# Mod Warning in GQ

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**Created:** [May 22, 2012, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-in-gq/622701 "2012-05-22T11:20:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-in-gq/622701/31 "2012-05-22T16:34:55Z")

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> [@bucketybuck](#):
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> “Can we rebuild certain historical structures in the modern day?”  
> “We could, but one reason we don’t is because of various protesters”.

Compare that to the actual post:

> [@They built up with their bare hands what we still can't do today...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-built-up-with-their-bare-hands-what-we-still-cant-do-today/622382/24):
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> More recently, I very much doubt that engineering marvels like the Hoover Dam, Golden Gate Bridge, Holland Tunnel, could be built today.  
> Not because the engineering talent doesn’t exist..its because the necessary permitting, environmental impact statements, etc. wold take decades to complete. And you would always have some nutbag group protesting it, even after all the hurdles had been cleared.  
> Look what happens when you try to reduce carbon footprints (by building a nuclear power plant)-the protest groups come out of the woodwork-and tie you up in court for years.

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