On Sep 10, 1:43 pm, Morris Dovey snipped-for-privacy@iedu.com wrote: [snipped for brevity]
> Lady Liberty's design metrics and, to a lesser extent, her place of
> origin lost importance as she transitioned from being an object in New
> York to a treasured symbol for all people everywhere (something I hadn't
> much thought about until I saw her in Tiananmen Square in '89, and have
> thought about a lot since).
>
A much nicer image to think about than the big one in Vegas.
My comment had more to do with that hatred hang-over from France's rejection to join an obviously unnecessary war. A lot of good things have come from France and it irks me that even that goodwill had to be tainted. France has always been a very complex country.