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Is Paris the world's most revered city?
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:38 pm
And thus its most sacred?
I ask because I just saw "Diplomacy" on Netflix, an account of General von Choltitz's decision to defy Hitler and not destroy the city.
Sure, there's Rome... but whereas Rome is definitely more an historical treasure its mystique is all about power and world domination and mythology.
Paris is about art and light, and the beauty of people.
I vote Paris.
I ask because I just saw "Diplomacy" on Netflix, an account of General von Choltitz's decision to defy Hitler and not destroy the city.
Sure, there's Rome... but whereas Rome is definitely more an historical treasure its mystique is all about power and world domination and mythology.
Paris is about art and light, and the beauty of people.
I vote Paris.
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Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:40 pm to Rex
Vatican City isn't technically a city so I'll go with Mecca
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:40 pm to Rex
Rex;didn't read;down voted
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:40 pm to Rex
quote:Been there 4 times. I second that. But it's sacred in terms of being a reflection of who we are. Good example of the "fluidity" of thought and art.
I vote Paris.
This post was edited on 7/1/15 at 4:43 pm
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:41 pm to Rex
Baton Rouge is
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:41 pm to Rex
I vote Ferriday.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:41 pm to tigerpawl
Have yet to go, but that will be in the next couple of years.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:42 pm to tigerpawl
Im partial to Erath when I wanna Parlais Francois.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:42 pm to upgrayedd
Rome
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:44 pm to Rex
Never been there, so it's hard to say, but - gun to my head? I'd prolly say Paris.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:44 pm to Rex
Sacred implies a center of religion. I guess that depends on your perspective. I don't think of Paris really when I think of religion. Rome and Jerusalem probably have it beat from that perspective. Mecca is synonymous with religious center. What would be it for the eastern world? New Delhi in India? Eta: something in Nepal?
This post was edited on 7/1/15 at 4:47 pm
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:48 pm to Rex
New Iberia
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:49 pm to Rex
quote:
Is Paris the world's most revered city?
quote:
And thus its most sacred?
How does this follow?
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:49 pm to Beaux
quote:I was in Rome this past March. Great trip if you're a Christian or history buff, but Paris is by far the most wonderful city I've ever been to. It makes you feel so good just to be there.
Rome
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:51 pm to Rex
quote:
Have yet to go, but that will be in the next couple of years.
I'll be there at the end of the month, looking forward to it. Plan is to eat and get drunk all over France.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:52 pm to Rex
I vote Houston
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:54 pm to Rex
Revered? yes. Despite what one might think of the French, spending a week in Paris makes you immediately want to live there. It also feels like the height of modern Western civilization. Hemingway and all that jazz. Sacred? No. I reserve that for Vatican City. But there is no where on earth like the city of light. Especially when you're there with your woman.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:56 pm to HempHead
quote:
How does this follow?
"Sacred" has multiple meanings. I obviously wasn't referring to religion.
- secured against violation, infringement, etc., as by reverence or sense of right:
- properly immune from violence, interference, etc., as a person or office.
If a belligerent alien race came down to Earth and wished a purely mean display, and gave me the choice of the following to destroy, but it must be at least one,
Mecca
Jerusalem
Rome
Paris
London
I'd choose Mecca.
Paris goes last... it must be secured against violation and destruction before any other city on Earth, and I haven't even been there.
This post was edited on 7/1/15 at 5:01 pm
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:57 pm to RedRifle
Prague or Vienna
This post was edited on 7/1/15 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:59 pm to Peazey
quote:
Sacred implies a center of religion. I guess that depends on your perspective. I don't think of Paris really when I think of religion. Rome and Jerusalem probably have it beat from that perspective. Mecca is synonymous with religious center. What would be it for the eastern world? New Delhi in India? Eta: something in Nepal?
Jerusalem
Lhasa, Tibet
Mecca and Medina, Saudi Arabia
Vatican City
Salt Lake City, Utah
Varanasi, India
Bodhi Tree, Bodh Gaya, India
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