theyre having a global vote to choose the new 7 wonders.

go vote @ http://www.new7wonders.com

the first 6 were easy:

kremlin
pyramids
statue of liberty
colosseum
german castle
taj mahal

but now for 7 its between the eiffel tower and the easter island statues.
the statues pwn but i cant not vote for eiffel...can i?

i hear that, but on the same note, i can't even begin to imagine the creation of those statues or even the movement of those statues. sickly insane, right?

you're right, this is a tough vote. but just based on sheer manpower it had to take, i would have to go with the easter island statues.

i'm actually torn between them and the great wall IMO.

F the French.

i ended up voting for the statues, they are just too awesome

Stonehenge pwns Easter Island, AINEC.

statue of Liberty? Eiffel Tower? seriously?!






my list in no order:


Petra, Jordan

pyramids of Giza

great wall of China

Taj mahal

Easter Island statues

Stonehenge

Three Gorges Dam in china<----------I guess it's not on the list since it's not completed yet, but it should be

My list in alphabetical order:

Acropolis

Chichen Itza

Colosseum

Machu Pichu

Pyramids of Gyza

Sydney Opera House

Taj Mahal

honestly any1 who doesnt pick kremlin is bad at monument choosing.

Sorry, but Machu Pichu>>>>>>>>>Kremlin

Dude, you put the Statue of Liberty on your list.

How can you not pick the Great Wall of China?

Kremlin still makes my list though.

I'm still debating what my full list will be. Easter Island, Great Wall, Angkor Wat, and the Kremlin are currently there. We'll see how that final list looks in a little bit.

My list was

Colosseum
Easter Island
Great Wall
Macchu Picchu
Stonehenge
Taj Mahal
Pyramids

My list in no order:

Pyramids at Giza
The Colosseum
Great Wall of China
Stonehenge
Petra, Jordan
Sydney Opera House
The Acropolis

Honorable Mention: Mount Rushmore (shame it isn't on the short list), St. Peter's Square (Vatican City), The Winter Palace and Palace Square (Russia) Central Park (NYC).

Solid list. I guess I don't get what is so amazing about the Sydney Opera House though. It's an amazing-looking architectural structure, but it just doesn't seem to have enough of a significance to make it a world wonder.

ok this might be a little biased but the kremlin contains four palaces four cathdrals some towers and enclosed by a massive wall. thats like 8 buldings in one. its the only selection where you are actually picking 10 things cause its a square in the middle of moscow full of unique russian buildings. therefore it deserves a vote OVER THE DAMN OPERA HOUSE. thank you

Well, I think a society where they found a way to make farmland essentially into the side of a mountain is a bit more impressive than that.

I honestly think Macchu Picchu is the most impressive thing on this list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRRDzFROMx0

a possibly explanation for how stonehenge was constructed, but by no means the only way. I thought it was pretty cool.

Very cool, but I'm relatively certain the Druids didn't have PVC buckets or pressurized garden hoses...

j/k, we all know the aliens helped with the construction. They probably brought the hose.



It's a cool video, but the most amazing thing to me is how they moved those stones from a quarry in Wales. People tried to duplicate the feat with a similar stone in 2000, and it sank to the bottom of the Bristol Channel.

I barely know what the old seven wonders were..

http://wonderclub.com/AllWorldWonders.html

apparently there's over 7 different groups of 7 wonders. kinda cheapens it if you ask me.



after these new 7, I think they should just change the name to "The pretty long list of stuff thats old and cool"

The Great Wall of China should be number 1 on anyone's list.

The next 6... well there's lots of good ones, arguments could be made for all really. Apart from the Statue of Liberty - That strikes me a very weak entry, possibly just so that America can have a Wonder of the World. If that's the case, why didn't they chose Mount Rushmore? That's much more impressive.

Statue of Liberty? What!?!?

The Great Wall is overrated. First of all, it's not really a wall at all, but a series of smaller walls that were built at a lot of differing times and were only later joined. The wall that we see today isn't the ancient wall built by the Zhou, but rather a new wall built during the Ming in only the 17th century, so it's not even from the ancient world. The original wall, or walls, are mostly lost now. Second, it really served little purpose. It was totally ineffective in the defense of China (mostly because it had so many holes in it) so Mongolians and such simply slipped through it. Lastly, it can't even be seen from the Moon as some claim. So, I call BS on this whole “Great Wall” thing.

1) I hate you, and don't understand why you're not banned.

2) This is a good topic and the only time I've ever witnessed you actually contributing. nice job.

3) Your list totally sucks, which is expected.


The Great Wall should definitely be #1, it was built 400 years ago without power tools. That crap is 4,000 miles long... that's longer than the distance between New York and LA. I don't care if much of it has eroded, that's freaking amazing. Also Yorke, last time I checked the Taj Mahal didn't help defend India either, that doesn't make it less impressive. The Taj is a solid #3. The Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, and the Sydney Opera House shouldn't even be on the list, imo. All they needed was some money and a construction company. The Pyramids are #2 because of how amazingly huge they are and how old they are.

the eiffel tower is an amazing engineering acheivement and does deserve to be on the list but no higher than #7

Anything the French built can't be considered impressive.

The indoor ski slope in Dubia is cool though

just because something was built a long time ago doesnt mean its all that great. the acropolis is just a ruin, so are many of the other entries. some ruins are cool ..like the colosseum, others are not that great. the great wall is just a wall. its not even that tall. it was a failure at its intended use and a ton of people died while being forced to build it.

You do realize that the Statue of Liberty was built by the French, right?

Lol. Only after they saved our asses in the Revolution, of course. I guess we're even now.

The ski slope is pretty sweet. Got kicked off though. Couldn't "control my speed."

Might be going this summer for a week, do they let you snowboard?

Goddamn Mongorians!

I think the Statue of Liberty should certainly make the list for significance. It's the modern day Colossus of Rhodes and the most well-known monument of the greatest modern superpower. Yeah, Mount Rushmore is way bigger and took more to build, but it's not in a highly visible location and it's just faces of great Presidents...not a symbol of freedom that has welcomed people to the US for well over a century.

Also, the Colosseum is cool to look at from the outside, but I was underwhelmed by the interior. It's smaller than I expected and just not very interesting. That said, I suppose you should certainly have a symbol from one of the most influential empires in the history of the world.

right...

If you're throwing that in there, then why not the Chicago skyway? Or the Mackinac bridge? Frankly, that doesn't look overly impressive.

Its the sickest bridge in the world built by the french, I don't think it should be a wonder of the world but the french have a lot of very impressive feats. The TGV,, l'arche de triomphe and aren't they involved in that particle accelerator project

I never really understood the animosity between the US and the french its pretty ruthless. Didn't they help you guys colonize and then you helped them during the war, they said thanks with a statue yet there is bad blood I don't get it. Inferiority complex? jk

It's a primarily a matter of perceived French arrogance. There are times and places where they've acted culturally superior to Americans (which is not to say we haven't returned the favor). That said, in my visit to Paris, I found the people to be fairly welcoming.

I hear they don't treat tourist very well in Paris, kind of stuck up a bit. French Qubecers love to make fun of the french in everyway possible as often as possible but we get along great, lots of them live here and lots of Quebecers go there. We respect each other as nations but when the Lance armstrong doping stories started from the french I found the the whole thing disapointing. It's probably friction from political view points that drive you guys away from each other. a shame really.

My top seven wonders:

Paris Hilton's celebrity status

How Brit got fug so fast

FKed's career

Why I love lesbians

$20 (and up) lap dances

Paula Adbul and/or michael jackson

why House and The Office pwn all other tv shows.

I guess I forgot RonMex's e-gheyness.

yah my brother said the same thing. Some of them will demand to know what you think of American foreign policy...I could see why.

Yeah, I don't think the French (and the rest of the world for that matter) hate Americans so much as they hate our government.

I hate our government, too. But I hate theirs a lot more.

Ummm...The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the USA from the French. Saying "F the French" is like saying "F the Statue of Liberty", which is like saying "F my own country and it's ideals of freedom and equality for all". You just ate your own tail.

F the statue of liberty and F mount rushmore and F equality and F the constitution and F you.

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I respectfully disagree. The statue is a monument to american freedom, regardless of who gave it to us.

F the french.

Go to google, type in "French military victories" and hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button.

'nuff said.

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html

LoL...that is all

I was like : I'm gonna make him STFU when I google this.



napoleon did try and almost took over the world though

LMFAO!!

lol when i went to france i was asked this like 5 times at least




true and i hate it too



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