Notre Dame Cathedral In Paris Is On Fire
Come on with this take. Thousands of people died in 9/11. No one had better even suggest a building burning is even remotely as traumatic as thousands of people dying in a terrorist attack
These puns are not funny you guys. All you're doing is burning bridges.
To hell with Notre Dame.
Wait? Not that Notre Dame?
Ok, nevermind. Carry on...
Phone was misplaced. Not sure who posted that but it wasn’t me.
You really are an awful person. Just awful, in every sense of the word. When are you going to leave here forever? Nobody wants you here...
I was there earlier this past decade. Beautiful and also is a beautiful area to walk around in that mile radius from what I remember. Very sad to see. Also sad to all these lame-ass jokes on this thread.
The altar boys had finally had enough.
I guess only appropriate if relates to PSU.
This is absolutely heartbreaking. A priceless, irreplaceable, centuries old cultural and historical icon burns.
Perhaps laughter is inappropriate.
Took my kids up and saw the amazing gargoyles years ago. So sad.
This is tragic. The heat from that fire can be clearly seen through the bright red flames so high up in the air. There will be nothing left but a stone facade.
Terrible.
My mother texted me "Notre Dame is on fire" and I kinda smirked for a second, but then realized she was talking about the cathedral and I was less enthused
Really sucks though. Visited Notre Dame a few years back and it is beautiful. Probably a fire from the renovation
Well at least we have sufficient information to rebuild it in the future:
I know this doesn't help, but we have exquisite 3D laser maps of every detail of Notre Dame, thanks to the incredible work of @Vassar art historian Andrew Tallon. Prof Tallon passed away last November, but his work will be absolutely crucial https://t.co/YJl3XXUZTg
— Hannah Groch-Begley (@grouchybagels) April 15, 2019
there were german cathedrals that were obliterated into dust in WWII that they managed to rebuild so they should do fine here. The only things that might be difficult would be the stained glass windows and the pieta commissioned by Louis XIII.
It survived several wars but now possibly not low bid contractors.
This is very, very sad not just for the city of Paris and all Parisians (for as Emmanuel Macron eloquently put this with reference to his own people, they are watching "a part of all of us burn"), but for our collective human heritage really.
I have been to Notre Dame and it is a truly awesome place.
I can't work. Notre Dame has been a Place in my life, the absolute last building in the world I'd see this happen to. I can't look away or concentrate on anything else. If you've lived in France this building is a relative.
And for the record I don't care if people want to laugh. What good ever came from not laughing?
There is just something so ineffable about Notre Dame and its’ context within Paris. It’s hard not to watch beauty leave the world and not feel the loss
Is it suspicious?
Edit: just read newest updates and it's possible the whole structure could be lost.
New Edit: sounds like the towers and the walls should be spared.
So very sad. Possibly the most iconic Gothic cathedral in the world.
What? The church is on fire? Holy smokes!
After everything we've heard, that almost seems miraculous. To preserve the external structure is huge.
When I saw the pics of the roof on fire I thought there was no way anything could be saved—I agree that it's essentially a miracle that they were able to stop it as much as they did.
Don't see any humor in this? Those of you making jokes, explain why it is funny to you?
Some of the comments in this thread are disheartening. While much of the world laments, mgoblog's finest assholes mock the loss of one of the most historic buildings in the world.
Have some class. The Michigan Difference applies to the internet, too.
this is just really sad. spent my freshman year in highschool in paris - one of the best years of my life. wasn’t too into the ‘touristy’ sites back then, but notre dame really made an impression. sad day
Wow. Certainly very sad. Hope no one was hurt.
Hope Brian kelly doesn’t send anyone up in a hydraulic lift.
I am sorry that France has lost a piece of its culture.
I have zero sympathy for the Catholic Church, which by all accounts, let the building fall into a "terrible" state of disrepair over centuries while simultaneously letting its "leaders" molest thousands (likely tens of thousands) of children without consequence.
I wish there was half as much upset about the kids whose lives were horribly altered as there seems to be for the partial loss of a building that is a monument to the "religion" that allowed both things to happen.
I'm not going to disagree with this. I feel largely the same way towards the religious antiquity that was (and still is) being destroyed around the world (Syria, especially).
I was lucky enough to go inside that church a few years ago. It was beautiful. I wish now I would have stood in line to go up in the church. The lines were massive and we only had 3 days in Paris. The church will be rebuilt but the art and artifacts that are lost in the church is what is really sad. That is the stuff I enjoy most about trips to Europe. I can't imagine if the Sistine Chapel burned. It was amazing to see as well. It's not expensive to travel to Europe. I recommend to all.
Go Blue!!
I'm shocked at how intact the interior looks.
Inside #NotreDame. Only a small part of the vault collapsed. Interior seems relatively untouched. Alleluia! #NotreDame #Paris pic.twitter.com/Ni2PziGfEC
— Notre-Dame Cathedral (@CathedraleNotre) April 15, 2019
April 15th, 2019 at 10:11 PM ^
Yes, I saw those pictures on TV just minutes ago. Unbelievable that they were able to save that much of the interior. I'm hoping to travel to Europe at some point in the next couple years and that cathedral was a "must see" on my list of places to visit; I'm guessing it will take many years of reconstruction before it will again be open to visitors.
April 15th, 2019 at 11:14 PM ^
Actually, I bet not. Quite a few churches I've seen have been in some state of restoration. They will want to hold worship services again ASAP. Once it's safe to enter - and that will require some demolition and temporary work on the roof - they'll open it back up, just on principle.
I'm guessing that the bell tower tours will be out for a few years. You climbed the stairs in the north tower and down in the south, and you need both towers. But the interior, I bet is open in no more than a year. They will probably close it on and off for roof work and cordon off parts of it at a time, but I think they will have it opened up again sooner than you might guess.
April 15th, 2019 at 11:39 PM ^
Holy smokes
April 15th, 2019 at 11:54 PM ^
I don't know what's funniest about this thread:
a) the French Catholic diocese runs an insurance scam and all the choir boys come out if the confessional with their chastity belts in a twist over the burning of a phallic symbol
b) the clowns who can't see the fact that a single life is more valuable than even the 7 wonders multiplied.
or
c) that any of you thought a thread on Norte Dame burning on this blog was gonna be snark free.
Tell ya what ain't funny, this is not even in the top 10 of most tragic church burnings THIS FUCKING MONTH! but most of you idiots have no clue.
For the record, Notre Dame de Paris - like all religious buildings in France built before 1905 - is not the property of the Catholic Church, but of the French state. The Catholic Church merely has the right to use it. So we can rule out the "insurance scam" angle.
And yes, it's possible to be simultaneously relieved that no one died and sad that a 12th-century structure risked being being consumed by flames. You're setting up a false dichotomy.
sometime its not what you say, but how you say it.
one thing that i have heard though, is that france has been averaging about one a day church vandalisms, thefts, and disruptions over the last year. if accurate, that is truly disturbing.
April 16th, 2019 at 11:25 AM ^
i agree; plus, i'm obviously ecstatic no one was hurt and this wasn't an act if terror but just terrible.
However, the church fires in Louisiana are far more disturbing than this and contain actual bigotry, let's keep humor and end that shit.
How about d), that anti-Catholic hate like the bigotry you're spewing is the only politically correct hatred left on this earth and people like you can feel free to spout your trash without so much as a trip to Bolivia, let alone fear of any real repercussions.
April 16th, 2019 at 11:00 AM ^
Bigotry?
Kinda like judging people because they prefer to use humor to process the human condition.
And one more thing: i was raised a Catholic, but I believe in the shit like treating your neighbor as you would like to be treated, not casting the first stone and forgiveness, not the part where old creepy dudes live in waaay too big houses.
Of course, you guys had a chance in this thread to show how your faith gives you strength when facing strife but you thought more sanctimonious Bullshit was the way to go.
No wonder no one believes anymore.
And yes, since I was one of only TWO who cared enough to post the hope that no one got hurt, I'm completely secure in my self righteousness.
Yeah, I mean, posting that you hoped nobody got hurt is basically the only way to actually hope that nobody got hurt. They're one and the same, right?
And I suspect that if you made a joke about the black churches being burned in Louisiana and hoping that all the watermelon survived, you could not then say, "well I prefer to use humor to process the human condition." Oh but that's completely different because this and that.....no. It's not really that different from jokes about chastity belts and phallic symbols.
The funny thing about being secure in your self-righteousness is that you haven't the faintest idea of when you're being a raging hypocrite....which is right now, preaching about "actual bigotry" and yet not having the first clue about what kind of jokes might be somewhat appropriate and what kind of jokes contain actual bigotry.
So you think I'm a bigot because I poke fun of obvious flaws in the practice of Catholicism, like the fact that you most of you hate women?
Maybe you want to throw me on a Judas Craddle?
No, I think you're a bigot because you make bigoted statements like, "most of you hate women."
You are seriously asserting that anti-Catholic bigotry is the ONLY "politically correct" bigotry left? You've spent too much time listening to Bill Donahue, who had a very non-Catholic bigoted spin on the fire.
Tragedy... from a cultural, historical, and liturgical standpoint.