The people of Detroit raised $50K to help pay for a Statue of one of Detroit's favourite sons.....
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Residents of Detroit have raised more than $50,000 to build a statue of one of the city's favourite sons - Robocop.  Robocop spawned three movies and a TV series
The idea of of celebrating the character from the popular movie trilogy was sparked by a tweet directed at Detroit mayor Dave Bing.
"Philadelphia has a a statue of Rocky, Robocop would kick Rocky's butt. He's a great ambassador for Detroit," MT tweeted.
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I cant make stuff like this up. You'd think the people of Detroit have bigger things to worry about than spending money on a Robocop statue.
That said, I think its an awesome although hilariously flawed idea. Granted, it will bring in some tourism to Detroit maybe, but I dont think anyone's travel plans are in any way going to be seriously affected by this.
- "Hey honey, should we go to Hawaii on Holiday?"
- "That sounds nice and all, but I really want to go and see that statue of Robocop, so Detroit it is!"