...New Seven Wonders.

Elementalman.EXE · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:30 am Post subject: ...New Seven Wonders.

Okay...so this is a little messed up. Apparently they're close to re-branding the Seven Wonders, because the real Seven wonders, minus the Great Pyramid, are gone.

http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStories/ContentPosting.aspx?feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20070706%2fseven_wonders_070707&showbyline=True

This is about as bad as when they kicked Pluto out of the planet list.
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Unknown Neo · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:04 am Post subject:

Wait, what were the wonders before? But at least the pyramids are like a super great wonder or something. They're better then a great wonder.

Elementalman.EXE · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:47 am Post subject:

Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria, all of which, sans the pyramid, were destroyed at varies point during history.
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NumberGirl · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject:

Well, the "wonders" are pretty much a "must-see" stuff in the world.
You can't go on a "world's wonders tour" with only the pyramids left standing, can you?

Besides, the voting for the new 7 wonders started around 5 years ago, and the votes come from all over the world. I heard the Brazilians rallied for the Christ statue of theirs. Other countries had their entries, too, and was narrowed down to the best 20 (?) candidates.

The pyramids got an automatic spot for survival.

This wasn't as fickle as the Pluto issue, and very timely.
As far as I know, all but the pyramids were gone by the 20th century. Setting new ones on the 21st century is good enough timing, isn't it?

EDIT:
Just wanted to add this: The old wonders will be remembered as the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World". They're not the present day's seven wonders, but they were -- a long long time ago.
Again, unlike the Pluto thingy, where it's suddenly not a planet, and its former status as one was erased from textbooks Razz

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**Tabby** · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Seven_Wonders

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Rock Miyabi · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:34 pm Post subject:

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Unknown Neo · Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:53 pm Post subject:

They aren't that bad. But how come nothing from the US got anywhere near the top. Just because of you know who leader and the you know what event in you know where in the middle of the east.
That's unfair right there.

NumberGirl · Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 3:44 pm Post subject:

Uh.... could you reword that?
I didn't quite get what you were trying to say Confused

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Unknown Neo · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject:

Three words I didn't really want to say but here they are. Bush War Iraq. Put those in order and you'll see why I found it just a little bit annoying.

Sai-kun · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:47 pm Post subject:

Uhm. What exactly does the US have that would be worthy of being one of the "New Seven Wonders"?

And if you honestly think that just because of the war the US didn't make it in with anything...well....

That's stupid.
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Rock Miyabi · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject:

Well, I don't think that just because we have an idiot leader and a war is going on, that's why there were no US "wonders" to make the list. There are how many countries in the world and only 7 or fewer had a shot to be included. So we had China, Jordan, Mexico, Peru, India, Rome, and Brazil. That leaves out PLENTY of other countries besides the US like Australia, France, Japan, Russia, [insert your country here]. Heck, the Statue of Liberty was on the list, but technically, it's a French marvel.

And looking at the other finalists, I mostly think the ones that won are the most marvelous in terms of design and grandeur. They've stood the test of time and are very recognizable. I think you could argue for the Easter Island heads or Stonehenge over the statue of Christ the Redeemer, due to the former being around for so much longer. But the message behind the Christ statue and being one of the most recently built, no doubt helped. And I don't think multiple statue wonders would have a shot compared to the other architecture.

The whole world had plenty of time to vote by the sounds of things. If the US didn't have anything, it's more that we can't match the splendor of some of the wonders that other cultures have produced. Not because Curious George is playing G.I. Joe for waaaaaaaaayy too long and is being told to come inside before he gets grounded.
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NumberGirl · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:30 am Post subject:

Indeed.
There's also that chance that those from the US that voted didn't vote for US wonders.
Personally, if a "wonder" from my country turned up in the top 20 list and the Easter Island heads are in the list, too, I'd vote for the heads.

The site says they're doing the "Natural Wonders" next.
The Grand Canyon'll get my vote if it makes it to the finals.

I wonder if the Bermuda Triangle qualifies, though.....
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