Originally Posted By vbdad55 OK-- if they tore down a house and 12 years later put up another house....would that not be a replacement ? They replaced an attraction with an attraction -- albeit a sucky one -- still like for like to me. Also it was they who had total control over the time span, there was no outside influence so control over the 'experiment' if you will, was totally theirs, which makes the time element, irrelevant. I also love semantics -- 2 years debate team ( 1 year as alternate) - Northwestern Please give me your thoughts back though as I love the debate
Originally Posted By danyoung OK, let's get pedantic and look at the word "replacement". One description on dictionary.com is "a new fixed asset or portion of an asset that takes the place of one discarded (as because of deterioration)". I was actually kinda surprised by that description, as it tends to support your theory. In my opinion, though, there has to be one more element to make it a replacement - intent. In other words, the plan all along was to take out 20K to put in a playground. Disney just waited 12 years to implement their plan. And of course this didn't happen. They let 20K die, they had a basically vacant area for 12 years, and then they decided to do something with it. So if anything, the Pooh playground is a replacement for a vacant lot, not for an E-ticket attraction.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 My only argument with that is that the time frame is irrelevant in this line of discussion only. ( No I do not think they planned a playground 12 years ago either - they didn't plan anything) - Inf act to follow your line would be to acknowledge the fact that real or not - they talked of plans to rehab the 20K ride - modernize it - make it ADA comppliant - etc. -- so following that line - the Playground is the replacement for the upgraded 20K ride that never came to fruition. That also closes that timeline down.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 When i saw the word pedantic ( which in the debate world is the modus operandi) - I started laughing -- for whatever reason all I could think of was the 3 Stooges when they asked Larry if he was a pedestrian, and he said no, a Republican. I have no idea why other than I have watched too much TV over my lifespan
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy I loved the Stooges. Especially the original Curly. . . . . . There! I said it and I'm proud of it!
