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Related: About this forumDeveloper plans 200-foot-tall cross in Missouri
Published May 11, 2012
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/11/developer-plans-200-foot-tall-cross-in-missouri/
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)If Christ was killed in an electric chair would they build a 200 foot tall electric chair? Or a 200-foot long hypodermic needle for lethal injection?
..they know not what they do.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)deucemagnet
(4,549 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)dmallind
(10,437 posts)Occasionally they build beautiful things too. This doesn't look like it will qualify for the latter sadly (although depending on finished proportions and what those yellow/blue insets are it has some chance of at least being ok), but de gustibus and all that.
Silent3
(15,424 posts)Way too small, however, for 900 ft. Jesus.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Enrique
(27,461 posts)but they couldn't find anyone who is protesting this project. I'm sure they were bummed about that.
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,490 posts)cbayer
(146,218 posts)I drove through there once and will never forget it.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)It was an enormous madonna surrounded by smaller saints.
The whole thing was rather bizarre as there had just been a freakish hailstorm (in the middle of the summer). The monument was surrounded by a solid layer of ice balls.
obxhead
(8,434 posts)$5 million.
Imagine how many poor and needy that could help.
Instead it will be used to build the world largest capital punishment device.
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)Point being: yes this is a waste of money, but we waste a lot of money on stupid things that don't really help anyone (except making those with too much time/money on their hands feel better).