I'm glad now that the guys in charge of the Pyramids in Egypt said outright that they wouldn't compete in this ridiculous competition. The Christ the Redeemer statue was built less than 100 years ago and just demonstrates that Brazil has alot of people with computers and cellphones and Christians. First of all, it was not a technologically advanced feat (statue of liberty is twice as high and has way more historical significance) and neither is it wondrous in its scale. If we're going to pick structures built such a short time ago, how about the Empire State Building which was also built around the same time, has iconic status, was an engineering accomplishment, and went up in a year? Of course none of these should be on the list b/c there are truly, wondrous, ancient structures like the Parthenon (too amazing to describe), or Hagia Sophia (domed buildings!), Al Hambra, or the Aqueducts that were truly difficult to build, engineering marvels, and structures that have withstood the test of time. Having the Redeemer statue on the list would be like putting the Noah's ark attraction in the US on the list. All the evenagelists and rednecks who have never been outside the US would pick it as a wonder and it would be one of the new 7 wonders. What a BS contest.
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I'm glad now that the guys in charge of the Pyramids in Egypt said outright that they wouldn't compete in this ridiculous competition. The Christ the Redeemer statue was built less than 100 years ago and just demonstrates that Brazil has alot of people with computers and cellphones and Christians. First of all, it was not a technologically advanced feat (statue of liberty is twice as high and has way more historical significance) and neither is it wondrous in its scale. If we're going to pick structures built such a short time ago, how about the Empire State Building which was also built around the same time, has iconic status, was an engineering accomplishment, and went up in a year? Of course none of these should be on the list b/c there are truly, wondrous, ancient structures like the Parthenon (too amazing to describe), or Hagia Sophia (domed buildings!), Al Hambra, or the Aqueducts that were truly difficult to build, engineering marvels, and structures that have withstood the test of time. Having the Redeemer statue on the list would be like putting the Noah's ark attraction in the US on the list. All the evenagelists and rednecks who have never been outside the US would pick it as a wonder and it would be one of the new 7 wonders. What a BS contest.