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This is what citizens' tax dollars pay for. How nice that public funds can so easily be used to pay people to do nothing.

• ColinDabritz 11y ago
  I feel having people near this statue pause to reflect on the nature of art and beauty is some of the best use of my tax dollars in that area.
• jarin 11y ago
  Would you rather federal employees work in some Kafka-esque grey cinder block 1984 Ministry type building?
  • avn2109 11y ago
    Note that NSA HQ is literally a windowless black cube.
    • hugh4 11y ago
      It doesn't appear to be windowless, it's just dark tinted glass.
• deleted 11y ago
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• stephengillie 11y ago
  I, for one, would prefer to have my tax dollars spent commissioning statues and other art, rather than buying bombs or weaponry of any sort.
  • andreyf 11y ago
    False dichotomy.
    • jayzalowitz 11y ago
      What about if we bomb other countries with our art....
      • stephengillie 11y ago
        High-speed photography of explosions can be considered art. My point appears moot.
    • bobwaycott 11y ago
      No, it is not. Parent is not suggesting there are only two options on which we may choose to spend public funds, but instead voicing a preference of a single specific option over another single specific option--with no mention of there not being millions more. Stating a preference for one of two isolated things is in no way a false dichotomy.
  • unixhero 11y ago
    Sir, I believe you should then move to Iceland.