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patriotism/nationalism
ViolentDove:
I'd take gothic/neo-gothic and various islamic styles of architecture over all the skyscrapers in the world, but that's just me. Personally, I think these styles produced some of the most beautiful buildings in the world. Modern skyscrapers don't even come close.
Der Golem:
I am very proud of my heritage and my nationality. That does not mean I am proud of the government here, or that I think being Icelandic makes you better than someone who is not. There are some really terrible people here too.
I feel very attached to the city I live in, Reykjavík, and am fascinated by the history of my country (oldest parliament in the world, forced into christianity by law, etc.), as well as the folklore and sagas (a lot of Icelandic folklore was written down around 1200-1300, and has survived unchanged since. It is interesting to read, both because of the stories themselves, and to see how little the language has actually changed in that time).
I also think I percieve nationality as more of an absolute than most of you do. A lot of you talk about not believing in borders, have lived in many countries, or live in Australia and America. I have lived my entire life on a small, isolated island and have my own language that only 300.000 people speak. I understand that in most other places nationality is more ambiguous, but here pretty much everyone is 100% Icelandic. In fact, being from somewhere else, even if you have lived here for most of your life is pretty novel. Also, because of this extreme seperation between Icelanders and everyone else, racism, especially against the Polish and Thai (we have a lot of immigrants from these countries here) is pretty much socially accepted. It kind of wierds me out actually, how a conversation can turn into talking shit about an entire nation and I am in a minority that thinks that is not cool.
Vendetagainst:
Castles are indeed rad.
--- Quote from: ViolentDove on 24 Jul 2008, 19:11 ---I'd take gothic/neo-gothic and various islamic styles of architecture over all the skyscrapers in the world, but that's just me. Personally, I think these styles produced some of the most beautiful buildings in the world. Modern skyscrapers don't even come close.
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I don't think your opinion will be contested much, but I don't think you should be so quick to disregard today's skyscrapers either
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Tower
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77_West_Wacker_Drive
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Tower
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_Corporate_Center
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mather_Tower
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civic_Opera_House_%28Chicago%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrigley_Building
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/311_South_Wacker_Drive
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/900_North_Michigan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Title_%26_Trust_Center
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Prudential_Plaza
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Tower_%28Chicago%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smurfit-Stone_Building
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/340_on_the_Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBS_Tower
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55_East_Erie_Street
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Point_Tower_%28Chicago%29
and the future looks pretty good too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Spire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_International_Hotel_and_Tower_%28Chicago%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterview_Tower
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua%2C_Chicago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clare_at_Water_Tower
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf-Astoria_Hotel_and_Residence_Tower
squawk:
skyscrapers are pretty okay
Vendetagainst:
Rush Limbaugh is sorta misogynistic. :wink:
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