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Sicilian Suspension Bridge to Go Ahead

Posted by michael on from the bigger-is-better dept.

SpanningTheGap writes "According to the BBC, Italy plans on building a suspension bridge connecting the Italian mainland with the island of Sicily. The bridge will be five kilometers long and its central span will be over three kilometers long, easily breaking the old record length for a suspension bridge. The artist's conception image of the monster is a sight to see. Another article with more info can be found here." There's a website with assorted technical info about the design.

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  1. Not a great plan by PhysicsGenius · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Mediterranian Sea is prone to earthquakes. Competent engineers don't build suspension bridges in earthquake zones.

  2. Targets ... by jolshefsky · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    (Sorry to be so negative, but ...)

    I didn't see this in the article--do they plan on putting in a homing beacon or a big target on the critical tower or towers? This would simplify the plans of the flying terrorists of 2015.

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    Karma: Poser (mostly affected by adding this line long after everyone else did)

  3. Re:Facts by Dephex+Twin · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Most of the big mob bosses in America are Italian. Of those, a majority of them are Sicilian. That's not some sort of stereotype, it's a fact.

    The whole thing that makes it a racist stereotype is taking the actions of a small minority from a group and attributing it unfairly to the entire group. Yes, there is an Italian mafia in the US, and perhaps many of those involved are Sicilian. Does this mean the people of Sicily are a bunch of mafia hitmen, and are running out of places to dump the bodies? You just said yourself that these were American mafia guys. Are you following me here?

    Also, I wonder if it really is a fact that most American mafia guys are Sicilian. Do you even really know that to be a fact?

    mark
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  4. Re:I assume you've never tried to work in Italy by Dephex+Twin · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    So let's say I get mugged by a black man someday, or even worse... I can now consider blacks to be a bunch of thieves and thugs?

    This is what is going on if you can consider all Silicians (*living in Siciliy even*) to be mafia hitmen. Who cares if some or even all the mafia guys are Sicilian? Does that mean that most Sicilians are in the mafia? No. Hence the fact that it is a racial stereotype.

    mark

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