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is everyone serious with the statue of liberty?
Seriously, lol at the statue of liberty.

[/ QUOTE ] I don't see why not. I mean as far as voting it for the "'merica! [censored] YEA!" factor, yes that sucks. However, it's really the only thing in the modern world that I can come up with off the top of my head that is comparable to the Colossus of Rhodes.

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i don't really get the statue of liberty hate. I'm not really up to date on my enormous free-standing statuary, but are there other things that are at all comparable? The thing is like 300 feet tall including the base, and it's a hugely important cultural symbol. What more are you looking for in a world wonder?

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The base is hardly impressive or hard to construct. So its a 150 foot statue.

What more am I looking for? Something that took creativity and ingenuity to build. Something that pushed the limits of the technology of the time to construct. The Statue of Liberty did neither. If this were a list of free-standing statutory maybe it would deserve a place, but it encompasses a lot more than statues.

My argument for the Eiffel Tower being a stupid nomination is the same. It wasn't that impressive of a feat to build it. I'm not denying that both have enormous cultural value.

In terms of a 'US' choice, I think something like the Hoover Dam would be way more impressive. Or the Panama Canal (although not in the US, the US was the driving force). In fact I think the Panama Canal should have been nominated.