City Desk » unesco http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk D.C. News, Politics, Media, Arts, and More Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:39:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Dresden’s Loss Is Kyrgyzstan’s Gain http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/06/26/dresdens-loss-is-kyrgyzstans-gain/ http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/06/26/dresdens-loss-is-kyrgyzstans-gain/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:59:27 +0000 Andrew Beaujon http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=25876 Man did Dresden ever screw up. Yesterday UNESCO removed the German city from its World Heritage List "due to the building of a four-lane bridge in the heart of the cultural landscape,"according to a press release I got yesterday.

Dresden! You fools! But then UNESCO follows the dope-slap with a nipple-twist:
"Sacred mountain in Kyrgyzstan enters List along with Iran’s Shushtar water system and Royal tombs in Republic of Korea" reads the headline of another press release I got today. Royal tombs in the ROK, sure. Iran's Shushtar water system? I'm surprised it wasn't on there already. But Sacred Mountain in Kyrgyzstan? Come on, that thing is such a piece of shit. No way it's on there for any other reason than to put the screws to Dresden. Come on, UNESCO, be cool! When someone's down, you stop punching.

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