India is spending $530 million on a statue twice as tall as Statue of Liberty - Polidicks

[quote]Over the weekend, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew down to Mumbai to lay the foundation stone for a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji. The memorial of the 16th century ruler of the Maratha empire is estimated to cost Rs 36 billion ($530 million). The statue, which is to be built in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai coast, will be 192-metres tall — the tallest memorial in the world, said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis last week. In comparison, Statue of Liberty is 93 metres tall. The current tallest statue in the world, the Laykyun Setkyar of Buddha, is in Myanmar. It's 115.8 metres tall. The other two tallest statues are also dedicated to Buddha. The Spring Temple Buddha in China is 108.45 metres tall, whereas the Ushiku Daibutsu in Japan is 100 metres tall. India is also working on Statue of Unity in remembrance of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the country's first Deputy Prime Minister. The monument is under construction in Narmada Dam, Gujarat. It will be 182 metres in height. The government is spending Rs 29.7 billion ($438 million) on the four-year project, which is expected to complete by the end of 2018. The project to build the statue comes ahead of the high-stake elections in Maharashtra in February 2017. [/quote] [url]http://mashable.com/2016/12/26/shivaji-statue-india-cost/#TK7fJIol5iqC[/url]

how about some toilets/toilet education first [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racism" - Hezzy))[/highlight] edit: you the man chrille

[QUOTE=EpikEnvy2.0;51585785]how about some toilets/toilet education first[/QUOTE] Can't blame them for lack of trying, Indians are just hellbent on shitting in the open. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racism" - Hezzy))[/highlight]

[QUOTE=EpikEnvy2.0;51585785]how about some toilets/toilet education first[/QUOTE] they don't need anymore local shrines edit: oh wait that news article i'm referencing was wrong srry fam.

They're spending 1 billion USD in total to build two statues? How can it cost that much? It's insane, because I'm also assuming that wages and other related cost are much lower than in the west. This skyscraper is over 300 meters tall and cost around 1 billion USD, and it's in Hong Kong. [thumb]http://img.archiexpo.com/images_ae/photo-g/58213-7676503.jpg[/thumb] Burj Kalifa, the tallest building in the world cost 1.5 billion. [thumb]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Burj_Khalifa.jpg/800px-Burj_Khalifa.jpg[/thumb]

[QUOTE=EpikEnvy2.0;51585785]how about some toilets/toilet education first[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Chrille;51585826]Can't blame them for lack of trying, Indians are just hellbent on shitting in the open.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=meppers;51585842]they don't need anymore local shrines[/QUOTE] Hey, Swebonny? How come you let comments like this slide? [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVwIZzGHxwc[/media] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYlWUEqwEy8[/media] Here's what's going on in India right now. If I had to guess, I'd say the statue's an investment to garner popular support for another move in this chess game.

I didnt think any one would take Lewis Blacks suggestion for jump starting an ecomony seriously Let the statue building and international dick waving contest begin!

[QUOTE=archangel125;51585923]Hey, Swebonny? How come you let comments like this slide? Here's what's going on in India right now. If I had to guess, I'd say the statue's an investment to garner popular support for another move in this chess game.[/QUOTE] I don't actually mod anymore, and I've stated that several times both on the forums and in the mod chat. I actually proposed the whole mod election thing, in order to replace me and Starpluck. Should ask UncleJimmema instead, he starred the first post.

Opulent statues are for times of plenty and vitality. And this is a time of neither, a time where poverty is still a serious problem. I wish only misfortune and complications upon this project. May it never be completed.

[QUOTE=Chrille;51585826]Can't blame them for lack of trying, Indians are just hellbent on shitting in the open.[/QUOTE] How does this shit fly but if I were to say that all Jews are money-grubbing fiends or that black people are thieving chicken addicts I'd be banned in a heartbeat? Anyway any dimensions on how wide the thing will be? [editline]26th December 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=EpikEnvy2.0;51585785]how about some toilets/toilet education first[/QUOTE] Just for comparison, imagine if I posted in a SH thread about Georgia having say, record high unemployment, saying "well they all steal and leech welfare anyway, what's it matter". It'd have me banned faster than I could refresh the page

[QUOTE=Kylel999;51585954]How does this shit fly but if I were to say that all Jews are money-grubbing fiends or that black people are thieving chicken addicts I'd be banned in a heartbeat?[/QUOTE] Intent when posting? Both of those are harmful stereotypes and hardly constructive in most contexts. I don't actually mean to shit on Indians, but a third of them do defecate in the open. And I guess I could have been more specific in my wording, but stuff like that is easy to forget. The point of my post was that India's government [i]are[/i] trying to spread the use of toilets.

[QUOTE=EpikEnvy2.0;51585785]how about some toilets/toilet education first [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racism" - Hezzy))[/highlight][/QUOTE] This guy has a point, 'racist' or not. Governments spending ridiculous amounts of money on something that will ultimately help nobody when they could be improving the quality of life for its citizens makes me sick.

[QUOTE=Sled Dog;51586202]This guy has a point, 'racist' or not. Governments spending ridiculous amounts of money on something that will ultimately help nobody when they could be improving the quality of life for its citizens makes me sick.[/QUOTE] Twenty years old, I've yet to see someone shit in the streets here and I've travelled to a fair amount of states. It's an exaggerated meme, we don't actually go shit in the streets in unison. Sorta blows my mind that people actually think we do. Although, if you mean in general then yes, I agree.

But will it beat the greatness that is the 58m Guan Yu statue that china finished building earlier this year [IMG]http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/giant-war-god-statue-general-guan-yu-sculpture-china-9.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=EpikEnvy2.0;51585785]how about some toilets/toilet education first [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racism" - Hezzy))[/highlight][/QUOTE] Is any of that actually true

[QUOTE=ProgramFiles;51586296]But will it beat the greatness that is the 58m Guan Yu statue that china finished building earlier this year [IMG]http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/giant-war-god-statue-general-guan-yu-sculpture-china-9.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] He clipped the building with his halberd, the rudelord. Seriously though there's probably more important things to throw this much money at than statues in india right now. [QUOTE=Citrus705;51586303]Is any of that actually true[/QUOTE] Honestly? Probably greatly exaggerated, I bet it's more like in china where the same meme happens, but you see someone streetshitting roughly 3-4 times a month at most on the mainland, while probably at most once a month in HK/Taiwan.

[QUOTE=EpikEnvy2.0;51585785]how about some toilets/toilet education first [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racism" - Hezzy))[/highlight][/QUOTE] [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_defecation#India]yes lets call something true racism[/url]

[QUOTE=ProgramFiles;51586296]But will it beat the greatness that is the 58m Guan Yu statue that china finished building earlier this year [IMG]http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/giant-war-god-statue-general-guan-yu-sculpture-china-9.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Probably won't be as great as The Motherland Calls either [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/g9opJhe.jpg[/IMG]

If anything we need a large statue of the Goddess of Democracy imo

Give us a Jaeger already

[QUOTE=Map in a box;51586334]If anything we need a large statue of the Goddess of Democracy imo[/QUOTE] Or a giant statue of Daler Mehndi, but I'm sure he can probably afford to build it himself.

[QUOTE=Swebonny;51585900]They're spending 1 billion USD in total to build two statues? How can it cost that much? It's insane, because I'm also assuming that wages and other related cost are much lower than in the west. This skyscraper is over 300 meters tall and cost around 1 billion USD, and it's in Hong Kong. [thumb]http://img.archiexpo.com/images_ae/photo-g/58213-7676503.jpg[/thumb] Burj Kalifa, the tallest building in the world cost 1.5 billion. [thumb]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Burj_Khalifa.jpg/800px-Burj_Khalifa.jpg[/thumb][/QUOTE] Not only that, but skyscrapers are actually useful for something. A statue is just standing there, being useless.

[QUOTE=Citrus705;51586303]Is any of that actually true[/QUOTE] speaking from personal experience, yes. lived in india for 2 months. there's terrible problems for public health that the state clearly has little interest in fixing if they're focusing on this instead. public toilets are rare, and if there is one around it's typically in a business who will expect you to pay to use it or to purchase something first. As a result, there are large swaths of road where people use drains, gutters, and occasionally walls to urinate or defecate. in Bangalore, where I lived, there were certain streets to avoid if you wanted to avoid smells (being real though it's kind of hard to avoid, the air quality is just poor as a result of smog, defecation, constant construction, dust, and live animals) - some streets would have 100 meter stretches where you could witness dozens of people lined up next to one another urinating on the wall, pooling in cracks in the sidewalk. the thing about it is that it's less of a "indians aren't clean" situation as public infrastructure in india is in dire need of stimulus spending. The people who don't use proper toilets are often people who literally cannot find one - they might not live in an apartment with one, and they may be too poor to be able to afford one on a regular basis. it's a problem of poverty and public health, and these kinds of expenditures are pretty sad when that money can be used substantially better elsewhere to actually help people. [QUOTE=Chrille;51585826]Can't blame them for lack of trying, Indians are just hellbent on shitting in the open. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racism" - Hezzy))[/highlight][/QUOTE] this perspective on the other hand is gross.

I think we'd rather see all that money get funnelled into better infrastructure. We should most definitely leave the opulent structures and shining towers until AFTER the country has been truly civilized, when "tribal villages" give way to well-kept suburbs and fine hamlets. The sheer notion of designing a house without a toilet, let alone a bathroom, is truly unconscionable. And the fact that they're funnelling so much into a mechanically worthless monument, rather that prioritize building proper sewers and sewage treatment plants, strikes me as senseless. To me, building opulent monuments while massive problems are ever-present is kind of like eating a chocolate bar before sitting down to dinner. It's childish, unhealthy, and ruins the appetite. And yet many are guilty of giving in to that urge to splurge, that wont to flaunt, in spite of serious matters. How CAN ye have any pudding if ye don't eat yer meat? Very easily, apparently. And that saddens me.

Meanwhile their steel bridges are being literally dissolved by people spitting chewing tobacco on them, but nah, statues are top priority.

[QUOTE=Map in a box;51586334]If anything we need a large statue of the Goddess of Democracy imo[/QUOTE] ? [quote][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Statue_of_Liberty_-_4621961395.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

[QUOTE=shad0w440;51586446]?[/QUOTE] the goddess of democracy holds such an important story of our worlds recent history

[QUOTE=Chrille;51585994]Intent when posting? Both of those are harmful stereotypes and hardly constructive in most contexts. I don't actually mean to shit on Indians, but a third of them do defecate in the open. And I guess I could have been more specific in my wording, but stuff like that is easy to forget. The point of my post was that India's government [i]are[/i] trying to spread the use of toilets.[/QUOTE] doesn't make your original post any less crass or racist. there's a huge difference between saying "1/3 of indians have reduced capacity to access public toilets and by extension engage in open defecation" and "1/3 of indians just FUCKING LOVE SHITTING IN PUBLIC" phrasing it like that is racist because you're hiding the actual reasoning behind the problem and instead characterizing the situation as the 1/3 of indians being either negligent, careless, or just willfully disgusting (which is racist)

[QUOTE=shad0w440;51586446]?[/QUOTE] That's Liberty, not Democracy.

[QUOTE=EpikEnvy2.0;51585785]how about some toilets/toilet education first [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Racism" - Hezzy))[/highlight][/QUOTE] i don't see how this is racism? i thought he was talking about the indian government rather than indians as a whole its not like he said anything like "all indians anywhere in the world because they are of indian descent refuse to use toilets or be educated"