Tower of Babel

Read Saturday's The Star and you'll see an article about the "towering achievement" of the Shian Yang 219th Kinta scouts troop. Basically, they spent MYR40,000 to build a 40.26m tall tower made of 5,000 pieces of mangrove wood and 300kg of rope. That "motivational and inspirational" white elephant earned them an entry in the Malaysian Book of Records. Whoopeeeeeee! I'm not sure whether I'll earn the ire of the scouts or anything, but I find the structure a real waste of money. And the mangrove trees that were sacrificed to "commemorate the 100th anniversary of the World Scout Movement"-- apalling. It would have been more meaningful if they had built a bridge that would have served some sort of purpose for the community rather than just some grandiose structure to stroke egos. And you know what? This is their 19th attempt. Well done!

Comments

savante said…
Couldn't they have built something more meaningful?!
Legolas said…
Why are there so many dumb people doing dumb things? Where are the intelligent people?
ikanbilis said…
um, and all the natural resources went wasted. mmhmm.
William said…
@Savante:
My point exactly.

@Leon:
Welcome!

@Legs:
Doing dumb things too. :P

@IkanB:
Yaloh!

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