Well, I was honestly expecting worse, like something political along the lines of Cascadas Simon Bolivar, or worse, Chavez Falls
If anything, they'll probably always be known as Angel Falls worldwide, whatever he decides to change the name to. The article itself mentions several name changes but nobody out of Venezuela really heard anything of them or cared.
AirTran737 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 3639 posts, RR: 12 Reply 3, posted (3 years 5 months 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1948 times:
He's such a jackass. When is someone going to get rid of him?
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ER757 From Cayman Islands, joined May 2005, 2232 posts, RR: 8 Reply 4, posted (3 years 5 months 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1931 times:
Quoting FLY2HMO (Reply 2): Well, I was honestly expecting worse, like something political along the lines of Cascadas Simon Bolivar, or worse, Chavez Falls
If anything, they'll probably always be known as Angel Falls worldwide, whatever he decides to change the name to. The article itself mentions several name changes but nobody out of Venezuela really heard anything of them or cared
I was thinking the same thing when I first read the headline that he was re-naming the falls. I was expecting something political in nature. Going back to the indigenous name isn't such an awful thing but I agree it probably won't catch on worldwide. Although it seems to be working somewhat with Mt. McKinley going back to it's native name of Denali. I'd love for Mt. Rainier to go back to being called Tahoma but that ain't gonna happen.
Well, this one wouldn't be so bad after all! Chavez FALLS! (fantasies!!!)
Anyhow, what a jackass... changing Venezuela's patrimony... he has no business here, all he wants is to destroy the little bit of country we have left.
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Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 10481 posts, RR: 20 Reply 6, posted (3 years 5 months 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 1904 times:
Quoting FLY2HMO (Reply 2): Well, I was honestly expecting worse, like something political along the lines of Cascadas Simon Bolivar, or worse, Chavez Falls
I was expecting Cascadas Fidel Castro!
But does anyone care what that nutjob calls the falls?
WarRI1 From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 6496 posts, RR: 8 Reply 7, posted (3 years 5 months 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 1890 times:
Quoting Springbok747 (Thread starter): "How could we accept this idea that the falls were discovered by a guy who came from the United States in a plane?" he said.
I know this is not politically correct, but do I care? Not really. How come South America is so good at creating these 10 cent Dictators? Is it the water or what?
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FuturePilot16 From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 2018 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (3 years 5 months 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 1884 times:
Quoting Springbok747 (Thread starter): How the hell is he still the president of a whole country?! Wow..
He is a dictator.
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Steeler83 From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 8816 posts, RR: 19 Reply 11, posted (3 years 5 months 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 1859 times:
Quoting 797 (Reply 5): Well, this one wouldn't be so bad after all! Chavez FALLS! (fantasies!!!)
Yeah, it could serve as a hint to the rest of the civilized world. It's time to take out Venezuela's garbage...
Mir From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 19719 posts, RR: 56 Reply 12, posted (3 years 5 months 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 1857 times:
Quoting FLY2HMO (Reply 2): Well, I was honestly expecting worse, like something political along the lines of Cascadas Simon Bolivar, or worse, Chavez Falls
Yeah, me too.
But hell, I'd rather him be doing this sort of crap than nationalizing stuff.
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"How could we accept this idea that the falls were discovered by a guy who came from the United States in a plane?" he said.
What a f***** moron! Really? How the hell is he still the president of a whole country?! Wow..
He is an idiot, there is no doubt about that. But Kerepakupai-Meru is the falls name, as given by the indigenous people, so technically he is just stating which name he wants used.
But the guy is a complete nutcase, I wouldn't expect better from him.
Baroque From Australia, joined Apr 2006, 15380 posts, RR: 60 Reply 15, posted (3 years 5 months 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 1707 times:
Are we going to have a "Keating was a nut case" thread because the locals wanted to call it Uluru. Thought not. What is good enough for the Pitjantjatjara ......
PNQIAD From India, joined May 2006, 579 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (3 years 5 months 5 days ago) and read 1674 times:
While Chavez is a nutcase, I fail to see what the big deal here is. Going back to original name is bad? Just because others outside of the region did not know it before Angel "discovered" it does not mean it did not exists. I fail to see why everybody is tied up in knots over this.
Greasespot From Canada, joined Apr 2004, 3050 posts, RR: 22 Reply 18, posted (3 years 5 months 5 days ago) and read 1672 times:
Quoting MD-90 (Reply 13): Why are you guys so upset about this? I fail to see what the big deal is...?
Even further I am not sure why every thing this guy does is such big news in here. Hell there are lots of dictators and most do not rate a new thread every time they speak.
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Captaink From Mexico, joined May 2001, 5093 posts, RR: 13 Reply 20, posted (3 years 5 months 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 1648 times:
Quoting Greasespot (Reply 18):
Even further I am not sure why every thing this guy does is such big news in here. Hell there are lots of dictators and most do not rate a new thread every time they speak.
Exactly, he wants to use the Falls original name, well so be it. That doesn't change the price of sugar. The thing is, this nutcase gets exactly what he wants, attention.
MarSciGuy From United States of America, joined Jun 2007, 549 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (3 years 5 months 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 1636 times:
If renaming a famous landmark to it's original name is a bad thing, then I'll actually support him in it for this one occasion - nothing wrong with using the name given by the first people to originally discover it....however in all other respects I do agree, he is a nutcase...
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MD-90 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 8418 posts, RR: 13 Reply 22, posted (3 years 5 months 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 1634 times:
Quoting Greasespot (Reply 18):
Even further I am not sure why every thing this guy does is such big news in here. Hell there are lots of dictators and most do not rate a new thread every time they speak.
I speculate that it's because he publicly dares to defy the US government and Americans don't take kindly to someone insulting their patriotic belief in an omnipotent national government.
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 10481 posts, RR: 20 Reply 23, posted (3 years 5 months 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1624 times:
Quoting AM744 (Reply 19): Yeah, I was thinking something along the lines of Monte Trujillo, Ciudad Trujillo and such. Old Dominican Republic dictatorship style.
YOWza From Canada, joined Jul 2005, 4781 posts, RR: 17 Reply 24, posted (3 years 5 months 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 1616 times:
Quoting Springbok747 (Thread starter): What a f***** moron! Really? How the hell is he still the president of a whole country?!
Being head of state does not mean you can't be a moron. A quick survey of world leaders should tell you that.
I don't see the big deal with this particular move as it's reverting to an indigenous name.
YOWza
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25 Flood: Funny, my thoughts exactly when Bush was re-elected
26 Kappel: I have to agree with the others who don't understand the big deal here. This has been going on in the entire world for a while. What's wrong with rena
27 AerorobNZ: Having been to Angel Falls, and admired them in their entirety I see nothing wrong with what he is suggesting, as others have said that's what the Pem
28 LTU932: Speaking of Chávez: http://2010.newsweek.com/top-10/worl...ons/chavez-faces-another-coup.html Newsweek's 2010 predictions say that Chávez will be de
29 Steeler83: Hmm... you know, I have to agree with that logic. It was called something else for centuries before someone came along and was the first person to se
30 Francoflier: Well, If only Newsweek could be right for once... I agree that renaming some national landmark isn't the worst he has done so far. It falls in the sa
31 Kappel: This has already been tried recently (2007/2008, not sure about the year) and failed. Like it or not, he has too much popular support from the lower
32 Ual777: I believe the Coup attempt was in 2003.
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