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Originally Posted by flamingdog
'Standing tall'? 'Proud and dominant'? If you're really interested in an outsider's opinion, then here it is:
Wherefore all this 'bigger, better, faster, more' hyperbole?
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Because here in America, we try to be proud of what we have, what we've worked for (those of us who actually contribute to society)- which means when someone kicks over our sandcastle, we make a neater, bigger, cooler-looking one to give the finger to the prick with the castle-kicking habit.
Is that really "ego", or is it simply pride and resistance to intimidation? We're not talking about another gas-guzzling SUV, we're talking about the monument to a few thousand horrific deaths.
Many want it to symbolize the freedom we have by flying in the face of the fuckers who pulled that horrible shit in the first place, and showing how we will not be affected, we will not crumble, we will not cower... we will hold our heads high, and rise above. Above all else- the most perfect payback to anything is to give the offender the impression that they can't affect you, and that's what many are going for.