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Over the last few weeks there has been a campaign to raise money for a statue of Robocop in Detroit, MI.
Link to NYtimes article here.
As a Detroiter i have pretty mixed feelings about this and id like to hear what other people from Michigan (or anyone really) think about this. According to the article it only took six days to raise $50,000. For a statue. Of a freakin '80s movie character. I think Detroit could use that money for a lot of other more important projects.
What really interests me about this story is the national response to the campaign. much of the money for the statue was raised outside Detroit. Thats a little strange to me. It seems like everyone else in America feels like it would be hilarious to put up a statue of the main character of a movie that took place in a city with insanely exaggerated crime rates. On the other hand, its not our money, and it is kinda funny.
But i still think the money would be better spent in the Detroit Public School system. What do you guys think?
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I would totally support this. This is not a waste of money at all. When people come together to do wild things like this, it really raises citizen morale.
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Best.........idea..........ever!
The time where we placed statues of kings, dictators and other great leaders is over. We want superhero statues!
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Hey, maybe the statue can help rally the citizens, and maybe Detroit can stop being a hellhole for once.
Kinda sad though, isn't it? People raise all that money for a Robocop statue, but why not raise 50k that quickly to help the DPS? : /
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The money was donated to see a Robocop statue, it would not have been raised for any other reason. Someone stating that it would be better used somewhere else; is fine and dandy but it was raised for one intention.
ROBOCOP (hopefully they give him the pink pimp car too )
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I think that $50,000 is not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things... $50,000 into the public school system would pay for less than a day's salary for the teachers. $50,000 is a drop in a sea... it would make little to no difference to anything that needs the money.
So well... statue it up.
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On February 21 2011 01:46 Insanious wrote:
I think that $50,000 is not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things... $50,000 into the public school system would pay for less than a day's salary for the teachers. $50,000 is a drop in a sea... it would make little to no difference to anything that needs the money.
So well... statue it up.
Well, it could pay for a single teacher's salary for a year, which admittedly isn't much of an impact. But at the same time, I don't think people would have raised the money so quickly if the overall cost of the project were higher (like Tiger Stadium).
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As far as I can tell, the money is coming from private donors and not taxpayers so they can do whatever they want with the money. Maybe it speaks more to the inefficient bureaucracy of Detroit that they were able to raise the money in 6 days from external sources.
I remembered the city as an automotive center. What happened to you, Detroit?
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This just might be the best idea in the contemporary history of urban planning. When was the last time something this badass was built?
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that's strange, i didn't think americans had a sense of humor that coincides with that of verhoeven films.
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Depends on how big it is, I guess.
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Reminds me of:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Gu7k7.jpg)
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I'm from Michigan, and I guess I agree that it's kind of... Well there's better things this money could do...
But then again, Robocop is probably one of my favorite movies of all time, so I fully support it. xD
Next up: Axel Foley statue?! =) =) =)
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They've erected a freaking 1-1 scale gundam robot statue in Tokyo to celebrate the animé series. Why couldn't Detroit do the same with Robocop?
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I guess my real issue is that Robocop is kind of a lame choice... who in this city is going to actually feel energized by a statue of Robocop? I'm all in favor of putting up a statue if there is someone or something worth Immortalizing. But Robocop? Come on. There must be more inspirational and more hilarious characters or symbols. This is my favorite statue in Detroit.
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On February 21 2011 01:52 SilverLeagueElite wrote:
As far as I can tell, the money is coming from private donors and not taxpayers so they can do whatever they want with the money.
If its not in their city I don't think they get to decide what statues to put up. What if Boston raised the money to put up a statue of the Red Sox in New York City? Would it be allowed to go up?
Edit: Sorry for Double Post.
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On February 21 2011 01:57 Sufficiency wrote:
Depends on how big it is, I guess.
7 feet.
probably a few inches taller than your average basketball player.
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On February 21 2011 02:06 WyghtWolf wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2011 01:57 Sufficiency wrote:
Depends on how big it is, I guess. 7 feet. probably a few inches taller than your average basketball player.
That's rather... cheap. Hahahaha.
It would be awesome if it was really big. :D
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