LIberty Memorial: The big "d!ck in the sky"

Maitre D · Post by **Maitre D** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:59 pm

A buddy of mine calls it that, and really: can we argue? It's really serving no purpose, nobody ever goes there. I suppose it had cool history in 1920 but really, it's a very strange looking monument.

We should plant a bunch of shrubbery around it so it looks lik it has pubic hair when you fly over it. Seriously, what can we really do with it?

trailerkid · Post by **trailerkid** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:11 pm

pittsburghparoyal wrote:A buddy of mine calls it that, and really: can we argue? It's really serving no purpose, nobody ever goes there. I suppose it had cool history in 1920 but really, it's a very strange looking monument.

We should plant a bunch of shrubbery around it so it looks lik it has pubic hair when you fly over it. Seriously, what can we really do with it?

I'm sure the millions of veterans around the country who paid their country with their own blood would disagree.

WoodDraw · Post by **WoodDraw** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:11 pm

Yeah, another great post.

Maitre D · Post by **Maitre D** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:12 pm

Sheesh, could you be any more dramatic TK?

trailerkid · Post by **trailerkid** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:14 pm

pittsburghparoyal wrote:Sheesh, could you be any more dramatic TK?

You're basically mocking the symbol of people who've died in foreign wars...I don't see the humor in calling a tribute to these people who gave so much for their country the "big dick in the sky" and suggesting we put pubic hair around it. How about we put pubic hair around your parent's headstone?

Maitre D · Post by **Maitre D** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:17 pm

My parent's headstone doesn't look like a Dick tho.

TK, it's all in fun. Calm down. I'm not burning the flag here. It's a funny nickname, and really: the main point is, what attraction does it hold today?

And no: most KC-ians don't want to observe war history.

KCDevin · Post by **KCDevin** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:17 pm

Tell these guys that you don't like the only official WWI memorial in the world dedicated to them...

Maitre D · Post by **Maitre D** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:20 pm

So we can't criticize the design of a monument without directly mocking the soldiers.

O.......k........(????)

trailerkid · Post by **trailerkid** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:33 pm

Criticize it all you want. But you're not just criticizing when you are calling into question its significance saying "KC doesn't want to see a war monument." I don't really give a shit if KC wants it or not...it's significant to those who lost their lives or suffered for this country.

There thousands of similar phallic monuments nearly everywhere-- KU's WWII Campenile comes to mind first.

Funny how the dude who wants gay marriage banned also can't stop seeing penises.

kcteen · Post by **kcteen** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:53 pm

A buddy of mine calls it that, and really: can we argue? It's really serving no purpose, nobody ever goes there. I suppose it had cool history in 1920 but really, it's a very strange looking monument.

I know you are new to this board, but you do know they are building a multi-million dollar world war I museum beneath it, correct? (That is desigend by the famous museum designer who designed the holocaust museum in DC)

Did you also know a bill is currently being promoted in congress that would designate the memorial the nation's official world war monument--thus making it even easier for the museum to get even more money?

Or are you just critizing without even researching what you are talking about?

kcteen

Gorlock · Post by **Gorlock** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:15 pm

As a veteran, I find calling the Liberty Memorial a sexual anatomy part appalling. Even though I did not serve in World War I, this is a monument I am proud of. I did not find the original post that funny.

KCPowercat · Post by **KCPowercat** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:16 pm

nicknames aside, to say the memorial has no draw is very incorrect I believe....it just reopened and for the first time in years, we can take an elevator to the top and get the best views of the city. Soon, the underground museum will be done and will attract tourists to yet another KC attraction.

supastudio · Post by **supastudio** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:59 pm

I don't get the "phallic" symbolism, either. Its a cylinder... there are many buildings that have the same shape. Coit tower in SF is similar, Light Houses are similar too. I posted a few pictures of the Liberty Memorial a couple weeks back at:

http://www.kcskyscrapers.com/kcforum/vi ... php?t=3270

and all I have to say is "grow up", and if you wanna have a real critique about the design of it, let me know... And I can't believe I actually responded to an obvious flame thread!!!

Slappy the Wang · Post by **Slappy the Wang** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 7:40 am

KCPowercat wrote:nicknames aside, to say the memorial has no draw is very incorrect I believe....it just reopened and for the first time in years, we can take an elevator to the top and get the best views of the city. Soon, the underground museum will be done and will attract tourists to yet another KC attraction.

Gotta disagree. Aside from KC, the rest of the world has no idea it even exists. It is interesting that it's alleged "fallic" architecture has been a beacon to alternative activities in the area for 20+ years.

"Dude, that looks like a giant wang.....it must be our Mecca."
-Ricky

KCPowercat · Post by **KCPowercat** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 7:44 am

once the new museum opens up more recgonition will be given to the monument...especially if it becomes a national monument.

I find it hard to believe nobody outside of KC knows about it...I've went to the top of the monument a few times and I see a lot of out of state plates.

Slappy the Wang · Post by **Slappy the Wang** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 7:49 am

Sadly, the 5 story tall groundhog and two-headed steer in Oakley, Kansas has more notoriety than our memorial.

KCPowercat · Post by **KCPowercat** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 7:53 am

according to.......

Slappy the Wang · Post by **Slappy the Wang** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 7:57 am

I'd even venture to say that the average Joe on the street couldn't even tell you what Liberty Memorial is supposed to memorialize.

KCPowercat · Post by **KCPowercat** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 8:03 am

and the average person's ignorance is who's fault?

That same guy couldn't tell you who's buried in Grant's tomb or ID what building the president lives in.

Slappy the Wang · Post by **Slappy the Wang** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 8:08 am

KCPowercat wrote:and the average person's ignorance is who's fault?

That same guy couldn't tell you who's buried in Grant's tomb or ID what building the president lives in.

Good call, but if the folks who live here don't know, then we shouldn't expect anyone else outside KC to know either.

I hate to use the classic example, but it's like 18th & Vino. Put money into it, make it cool and never tell a soul that it exists. Spend spend spend and hope hope hope that it takes off.

Does the CVB actually do anything? Who are they marketing to? Why aren;t thewir butts all over the country telling people about KC? It appears to me that the economic development authorities do a heck of a lot better job promoting KC than the CVB.

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