Sunday 08 July 2007
new 7 wonders is a joke
UNESCO slams new seven wonders list | | The Australian
I scoff at any list of "wonders" that included a statue created less than 100 years ago, with no mystery attached to it, but failed to include the statues of Easter Island.
"All of these wonders obviously deserve a place on the list, but what disturbs us is that the list is limited to just seven," he said, pointing out that "seven were adequate in antiquity because the antique world was much smaller than today", only comprising the area surrounding the Mediterranean.
I scoff at any list of "wonders" that included a statue created less than 100 years ago, with no mystery attached to it, but failed to include the statues of Easter Island, which are one of the greatest mysteries of histories the world has ever known.
But the problem was clear in that the choices given to people included choices that defied the term "wonder".
And sadly, I think many of the voters probably chose a statue created less than 100 years ago, with no wondering necessary, simply because they're Christians and felt they should vote for it for no other reason than that the statue depicts Jesus.
Not that it's not a nice statue & all, and not that it doesn't deserve attention & admiration...
But how can you even compare a statue erected in 1913 to the hundreds of moai monoliths on Rapa Nui, that are such wonders, that even top scholars & archaelogists are unable to narrow down their construction dates to a particular century.
posted by Chloe | Sunday 08 July 2007 5:36 PM
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