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Sared - Retired  |
Today at 7:45 A.M. local time, the XTO Landmark tower in downtown Fort Worth Texas was imploded, bringing a 407-foot building crashing to a six-foot pile of debris in less that seven seconds. The building was erected in 1954. As the tower came crashing down, you could hear the ooh's and ahh's and the shouts coming from the crowd. I found it somewhat odd how we are entertained by the same sight that terrified us on 9/11. It has me befuddled. Discuss? _______________ I'm crazy, not stupid. |
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oh and about your question Sared. we as humans are drawn to destruction and tragedy (car crashes, train wrecks, the Romans had their coliseum, etc.), we just get to enjoy it more (or it's socially acceptible to say we enjoy it) when we know no one is going to actually be hurt. _______________ this is the internet, be serious damn it! |
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3th - Retired 
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i just saw a lecture last week by an architect that worked on a project in that building. he mentioned the raffle they had for the person whole could push the plunger. small world  _______________ this is the internet, be serious damn it! |
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Aiddat - Student 
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It was almost surely a safe and planned demolition event, with the building evacuated and people kept shielded and away from the rubble. _______________ -Aiddat, the Gran with the green blades. "You have a right to be angry, but believe me when I say you don't want to feed that emotion." - Kyle Katarn {Owner of Liso Jowol's 550th comment, Conchris Chaotic's 80th, 150th and 350th comments, Pink Floyd's 200th comment Tyrant's 695th comment, D@RTHM@UL's 10600th comment}, accidentally tricked Pink Floyd into giving me his 1700th comment, I also have Alexander D'Kana's 1950th comment, Mindrith Pride's 1850th comment and I used the same accidental trick on Lewis's 100th comment, and I have Aiddat's 1992nd comment (birthyear), and #Elmo's 450th comment. Unsuccessfully tried to prove Senor Hat's theory wrong. Click for screenshots. Padawan of R2-D2. |
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DarthMike - Student 
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um thousands of people didnt die when it happened _______________ "You can't get Windows on a Mac because the drivers are not compatible." --- Some dude from the Geek Squad "So if you have quad-core, you have four times the RAM, right?" --- Some guy at Best Buy |
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Jo_Mintaka - Student 
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No plane whent through this building. everyone knew, this building is coming down at 7:45 am Dont go in the building and now one was hurt _______________ Joined Jan 27 2005 [Owner of Pink Floyd's 525th, 1100th and 4002nd comments! Darth Mike's accidental 999 and 1001 comments! addiat's 1975 comment! |
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Mindrith Pride - Student 
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the people were expecting it, and as sete said there werent any people in there. _______________ [proud owner of talions 200th, 700th,1111th coment AND 1400th , DJK's 3001th coment! , saz's 400th coment! liso's 800th coment! Kitmitsu Aratan's 1200th comment! Cau's 100th comeent, Alexander's (aka CC) 210th, 888th and 2200th comments! Moriarti's 800th comment , Piccolo's 2000th comment! lirael's 505th comment , Quom Farlance's 120th comment, Alexander's 1800th comment , Eica's 1400th comment , Wicek's 3200th comment lady C's 999th comment, Echuu's 1100th comment, Takaru's 325th and 400th comment, Redeye's 200th comment picc's 3600th comment, Ostith's 50th comment, Elmo's 555th comment] |
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Setementor - Jedi Master 
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Well, if there was nobody actually in the building, then it makes sense. |
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