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Old 09-28-2006, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Becky
I can't help but wonder how rebuilding a football stadium was a higher piority than rebuilding thousands of homes and schools.
Its a symbol, isn't it, a morale booster. People respond well to big overthe top stuff .... to give a slightly morbid example, thousands of people die all over the world every day, but it takes someone flying planes into towers or a hurricane wiping out vast areas to make people spit out their coffee. In this case, the people need a symbol of hope, and I can't see thousands of homes and schools being built giving them that symbol ... course, they're important too, which is why they are being rebuilt at the same time
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