[D] Statue of Robocop in Detroit - Page 4

On February 23 2011 17:12 Mastermind wrote:

That is bad ass.

On February 23 2011 18:29 Spazer wrote:

...and children are starving in Africa. What's your point?

Yes, in an ideal world, the money spent on entertainment would be put to better use elsewhere, but guess what? People like spending money on things they enjoy. Can you fault them for that?

On February 23 2011 18:29 Spazer wrote:

...and children are starving in Africa. What's your point?

On February 23 2011 19:52 eu.exodus wrote:


dude kids are starving in africa because they just dont have the economy/infrastructure/education to do anything lasting or meaningful about it. Not because they build expensive statues of useless bullshit albeit from public funding.

On February 23 2011 19:46 Jswizzy wrote:
You know a statue of Robocop seems stupid at first but it could help with tourism and that would help the local economy.

On February 23 2011 20:17 eu.exodus wrote:


this could just be me but if i ever had to travel to the USA, with tourist attractions like uhm, i dunno Washington DC, NYC, the grand canyon, Las Vegas etc. why would any foreigner wanting to visit America spend their hard earned money to go to a stereotypically shitty part of the country (you can thank eminem and friends later) to go see a statue of robocop?

Maybe if the dude was real and died heroically while fighting osama bin laden and the green goblin i would understand.

Robocop? I cant get over how funny this is

On February 21 2011 01:56 stroggos wrote:
that's strange, i didn't think americans had a sense of humor that coincides with that of verhoeven films.

On February 23 2011 20:33 Acid~ wrote:


They don't. They like the movie, but they take it at face value, not as satire. Same thing if you talk to them about Starship Troopers.

On February 23 2011 18:29 Spazer wrote:

...and children are starving in Africa. What's your point?

Yes, in an ideal world, the money spent on entertainment would be put to better use elsewhere, but guess what? People like spending money on things they enjoy. Can you fault them for that?

On February 23 2011 20:06 iPlaY.NettleS wrote:

Kids are starving in Africa because of corrupt officials that spend the aid money on guns and goons.
I don't see how this is different to the erection of any other statue , the fact it is being paid for through private funding is a bonus.

On February 23 2011 21:44 pandaminion wrote:
Everyone who is complaining about how schools are in disarray should DO something about it, not just complain about how a Robocop statue is taking away from educational funding (even though it's not).

How would you like it if every time you went to buy groceries, they told you, "No, sorry, you can't buy this, it's all going to starving children halfway around the globe," leaving you with an empty grocery bin and an emptier wallet? You would probably get pissed, even if it's the "right" thing to do. Stop trying to dictate what people do with their money based on your own moral scale -- it's their money and they every right to spend it on what they want, even somehing as hilarious/stupid/wasteful/awesome as a Robocop statue.

On February 23 2011 22:13 goiflin wrote:
This money was privately raised, so nobody can really complain about it being wasted. People are selfish, and would rather have a statue of robocop than help their society. If you don't like it, well, there's nothing you can do about it, because it's universally true. You're selfish too. You could be spending your money that goes to luxuries, like the internet, on starving kids in africa or your own public school system.