Unfortunately, Mayor Bing will not build it:
Mayor Bing: Detroit won't build RoboCop statue
1:42 AM, Feb. 9, 2011 | 79 Comments
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By STEVE NEAVLING
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer
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Sci-fi fans won't take no for an answer: A statue of RoboCop must be erected in Detroit.
What started as a single suggestion for the statue on Mayor Dave Bing's Twitter account Monday ballooned into an international cyberspace debate Tuesday about the merits of immortalizing the 1987 science-fiction classic based on the city with a statue. Local supporters are planning petitions and protests.
"There are not any plans to erect a statue of RoboCop," Bing wrote on his Twitter account. "Thank you for your suggestion."
That statement unleashed a wave of responses from sci-fi fans and others amused by the debate.
Supporters of the statue, saying it will spur tourism and positive attention for the city, created a Facebook page called, "Build a statue of Robocop in Detroit," which encourages Bing to change his mind.
A few Facebook users are taking the matter into their own hands.
Victoria Bielecki of Phoenix pledged to buy the statue herself and "haul it all the way up there in my 1992 Suburban."
"Do you know how freaking awesome it would be for my 7-year-old to look up at a 10-foot statue of RoboCop?" the 27-year-old told the Free Press. "The city also needs something that represents security because of the crime rate there."
Others scoffed at the idea.
"Sorry, I think this idea is horrid," Carl Henry of Plymouth said on the Facebook page. "If you wanna build a statue, build one to represent an unemployed autoworker, homeless person or something deserving of recognition."
It's not a statue that Detroit needs, one poster said on Facebook.
"Detroit needs real RoboCops!" Jay Zerbel of Ferndale said.
A survey at freep.com showed 55% of 643 readers supporting the statue Tuesday evening.
While "RoboCop" remains a sci-fi classic, many Detroit boosters denounce its depiction of the city as a wasteland of crime and blight.
Contact Steve Neavling: 586-826-7255 or [email protected]
1:42 AM, Feb. 9, 2011 | 79 Comments
Photo illustration by ERIC MILLIKIN/Detroit Free P
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By STEVE NEAVLING
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer
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City Of Detroit
Should Detroit Mayor Dave Bing have a RoboCop statue erected?
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Do I hear a vote for Spider-Man?
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Sci-fi fans won't take no for an answer: A statue of RoboCop must be erected in Detroit.
What started as a single suggestion for the statue on Mayor Dave Bing's Twitter account Monday ballooned into an international cyberspace debate Tuesday about the merits of immortalizing the 1987 science-fiction classic based on the city with a statue. Local supporters are planning petitions and protests.
"There are not any plans to erect a statue of RoboCop," Bing wrote on his Twitter account. "Thank you for your suggestion."
That statement unleashed a wave of responses from sci-fi fans and others amused by the debate.
Supporters of the statue, saying it will spur tourism and positive attention for the city, created a Facebook page called, "Build a statue of Robocop in Detroit," which encourages Bing to change his mind.
A few Facebook users are taking the matter into their own hands.
Victoria Bielecki of Phoenix pledged to buy the statue herself and "haul it all the way up there in my 1992 Suburban."
"Do you know how freaking awesome it would be for my 7-year-old to look up at a 10-foot statue of RoboCop?" the 27-year-old told the Free Press. "The city also needs something that represents security because of the crime rate there."
Others scoffed at the idea.
"Sorry, I think this idea is horrid," Carl Henry of Plymouth said on the Facebook page. "If you wanna build a statue, build one to represent an unemployed autoworker, homeless person or something deserving of recognition."
It's not a statue that Detroit needs, one poster said on Facebook.
"Detroit needs real RoboCops!" Jay Zerbel of Ferndale said.
A survey at freep.com showed 55% of 643 readers supporting the statue Tuesday evening.
While "RoboCop" remains a sci-fi classic, many Detroit boosters denounce its depiction of the city as a wasteland of crime and blight.
Contact Steve Neavling: 586-826-7255 or [email protected]
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