posted February 29, 2000 02:49

This is one of those threads that never dies....

1) LGJ: Are you in charge of WW?
2) The example by LGJ about "the greatest" is really good and convinced me about not going for it.
3) The comments by Harun ar Rashid are really good and certainly I share his view about the social wonders like crusades or women's suffrage. What's the importance of WS for chinese? What's the "wonder" about being able to build an atomic bomb? As I putted it a long time ago in this thread, a wonder of the world should be a wonder OF THE WORLD, or simply something more local and specific. Wonders and culture should be more related. The pyramids are awesome for all of us, but the wall of the destroyed jewish temple in jerusalem has a really low attractiveness for most non-jewish, but it works like a wonder for jewish...
4) Something simple after a really long time becomes attractive, reminding us of those ancient times...
5) Destroyed cities could be rediscovered after archelogical works having tourist effects.