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View Poll Results: What should be done with the WTC site?
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Used as a "quiet" memorial only as mentioned in the article
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Have part of it a memorial, and the rest used as small or medium sized office space
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2 similar 110 story office buildings should be erected
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Use the site as residential housing
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Use the site as an arts center with museums and such
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Use the site for goverment buildings
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Put up strip clubs and peep shows
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Leave the site barren
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Continues with the 2 twin beams of light used earlier
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Flood the area with water
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Erect a giant banana
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May 24, 2002, 18:04
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Prince
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Rebuild them. I just can't stand to play Max Payne and see how it shows a place that is supposed to be NY "today" which have the twin towers.
And perhaps that Duke Nukem Forever will be able to reach the shelves after that.
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May 24, 2002, 18:06
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Settler
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there's only one "honorable" choice: rebuilt it 
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May 24, 2002, 18:34
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King
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I would rebuild one of the 110-story towers. The other half of the site would be used as a sort of memorial park. There's a message there: We have rebuilt, but we shall also *always* remember those who died. The new tower would be a sign of recovery and moving on, while the park would serve as a testament to the horrible day that Sept. 11, 2001, turned out to be.
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May 24, 2002, 18:35
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Originally posted by Andemagne
I think the site should remain as it is, to remind the
americans that they are not alone in the world and they
should respect others too.
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5/10.
(From the "you deserved it" school of Euro-troll.)
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May 24, 2002, 18:53
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If I had my way, it'd be a 110-story building, in the shape of a giant fist, with the middle finger erect. 
But the land's private property, so the owner should do with it whatever he pleases (as long as it complies with zoning ordinances and building codes). It's the American way. 
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May 24, 2002, 18:59
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^^^True, but if the landowner has an iota of sense about him, he'll be more than happy to use some of that land as a memorial. If not, I hope ghosts haunt his every waking and sleeping hour.
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May 24, 2002, 19:15
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leave it barren, maybe plant some trees or something.
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May 24, 2002, 20:00
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Build then even higher!
Build two towers even higher than the first to show that the terrorists will not make us change our way of life, that the US will normalize and be stronger.
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May 25, 2002, 12:00
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Build a 120 story building in the shape of Osama bin Ladin.
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May 25, 2002, 12:12
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The towers contained ten percent of all the office space in Manhatten. That needs to be replaced. The Port Authority needs the money the rent on the site generated. While I really like the idea that a large memorial should be built, New York needs to replace the Towers as best they can. Still, some sort of memorial should go there.
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May 25, 2002, 12:18
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rebuild them. it's the only thing to do.
there's been rumors of new regulations as to the height of buildings (for evac. purposes), but i think the only way to show american resiliance would be to rebuild them just as they were.
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May 25, 2002, 12:22
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But they were so ugly. Rebuild them better.
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May 25, 2002, 12:26
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But they were so ugly. Rebuild them better.
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ugly? i actually thought they were good looking... what would you have doen to make them better looking?
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May 25, 2002, 14:11
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build them back, and paint them pink
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May 25, 2002, 14:27
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They really ought to be rebuilt. Let's not forget that they were an important part of NY's economy; it needs the office space and such. By all means build a memorial of some kind to those who died, but rebuild the towers as well (make them bigger, though).
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May 25, 2002, 14:28
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
The towers contained ten percent of all the office space in Manhatten. That needs to be replaced. The Port Authority needs the money the rent on the site generated. While I really like the idea that a large memorial should be built, New York needs to replace the Towers as best they can. Still, some sort of memorial should go there.
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I agree with the commie. (On this only! Anybody who cuts and pastes this will be hunted down and shot.)
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May 25, 2002, 14:32
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You could always rebuild them and put a big bulls eye there. Like we did with the Azrieli towers.
The bulls eye :
The expected result :
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May 25, 2002, 14:53
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I agree with the commie. (On this only! Anybody who cuts and pastes this will be hunted down and shot.)
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Even me?
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May 25, 2002, 15:04
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Even me?
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Especially you. I'll be waiting with a shiv in The Heartland Cafe's men's head.
When you go to make room for that 4th refill of coffee... 
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May 25, 2002, 15:08
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*adds GP quote to sig*
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May 25, 2002, 15:15
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Especially you.
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I've got you on record twice today agreeing with me.  How can you expect me to resist such temptation?
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May 25, 2002, 15:18
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I'll be waiting with a shiv in The Heartland Cafe's men's head.
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It's gonna be a long wait, seeing as I'm in Florida.
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May 25, 2002, 15:23
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I've got you on record twice today agreeing with me. How can you expect me to resist such temptation?
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Be strong, young man. Be strong. "Lead us not..."
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May 25, 2002, 15:25
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Young? I'll have you know I'm 35.
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May 25, 2002, 15:25
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Teddy,
I have sigs turned off. So I'll just have to assume that you were joking...or to lazy to actually do it. Besides, you can't add it to sig. I had a caveat to prevent you. It's like a "no tagback" on the playground.
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May 25, 2002, 15:27
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It's gonna be a long wait, seeing as I'm in Florida.
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****!
/Me decides he is needed in King's Bay...
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May 25, 2002, 15:33
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Young? I'll have you know I'm 35.
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whippersnapper...
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May 25, 2002, 15:33
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Teddy,
I have sigs turned off. So I'll just have to assume that you were joking...or to lazy to actually do it. Besides, you can't add it to sig. I had a caveat to prevent you. It's like a "no tagback" on the playground
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No tagback is a crappy rule. Your quote is in my sig
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May 25, 2002, 15:37
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No tagback is a crappy rule. Your quote is in my sig
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****!
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May 25, 2002, 16:36
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They should build an International Center for the fight against terrorism at the site.
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For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. --1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
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