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What a scoop! CBS News finds the Statue of Liberty was intended to be a Muslim woman, sort of |
2017-02-05 |
That headline is quite a stretch. It might seem timely, but it’s not breaking news that French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi had at one time pitched the idea of a massive, draped sculpture holding a torch that would act as a lighthouse as the entrance to the Suez Canal. That project obviously fell through, but Bartholdi held on to the idea and successfully re-pitched it -- hardly proof that the Statue of Liberty was "originally intended" to be a Muslim woman. It was a nice try, though. |
Posted by:Blossom Unains5562 |
#7 Would the Suez need a lighthouse? City on one end,pretty straight course. Seems unnecessary, no wonder they shot the idea down as stupid. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-02-05 13:47 |
#6 Is that why the head was shipped in a separate box? |
Posted by: Guillibaldo Stalin4227 2017-02-05 12:32 |
#5 Wudn't the Suez Canal considered British, at the time? Morons. |
Posted by: Bobby 2017-02-05 11:51 |
#4 Fake News |
Posted by: Rex Mundi 2017-02-05 10:18 |
#3 No unibrow |
Posted by: Frank G 2017-02-05 08:11 |
#2 Bare arm, no veil, no male relative; nope no muzzie there. |
Posted by: AlanC 2017-02-05 08:06 |
#1 she's holding a book of laws, not a F'n Koran. |
Posted by: Frank G 2017-02-05 07:24 |