Angry Detroit Citizens Fund RoboCop Statue

[Zeraki]

New York should get a statue of the Ghostbusters

That... would actually be kind of cool.

OT

So who wants to take bets on how long it takes for this RoboCop statue to get destroyed by vandals?

 

[Darkauthor81]

I still fail to see the point why.

But, with this understanding, I guess Chicago should get a statue of either the Blues Brothers or the mounty from Due South. New York should get a statue of the Ghostbusters

Holy Crap if New York got a Ghostbusters statue I would definitely go see it! The Ghostbusters logo is the world's second most recognized, non-religious, icon right under the McDonalds golden arches. This would quickly and easily pay for itself in tourist revenue!

 

[The Bucket]

James Bond was in Portugal once.... I suppose you could co-opt him since Britian isn't using him.Theres probably some good Irish ones, but I cant for the life of me think of any.

lol, yeah...maybe we should just take Bond. As for Ireland, i can only think of one.

Spoiler: THIS GUY

Sad thing is, that wouldn't be the stupid thing we ever spent money on over the last decade : )

Hell, lets just put up a statue of Liam Neeson playing someone and call it a day.

 

[ComicsAreWeird]

James Bond was in Portugal once.... I suppose you could co-opt him since Britian isn't using him.Theres probably some good Irish ones, but I cant for the life of me think of any.

lol, yeah...maybe we should just take Bond. As for Ireland, i can only think of one.

Spoiler: THIS GUY

Sad thing is, that wouldn't be the stupid thing we ever spent money on over the last decade : )

Hell, lets just put up a statue of Liam Neeson playing someone and call it a day.

Good call on Neeson. The man deserves a statue.
Cheers.

 

[Virgil]

I can really feel the anger coming from the Citizens of Detroit! Grrrr-Oh wait, I can't, because they aren't angry. A couple of nerds were whining about their silly dreams not getting fulfilled, but they hardly warranted such a headline. Oh news, how you continue to mislead me.

I don't think "a couple of nerds" came up with $50,000. That's pretty crazy.

I donated to the project last week. Detroit is the kind of place that really needs more art and community projects these days. And while some areas are still bad, the city itself is a hell of a lot nicer than it was when I left.

I'm hoping they go ahead with their original plan of putting the statue in front of the old train depot [http://www.forgottendetroit.com/mcs/index.html]. There's a huge "park" in front of it that could use something interesting, and having some kind of landmark there could only help the local businesses (like Slow's Bar-B-Q [http://slowsbarbq.com/], which is across the street - seriously, if you're anywhere near Detroit, and you like either meat or beer, you should go to Slow's).

 

[Logic 0]

Wonder what metal their going to use I hope they use titanium that way the statue would be decorative and functional.

 

[ace_of_something]

Wow...this is what you want to put up to improve the city of Detroit? That place was a dump before the automotive giants began to leave...

You, sir, obviously know nothing about Detroit, so I will forgive your libel for now.

On topic, I still find this whole thing silly: we have actual historical places in Detroit like the factory that produced the first Model T crumbling down because there's just no money in the city's budget to maintain or protect them. Unless they park the statue in front of a Detroit precinct, I doubt that statue will stay erect (go ahead, snicker if you must) for a year without being vandalized or just stolen by a super-geek.

Hmm... perhaps I should rephrase a bit just for you.

Your city has a low budget and I am sure that 55,000 dollars could be spent elsewhere or go to protecting actual historical places.

It's my understanding that since automakers started out sourcing ect., that lot's of people have lost their jobs, crime has increased, blah blah normal city stuff.

But I could be wrong.

Detroit has had one of the highest violent crimes rates in the united states for the last 20 years (possibly longer I'm not sure beyond 20 because our annual report only goes back that far).
Often times topping the list.

Other leaders are Baltimore, Memphis, and Miami.

Pretty sure that Dateline even did a 2 hour special on how Detroit has fallen apart (and some people are trying to rebuild it) not that long ago. I didn't watch it but I saw ads for it.

 

[Danpascooch]

Detroit is screwed anyway, might as well. I laughed my ASS off when reading that headline.

BTW, this "root_of_all_evil" guy? If you're not paying him, start paying him. It seems like he's to thank for over half the freaking news stories recently.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

i'd like to ask this question

Spoiler

Why?

I'll give this answer

Spoiler

# "Serve the public trust"
# "Protect the innocent"
# "Uphold the law"
# "CLASSIFIED"

This. Is THIS why Detroit is so doomed financially?

This is a PUBLIC outcrying, nothing to do with all the Government's money. Which can then be added to the city and they still get a statue.

BTW, this "root_of_all_evil" guy? If you're not paying him, start paying him. It seems like he's to thank for over half the freaking news stories recently.

I do it for the love. But a fresh lump of coal for the fire would be nice.

 

[Danpascooch]

Wow...this is what you want to put up to improve the city of Detroit? That place was a dump before the automotive giants began to leave...

You, sir, obviously know nothing about Detroit, so I will forgive your libel for now.

On topic, I still find this whole thing silly: we have actual historical places in Detroit like the factory that produced the first Model T crumbling down because there's just no money in the city's budget to maintain or protect them. Unless they park the statue in front of a Detroit precinct, I doubt that statue will stay erect (go ahead, snicker if you must) for a year without being vandalized or just stolen by a super-geek.

$55,000 is worth it for the lulz.

Seriously, I laughed my ass off for like 5 minutes at this headline. It's hilarious, the Detroit mayor asks for ideas to help a ruined city and everyone gets hung up on building a fucking Robocop statue like they have massive collective ADD, it's so ridiculous that it's epically hilarious.

 

[ace_of_something]

Minneapolis has a statue of Mary Tyler Moore (I would have preferred Crow T. Robot given the shows roots.) so why can't Detroit have one of Robocop.

MTM was a real person though. A better example would be how in Minneaplois (Or st. paul can't remember) don't you guys have statues of the Peanuts characters?

Every few years in my city they talk about making statue(s) of Fred Astaire or Marlon Brando.
If they do a Sci-Fi statue of Brando it would have to be him at his super-fat Doctor Moreau role.

And no one wants that.

 

[jdun]

Wow...this is what you want to put up to improve the city of Detroit? That place was a dump before the automotive giants began to leave...

Just saying, you could do a hell of a lot more to improve Detroit then put a statue of RoboCop in it...

Have you been to Detroit? I was there in 2008 and it was a broken city. every other house was condemned and it was just a depressing place to be in. Think of this as a moral booster. Its letting anyone with a spare dollar feel like they are improving the city, which in my opinion makes this idea a great one.

I have no problem with citizens using their own money to built statues that benefits the city. The problem I have is using tax payers money for their own enjoyment.

Detroit is a broken city because it is run by unions and liberals with no finical understanding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld05-5OOLRg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hhJ_49leBw

BTW you can buy a home as low as $100 in Detroit. No taker tho, that's how bad it is there.

 

[jdun]

Wow...this is what you want to put up to improve the city of Detroit? That place was a dump before the automotive giants began to leave...

You, sir, obviously know nothing about Detroit, so I will forgive your libel for now.

On topic, I still find this whole thing silly: we have actual historical places in Detroit like the factory that produced the first Model T crumbling down because there's just no money in the city's budget to maintain or protect them. Unless they park the statue in front of a Detroit precinct, I doubt that statue will stay erect (go ahead, snicker if you must) for a year without being vandalized or just stolen by a super-geek.

$55,000 is worth it for the lulz.

Seriously, I laughed my ass off for like 5 minutes at this headline. It's hilarious, the Detroit mayor asks for ideas to help a ruined city and everyone gets hung up on building a fucking Robocop statue like they have massive collective ADD, it's so ridiculous that it's epically hilarious.

Yeah they still doesn't understand the core problems that Detroit is facing. Doesn't matter what solutions they come up with. It's useless, waste of time, and money if they don't know what is causing the sickness.

The main problems with Detroit is Unions and High Taxes. Fix those two and life will come back to Detroit.

 

[Danpascooch]

Wow...this is what you want to put up to improve the city of Detroit? That place was a dump before the automotive giants began to leave...

You, sir, obviously know nothing about Detroit, so I will forgive your libel for now.

On topic, I still find this whole thing silly: we have actual historical places in Detroit like the factory that produced the first Model T crumbling down because there's just no money in the city's budget to maintain or protect them. Unless they park the statue in front of a Detroit precinct, I doubt that statue will stay erect (go ahead, snicker if you must) for a year without being vandalized or just stolen by a super-geek.

$55,000 is worth it for the lulz.

Seriously, I laughed my ass off for like 5 minutes at this headline. It's hilarious, the Detroit mayor asks for ideas to help a ruined city and everyone gets hung up on building a fucking Robocop statue like they have massive collective ADD, it's so ridiculous that it's epically hilarious.

Yeah they still doesn't understand the core problems that Detroit is facing. Doesn't matter what solutions they come up with. It's useless and waste of time if they don't know what is causing the sickness.

The core problems with Detroit is Unions and high taxes. Fix those two and life will come back to Detroit.

If they don't have those taxes they can't fund the police properly which is going to cause crime to rise even further. They are in a tough spot, they need money RIGHT NOW to fund the police, but they need to stop taxing so much to help in the long term. What they really need is like a billion dollars to fall in their lap, so they can fund the police until the lower taxes help the crime rate long term.

Good luck with that though, lol, a billion dollars doesn't just fall from the sky (except that one time....)

 

[Mysnomer]

I want to hear MovieBob's opinion on this.

 

[Technicolor]

I'd buy that for a dollar!

Seriously though, If Philadelphia has a Rocky statue, Detroit can have a Robocop statue.
(Even though the Rocky statue was already a prop from Rocky 3)

 

[jdun]

Wow...this is what you want to put up to improve the city of Detroit? That place was a dump before the automotive giants began to leave...

You, sir, obviously know nothing about Detroit, so I will forgive your libel for now.

On topic, I still find this whole thing silly: we have actual historical places in Detroit like the factory that produced the first Model T crumbling down because there's just no money in the city's budget to maintain or protect them. Unless they park the statue in front of a Detroit precinct, I doubt that statue will stay erect (go ahead, snicker if you must) for a year without being vandalized or just stolen by a super-geek.

$55,000 is worth it for the lulz.

Seriously, I laughed my ass off for like 5 minutes at this headline. It's hilarious, the Detroit mayor asks for ideas to help a ruined city and everyone gets hung up on building a fucking Robocop statue like they have massive collective ADD, it's so ridiculous that it's epically hilarious.

Yeah they still doesn't understand the core problems that Detroit is facing. Doesn't matter what solutions they come up with. It's useless and waste of time if they don't know what is causing the sickness.

The core problems with Detroit is Unions and high taxes. Fix those two and life will come back to Detroit.

If they don't have those taxes they can't fund the police properly which is going to cause crime to rise even further. They are in a tough spot, they need money RIGHT NOW to fund the police, but they need to stop taxing so much to help in the long term. What they really need is like a billion dollars to fall in their lap, so they can fund the police until the lower taxes help the crime rate long term.

Good luck with that though, lol, a billion dollars doesn't just fall from the sky (except that one time....)

The Detroit problem is not hard to solve. The liberals that is running Detroit does not understand the problems that destroyed Detroit. Again Unions and High Taxes. You can't fix Detroit without addressing those two core problems.

Cutting tax is very easy and with the exception of the Unions no one will object. The Union problems is harder because they hold huge political power in the city. They want to get every last blood out of Detroit.

Cut taxes and replace unions worker with private sector. This will lower city cost and hence the ability to cut taxes. This will translate to business moving back into Detroit. That than will lead to a population growth. That means more money in the coffer.

 

[Zeromaxx]

I'm from Detroit and I approve of this...now if I can only find a way to get it into my back yard...

 

[Danpascooch]

Wow...this is what you want to put up to improve the city of Detroit? That place was a dump before the automotive giants began to leave...

You, sir, obviously know nothing about Detroit, so I will forgive your libel for now.

On topic, I still find this whole thing silly: we have actual historical places in Detroit like the factory that produced the first Model T crumbling down because there's just no money in the city's budget to maintain or protect them. Unless they park the statue in front of a Detroit precinct, I doubt that statue will stay erect (go ahead, snicker if you must) for a year without being vandalized or just stolen by a super-geek.

$55,000 is worth it for the lulz.

Seriously, I laughed my ass off for like 5 minutes at this headline. It's hilarious, the Detroit mayor asks for ideas to help a ruined city and everyone gets hung up on building a fucking Robocop statue like they have massive collective ADD, it's so ridiculous that it's epically hilarious.

Yeah they still doesn't understand the core problems that Detroit is facing. Doesn't matter what solutions they come up with. It's useless and waste of time if they don't know what is causing the sickness.

The core problems with Detroit is Unions and high taxes. Fix those two and life will come back to Detroit.

If they don't have those taxes they can't fund the police properly which is going to cause crime to rise even further. They are in a tough spot, they need money RIGHT NOW to fund the police, but they need to stop taxing so much to help in the long term. What they really need is like a billion dollars to fall in their lap, so they can fund the police until the lower taxes help the crime rate long term.

Good luck with that though, lol, a billion dollars doesn't just fall from the sky (except that one time....)

The Detroit problem is not hard to solve. The liberals that is running Detroit does not understand the problems that destroyed Detroit. Again Unions and High Taxes. You can't fix Detroit without addressing those two core problems.

Cutting tax is very easy and with the exception of the Unions no one will object. The Union problems is harder because they hold huge political power in the city. They want to get every last blood out of Detroit.

Cut taxes and replace unions worker with private sector. This will lower city cost and hence the ability to cut taxes. This will translate to business moving back into Detroit. That than will lead to a population growth. That means more money in the coffer.

I couldn't agree less with what you're proposing. They need to give support to people so that they can actually survive without resorting to theft.

How exactly do you propose they "replace" union workers with private sector? Cover the city with a handkerchief and go "TADA! And the unions have disappeared"?

Unionization is not even close to their problem, it's the poverty rate that needs to be addressed by creating more jobs and provided assistance to the needy.