re: #72 Killgore Trout

LAst I heard a few years ago they were destroying a lot of historical sites in Mecca for expansion. A terrible loss of some very important archaeological sites even more infuriating that it’s their own history being destroyed. Oh, well.

Oh well?! Killgore, if that were suggested in Chicago, it would draw immediate and intense criticism and alternate solutions to accommodate the additional people would be demanded. Chicago sees preservation of its architectural heritage as crucial, and it angers me that Saudi Arabia does not see Mecca in the same light. That sort of action reminds me of Bucharest under Nicolae Ceausescu’s rule.