Wimps! You're all wimps! Noj
----- Original Message ----- From: "Val" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 10:35 AM Subject: Re:[ZION] World's Tallest Buildings > I agree, John. On NPR this morning, I heard that the original plans submitted this summer, were short buildings and plazas--and New Yorkers protested that they thought the plans were "too boring". All twelve of the new plans call for tall buildings. > > <sigh> > > Again, the arrogance of the American--sometimes I want to ask "Who the heck do we think we are??". . .I can imagine Osama and his cultist faction, drooling and anxiously waiting in anticipation at the completion of such a prominent target. > > One of the designers even said that immediately he knew he'd have a hard time getting occupants for the higher floors, but he said that 10 or 12 years from now, it won't be a problem. I predict it will be sooner. As Americans, we become complacent way to easily and quickly. It's irritating. > > done venting > > your sis in Mishawka > val > > > > ----------John W. Redelfs gave us pause to think with: > I think it is hubris to imagine we should build towers still taller than the WTC. Sure they can build them, but the experience with the WTC proves that someone else can knock them down. What is the point? Why make buildings a tempting target unnecessarily? I should think that the builders of the WTC would have learned their lesson. Super tall building are not a good idea. > > John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] > =========================================== > At present, the Book of Mormon is studied in our Sunday > School and seminary classes every fourth year. This > four-year pattern, however, must not be followed by > Church members in their personal and family study. We > need to read daily from the pages of the book that will get > a man "nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by > any other book." (Ezra Taft Benson, October 1988) > =========================================== > All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR > > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > Only $9.95 per month! > Visit www.juno.com > > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / > > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
