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Social Media Petitions For Detroit RoboCop Statue
myfoxdetroit.com ^
| 14 Feb 2011
| Canvas Staff Reports
Posted on 02/14/2011 10:19:35 PM PST by smokingfrog
Detroit needs RoboCop.
That was the premise of a 1987 movie in which RoboCop, a terminally wounded cop turned cyborg, protected a crime-ridden city. Now what started out as a tweet to Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has turned into a social media movement that suggests a statue of RoboCop is just what the city needs.
Bing, as reported by PopSci.com , originally got a Tweet saying that RoboCop would be a great Detroit mascot. Philadelphia has a Rocky Balboa statue, the text stated, and RoboCop would "kick Rocky's butt."
"There are not any plans to erect a statue to RoboCop," Bing replied. "Thank you for your suggestion."
Fans disagreed as a group of Detroit residents started a Facebook event page that grew to 4,600 supporters.
Imagination Station, a non-profit center that cleans up blighted neighborhoods, offered space on its campus for the statue. Supporters kicked off a campaign using the online fundraising platform Kickstarter .
"Part man, part machine, all crowd funded," the website DetroitNeedsRobocop.com states.
As of Sunday, the website reported that $16,524 or 33 percent of the group's $50,000 goal has been raised.
(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxdetroit.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: bing; facebook; michigan; robocop; socialmedia; tweet; willemdafoe
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To: smokingfrog
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posted on
02/14/2011 10:24:36 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: smokingfrog
A statue of robocop? that’s exactly what Detroit needs. bingo.
3
posted on
02/14/2011 10:27:09 PM PST
by
RC one
To: smokingfrog
What Detroit needs is a nuclear strike.
4
posted on
02/14/2011 10:35:18 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Unfortunately there are good size parts of the city that look above ground nuclear testing has been done.
5
posted on
02/14/2011 10:58:47 PM PST
by
Springman
(Rest In Peace YaYa123 and Bahbah.)
To: Slings and Arrows
It’s the only way to be sure.
6
posted on
02/14/2011 10:59:59 PM PST
by
jiggyboy
(Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: smokingfrog
This is pretty idiotic amid a city wasting away and descending into ruin.
7
posted on
02/14/2011 11:06:10 PM PST
by
TheThinker
(Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenario at a time.)
To: Springman; jiggyboy
Unfortunately there are good size parts of the city that look above ground nuclear testing has been done.Bounce the rubble.
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posted on
02/14/2011 11:11:21 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: smokingfrog
I think they better get permission from the people who produced the movie.
To: Slings and Arrows
They'd do better with one depicting the Morlocks, those underground dwellers from H.G. Wells.
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posted on
02/15/2011 1:09:26 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tet68
Liberals flocking to a carnivorous god.
11
posted on
02/15/2011 1:14:41 AM PST
by
dennisw
(- - - -He who does not economize will have to agonize - - - - - Confucius)
To: tet68
People’d think it was supposed to be Marcia Conyers.
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posted on
02/15/2011 1:39:31 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: tet68
Make that Monica Conyers.
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posted on
02/15/2011 1:41:11 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: smokingfrog
Perhaps it would be better to put the statue up in Dallas, where the movie was filmed....;)
To: TheThinker
Why did you use present tense?
To: smokingfrog
If Philly can put up a statue of Rocky Balboa then why not?
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posted on
02/15/2011 4:19:05 AM PST
by
K-Stater
To: Slings and Arrows
What Detroit needs is a nuclear strike. Nukem!
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posted on
02/15/2011 4:21:08 AM PST
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: Slings and Arrows
What Detroit needs is a nuclear strike.
I was thinking about this yesterday and decided I could spare Detroit if I can vaporize Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo instead. Detroit is an indifferent parasite. Ann Arbor and Kzoo are angry arrogant parasites.
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posted on
02/15/2011 5:21:15 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: RC one
“I’d buy THAT for a dollar!”
To: ScreamingFist
At least part of Robocop 2 was filmed in Houston. The final scene is in front of Wortham Center.
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posted on
02/15/2011 9:02:37 AM PST
by
smokingfrog
( BORN free - taxed to DEATH (and beyond) ...)
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