing that Cathedral will stop the World Hunger or something
Perhaps you might like to read this:- HuffPost is now part of Oath
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I wonder whether the Brits would say 'it's just a building' when Big Ben would burn down.
5th November.
Its a beautiful and iconic building that's c. 850 years old - I can understand why the French are upset about this. If Westminster Cathedral burnt down, there would some pretty unhappy Brits around that's for sure.
However, if the houses of Parliament burnt down (as some MP's have warned could happen), you can bet there would be a mighty cheer across the land (and elsewhere as well).
However, if the houses of Parliament burnt down (as some MP's have warned could happen), you can bet there would be a mighty cheer across the land (and elsewhere as well).
I wonder whether the Brits would say 'it's just a building' when Big Ben would burn down.
I think many French would gladly give their life it it would undo this.
Jan
I would say the same for any building, anywhere. It's sad, but if no one died, it can be rebuilt if we want. Buildings are inanimate, just man made things, in the final analysis.
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