45 million vote for new wonders of the world

[the_pestilence]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070521/wl_af...sm_070521135438personally I think it's BS that Statue of liberty was not in the top 10 and Golden Gate Bridge was not even a voting option. Ask 1000 people what "Petro in Jordan" is and ask a thousand people what the statue of liberty is and probably 99.9% of them will know the latter and about half will know the former.

 

[Roaming]

Man made structures shouldn't count. Therefore the Acropolis should win.

 

[redneck]

Its hard to sngle down all those things, With the exception of the Eiffle Tower all those are very old. I do think Mesa Verde should be on the list though, probably more so than the Eiffle Tower.

 

[Milgod]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RaptorFan#1 @ May 21 2007, 06:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Man made structures shouldn't count. Therefore the Acropolis should win.</div>errr, what?Who made the Acropolis then?It's a good idea but there certainly should have been some modern structures in there. Statue of Liberty, whilst a symbol known the World over, doesn't deserve to be there. It isn't considered one of the most amazing wonders of the world, maybe if it was 4/5 times as big, but its relatively small.

 

[primetime]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kobebryant_24OWNEDME @ May 21 2007, 12:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070521/wl_af...sm_070521135438personally I think it's BS that Statue of liberty was not in the top 10 and Golden Gate Bridge was not even a voting option. Ask 1000 people what "Petro in Jordan" is and ask a thousand people what the statue of liberty is and probably 99.9% of them will know the latter and about half will know the former.</div>It said ancient wonders of the world, 250 years is a long time but it's far from ancient so I can understand why the statue of liberty isnt on there.

 

[Milgod]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PrimeTime @ May 22 2007, 11:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It said ancient wonders of the world, 250 years is a long time but it's far from ancient so I can understand why the statue of liberty isnt on there.</div>I don't think it is for ancient wonders, although the majority are. The Eiffel tower is certainly not ancient. Also, are you saying the Statue of Liberty is 250 years old? It was finally finished in 1886 so a lot more recent than you think.

 

[the_pestilence]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PrimeTime @ May 22 2007, 03:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It said ancient wonders of the world, 250 years is a long time but it's far from ancient so I can understand why the statue of liberty isnt on there.</div>I was under the impression it said "new" wonders of the world.