I saw the Embrace statue in person today in Boston.t0reup t1_j91p3i3 wrote
Reply to comment by eos4 in I saw the Embrace statue in person today in Boston. by willk95
Right out the window. Gonna cost a lot to eventually remove the monstrosity as well.
barneysfarm t1_j91qc21 wrote
Right out the window? Where do you think it went? Everyone involved with this project was paid and that money will continue to flow through the local economy with their own respective spending activities. The money isn't gone and vanished, it's just no longer in the city's budget.
Granted, could that money have been used better? Sure. But it wasn't just lit on fire.
t0reup t1_j91qizz wrote
Gone from the city's budget and unavailable for services to the people who funded said budget.
Not that hard to comprehend, right?
Outrageous-Pause6317 t1_j92c7yb wrote
It was privately funded. Not city money.
t0reup t1_j92d507 wrote
Fair enough. Private money can be spent however they want. Was the land purchased as well? What was there previously?
amaninseattle t1_j92kn70 wrote
Desperately trying to save your argument from your own lack of knowledge.
t0reup t1_j92l859 wrote
It's still a horrible sculpture. I don't care if private people wanna waste their money tho.
Outrageous-Pause6317 t1_j92ehan wrote
It’s the Boston Common. So the land is city controlled.
barneysfarm t1_j91qm7k wrote
That isn't what you said.
Why you changing your words around now?
t0reup t1_j91qppz wrote
That is what I said. I just had to break it down a little further for those that were struggling to comprehend my simple message.
barneysfarm t1_j91qvgq wrote
Lol whatever you say. You equated it to a complete waste instead of recognizing that money still has value in the community via its recipients.
t0reup t1_j91r0nu wrote
It was a complete waste of funds. It is not relevant that the money still exists in the economy.
barneysfarm t1_j91r4ti wrote
No it wasn't, many families were able to pay bills and engage in economic activity from what they earned from the project.
That's valuable whether you acknowledge it or not.
t0reup t1_j91r8j5 wrote
Outside of throwing the money in the river, any project would've accomplished that.
barneysfarm t1_j91rhqx wrote
Or throwing it out the window as you said. Which was an egregious misrepresentation of what transpired, moreso reflecting your views than any objective reality of the situation. It's no surprise you've backpeddled here afterwards.
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copperpoint t1_j92lja4 wrote
It was paid for by Embrace Boston, a nonprofit organization. It was all donor funded.
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