2003/11/29
IT'S NOT LIKE THE ERROR IS SET IN STONE. WELL, MAYBE IT IS: The Canadian
Broadcasting Corp. says a granite map of Canada just installed in the
lobby of its new building in Ottawa, Ont., has several geographical
errors, such as making Vancouver Island a peninsula and annexing
Alaska. The broadcaster says it's up to the building's owner whether to
fix it, but a spokesman for Morguard Corp., who commissioned the
building, claims the map is "not a map of Canada, it's a piece of art"
which is "not representative of Canada, per se." Will they fix it? "Why
would I?" the spokesman asked. "You wouldn't go back to Picasso and say
add another nose over here on this piece. You wouldn't do it. I'm not
going do that. I'm not an artist." (Ottawa Citizen) ...Yes he is. A
spin artist. And a bad one at that.
This is an exerpt from the "This is True " web site. No need for a bridge to the Island now!
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Broadcasting Corp. says a granite map of Canada just installed in the
lobby of its new building in Ottawa, Ont., has several geographical
errors, such as making Vancouver Island a peninsula and annexing
Alaska. The broadcaster says it's up to the building's owner whether to
fix it, but a spokesman for Morguard Corp., who commissioned the
building, claims the map is "not a map of Canada, it's a piece of art"
which is "not representative of Canada, per se." Will they fix it? "Why
would I?" the spokesman asked. "You wouldn't go back to Picasso and say
add another nose over here on this piece. You wouldn't do it. I'm not
going do that. I'm not an artist." (Ottawa Citizen) ...Yes he is. A
spin artist. And a bad one at that.
This is an exerpt from the "This is True " web site. No need for a bridge to the Island now!
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