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SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 09.19.2009, 02:14 PM

I retract, its not that Americans don't have cathedrals, we actually have a shitload of them.. but they do not have the same historical significance as the European cathedrals.. they are a recreation after-the-fact, and as such are a bit less inspiring. It is the difference between looking at the Pantheon and the Union Bank building on market street in San Francisco (which look identical, however one is 2000 years old and the direct inspiration of the other

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09.19.2009, 02:14 PM	#2
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	I retract, its not that Americans don't have cathedrals, we actually have a shitload of them.. but they do not have the same historical significance as the European cathedrals.. they are a recreation after-the-fact, and as such are a bit less inspiring. It is the difference between looking at the Pantheon and the Union Bank building on market street in San Francisco (which look identical, however one is 2000 years old and the direct inspiration of the other ) Washington, DC Oakland San Francisco __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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