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Originally Posted by Walrus
That's a very poor analogy.
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The OP was saying that the pride of france was an american acheivement.
I'm saying the pride of the US [ideals of liberty etc] is french.
I'd say it's a fairly poingant reference: it's not an analgous in the true sense, as it is fact.
My point, however, is that it's a more concrete example than the tired WW2 argument.
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The copper patina-clad statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the United States and is a gesture of friendship from France to America. Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi sculpted the statue and obtained a U.S. patent useful for raising construction funds through the sale of miniatures. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (designer of the Eiffel Tower) engineered the internal structure. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was responsible for the choice of copper in the statue's construction and adoption of the repoussé technique.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty