I made the paper one summer. I was working for Apallofus Construction Ltd., and we were demolishing an old building. The building in question was an old school house laced with asbestos. My job was to spray the remains with a fire hose. The theory behind this was that the water would keep the dust down and the asbestos out of our lungs. The newspaper took a picture of me spraying the remains and added the caption "A Piece of History Destroyed." And that hurt a little. Was I really destroying history? And even if I was, was I not justified in doing so? The old school house represented something historical to some people, but to others, it was just an old building. To me the building represented the pain of being stuck in school when the outside was welcoming and free. With the use of my representation, the headline could have read "A Piece of 'the Pain from being Stuck in School' Destroyed." I like that headline better, but would have to admit that it is not as catchy. The point of this blog is to answer the question of what symbols of our world would I destroy if (and only if) I was a psychopath. Now it would have to be a powerful symbol to make such an act worthwhile, and it would have to be a famous building to add power to the message. Now the building that I would choose would be Harpo Studios. The building itself is not famous but Harpo Productions is famous for harbouring terrorists and Oprah. (Note: Oprah is not a terrorist per se, but she is still associated with such things.) I think that she and Dr. Phil may even have Weapons of Mass Destruction. Second choice would be the white house. We did it in 1814 and the Aliens did it in 1996 (see Independence Day). Why not do it again? What would you destroy?
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Christopher George Pomerleau
4 comments:
I would destroy the world trade centers... oh, too soon?
haha but really, I'd destroy the CN tower. No reason really, just that its really tall and would look funny falling over. Like a tall tree.
I would destroy the leaning tower of Piza. Because seriously, isn't everyone just sick and tired of how long that thing is taking to fall? Just put it out of its misery!
This one time i built a snow man, and it slowly started leaning. You know what I did? I jump kicked it in the face. So that is pretty much what i would do to Piza.
I have a hard time with this one, because I possess a very strong passion for historical edifices. Pantheon anyone? But if we are on an Anti-American streak, I'd say the statue of liberty ha ha ha, or perhaps Walmart. Yeah, attack commercialization, not beauty, people!
bahaha tief! i'd destroy the washington monument. seriously. what a silly structure. it looks like a pencil.. and it has less purpose.
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