'We WILL rebuild Notre Dame': French president Macron says 'the worst' has been prevented as bell...

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[Morgana]

FULL TITLE: 'We WILL rebuild Notre Dame': French president Macron says 'the worst' has been prevented as bell towers are saved but inferno reduces much of the medieval cathedral to ashes in just an HOUR

French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild Notre Dame with help from the international community after a devastating fire gutted the famous cathedral on Monday night.

Speaking just hours after the roof of the 850-year-old building caved in, Macron told the world's assembled press that a national fundraising campaign to restore the historic building would be launched today, and he called on the world's 'greatest talents' to help.

The French leader credited the 'courage' and 'great professionalism' of firefighters with sparing Notre Dame's facade and two landmark towers from being destroyed.

In an impassioned speech outside the cathedral, Mr Macron said: 'We will appeal to the greatest talents and we will rebuild Notre Dame because that's what the French are waiting for, because that's what our history deserves, because it's our deepest destiny.'

Late on Monday evening fire chiefs confirmed that the structure of the cathedral has been saved, despite initial fears it may be entirely destroyed. It wasn't until early on Tuesday morning that the fire was declared to be 'under control and partially extinguished'.

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[Governor Dinwiddie]

Two words: Nuke Mecca.
 

[Catmom]

Just more hashtag blahblahblah.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Why is Macaroni still here?

[dp0622]

Next time it will be a more devastating attack (if that’s what it was) so that it can’t be rebuilt.

Like my beautiful towers.

Get nauseous looking at that distorted heap they put in its place.

GUESS WHO WANTED TO REBUILD THEM JUST AS THEY WERE LIKE MOST PEOPLE WANTED!?!!?!

DONALD TRUMP

[skams19]

When will the telethon be scheduled?

[McGavin999]

I hope to God they find artists and craftsmen who are up to the job. The original took 200 years to build with each man working for the glory of God.

[Captain Compassion]

It will re-open as an inter faith center.

[hole_n_one]

French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild Notre Dame with help from the international community...

Has he started a Go-Fund-Me page yet?

[thoughtomator]

I was told the same about the World Trade Center, then we ended up with a armored and fortified surveillance tower that may as well be called the Eye of Sauron.

[Husker24]

They’ll probably rebuild it as a mosque.

[TigerClaws]

Somebody burned something.

[BipolarBob]

Did Quasimodo get out in time?

[BenLurkin]

Rebuild it for Christ?

Or for some New Age notion of a “universal” religion?

[Nateman]

There is a great series I discovered while perusing documentaries from the library. It is called “Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark” . Mr. Clark chronicles the history of art in Western Europe from the fall of Rome to the present day. He makes the case that the most genuine output that a Civilization produces is reflected in its art.

In one of the beginning episodes he is standing in front of Notre Dame. He makes the point that while it’s hard to define what a Civilization is he can certainly recognize when he sees it, and that Notre Dame is an excellent example of it .

Whether it turns out this fire of Notre Dame was accidental or Sudden Jihad Syndrome, Europe has foolishly and cravenly opened its doors to the same people that have been struggling to take Europe down for 14 centuries. This fire is now a prime example of the fall of Civilization in Europe . It’s a good thing Kenneth Clark did not live to see it, even if he clearly saw the decay of art that is modern art.

I might add the BBC came out with a sequel to this called Civilisations It’s very much enamored with the utter decay of art which now is hostile to the progress and rational thought that was the hallmark of Western Civilization. Any surprise the BBC felt the need for that addendum to the original series.

[BenLurkin]

The world will find out
Sooner or later
If Achmed will pray
To a glowing crater

[onona]

Two words: Nuke Mecca.

Yup, it's about time.

no wait, it is WAY beyond time.

[montag813]

French get beaucoup credit for saving all the stuff inside...the FAR more important effort

[bigbob]

This time it will be for the glory of the trade unions

[Black Agnes]

When they begin the rebuilding and clearing the site of burned/melted material they could package up small pieces and sell them to collectors. Like they did with the Berlin Wall.

Would raise money and keep all of this history from a landfill somewhere.