Notre Dame de Paris in flame

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Originally Posted by Greyblades

60% being subtracted from the tax income is better than the 100 that would need to be taken if they didnt.

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The government footing 100% of the bill while their wealth gets taxed at 60% all the time, that's the correct combination here. ~;p

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Originally Posted by Greyblades

Hopefully the murmerings about the government planning on replacing the spire with some symbolic modern art eysore is just the rumor mill.

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One word: Ocean plastic windmills (yes, one word: Ozeanplastikwindmühlen ~;p)

You know what, there is one design I would prefer over a restoration of the original tower:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/vJsAA...2JD/s-l300.jpg

Notre Dame fire graphical chronology

I saw that on NYT - a fantastic article, with some really good infographics / digital graphics. Plus I really appreciated the interviews with the firefighters with a very clear message - we were very, very close to have the Notre Dame collapse completely.

Bravery saved the day.