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"“I think the sheikhs wouldn’t want to move it, so as not to lose face,” said Oleg, a Bluewaters resident. “It is after all, a landmark, so I imagine it will re
by josefresco 3y ago
"“I think the sheikhs wouldn’t want to move it, so as not to lose face,” said Oleg, a Bluewaters resident. “It is after all, a landmark, so I imagine it will remain here.”"
I don't' get this. Leaving it up as a monument to their engineering failure is better than taking it down and replacing it with something new?
- tomcam 3y agoDownvotes not necessary. This is a legitimate question. And the answer is, yes, leaving it up is better than taking it down. Not losing face publicly is their most primal urge. Americans are far more pragmatic and willing to admit a failure. This whole face-saving thing might as well be a culture from another planet if you were raised in America.