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Sam Adams
rank Fri Apr 26 19:58:54 2019
http://plu...6kvCAMj4z461LATgRcWLcyZ2irE9bg

A British architect came under fire for his “modest proposal,” in which he suggested replacing the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral spire with a “graceful minaret” as a memorial to the “approximately 100 Algerians who were killed by the French police while protesting the Algerian War in 1961.”

A minaret, from the Arabic word for “beacon,” is a tower commonly found on mosques and associated with Islamic religious architecture.

Rugian
rank Fri Apr 26 20:06:38 2019
Yeah I've been seeing a lot of bullshit like this. Here's some historian advocating that the roof be replaced with a modernist design because it will piss off the alt-right:

http://www...n-roof-the-alt-right-will-hate

France better not fuck this one up.

Sam Adams
rank Fri Apr 26 20:18:04 2019
I wonder what portion of the modern world just gets paid to social justice whine and actually contributes nothing to society.

On UP we know we have seb...

Cherub Cow
rank Fri Apr 26 21:16:23 2019
Hmm, that article makes some fair points, though in complete fairness we in the supposed “West/East binary is a white racist invention” world should probably burn down Mecca and replace it with a postmodern water slide park. History is, after all, an amalgamation of influences. ;)

Academic virus voices aside, hopefully Notre Dame is rebuilt just the way it was — brick for brick... though, this could be a chance to... improve the foundations... in the Southeast corner.

Seb
rank Fri Apr 26 22:35:39 2019
This from the idiot that wanted to do this to it:

https://youtu.be/e0ATCXNb284

And probably wants to blow up the blue mosque for that matter.

Again, for you it's about religion/race, for me it's about people. So no, I'm not interested in which fictional sky god it's dedicated to. To me it's about the architecture, and I love a good bit of flying butress.

They should rebuild it as was. All this bollocks about glass is moronic - would ruin the view of the stained glass roses as it needs to be dark inside.

Rugian
rank Sat Apr 27 00:43:28 2019
"They should rebuild it as was. "

On this much at least UP is probably fully united on. Which of course means that France will inevitably end up approving a new spire that looks like a miniature version of the Shard.

McKobb
rank Sat Apr 27 00:56:17 2019
They should change the stain glass to depictions on how The United States of America saved Europe's ass!

hood
rank Sat Apr 27 01:03:37 2019
Rebuild to have the same visual appearance. If there's room for improving the materials used to strengthen the building without making it look different, that should also be done.

As CC said, "improve the foundations... in the Southeast corner."

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Sam Adams rank	Fri Apr 26 19:58:54 2019 http://plu...6kvCAMj4z461LATgRcWLcyZ2irE9bg A British architect came under fire for his “modest proposal,” in which he suggested replacing the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral spire with a “graceful minaret” as a memorial to the “approximately 100 Algerians who were killed by the French police while protesting the Algerian War in 1961.” A minaret, from the Arabic word for “beacon,” is a tower commonly found on mosques and associated with Islamic religious architecture.
Rugian rank	Fri Apr 26 20:06:38 2019 Yeah I've been seeing a lot of bullshit like this. Here's some historian advocating that the roof be replaced with a modernist design because it will piss off the alt-right: http://www...n-roof-the-alt-right-will-hate France better not fuck this one up.
Sam Adams rank	Fri Apr 26 20:18:04 2019 I wonder what portion of the modern world just gets paid to social justice whine and actually contributes nothing to society. On UP we know we have seb...
Cherub Cow rank	Fri Apr 26 21:16:23 2019 Hmm, that article makes some fair points, though in complete fairness we in the supposed “West/East binary is a white racist invention” world should probably burn down Mecca and replace it with a postmodern water slide park. History is, after all, an amalgamation of influences. ;) Academic virus voices aside, hopefully Notre Dame is rebuilt just the way it was — brick for brick... though, this could be a chance to... improve the foundations... in the Southeast corner.
Seb rank	Fri Apr 26 22:35:39 2019 This from the idiot that wanted to do this to it: https://youtu.be/e0ATCXNb284 And probably wants to blow up the blue mosque for that matter. Again, for you it's about religion/race, for me it's about people. So no, I'm not interested in which fictional sky god it's dedicated to. To me it's about the architecture, and I love a good bit of flying butress. They should rebuild it as was. All this bollocks about glass is moronic - would ruin the view of the stained glass roses as it needs to be dark inside.
Rugian rank	Sat Apr 27 00:43:28 2019 "They should rebuild it as was. " On this much at least UP is probably fully united on. Which of course means that France will inevitably end up approving a new spire that looks like a miniature version of the Shard.
McKobb rank	Sat Apr 27 00:56:17 2019 They should change the stain glass to depictions on how The United States of America saved Europe's ass!
hood rank	Sat Apr 27 01:03:37 2019 Rebuild to have the same visual appearance. If there's room for improving the materials used to strengthen the building without making it look different, that should also be done. As CC said, "improve the foundations... in the Southeast corner."
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