September 16, 2003

Enter the Dragon

I wonder would this work in Belfast......?

Mostar, in Bosnia Herzogovina, is a city with ethnic divisions. So they decided the best subject for a new statue would be...Bruce Lee


Out of all the ethnic heroes and those who have a material interest in acting as victims, we have chosen Bruce Lee. Now they can rack their brains trying to decide whether he is he Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim), Croat, or Serb,” said Veselin Gatalo, one of the initiators of the idea.

To be honest, I get sick every time I tell someone I am from Mostar and they ask me whether I am from the east or west side of the city (the city is divided into the Bosniak east side and the Croat west side),” said Nino Raspudic. “That is one of the reasons for building a statue of Bruce Lee. We are hoping that someone in the future will say: “I knew Mostar. That is the city with the Bruce Lee statue. If we succeed in that, then I can retire.” (via MetaFilter)

UPDATE: April 2006 - article from Reason.com.

Posted by Monasette at September 16, 2003 08:44 AM
Comments

Oh.......somehow I don't think so!!! Fair play to Nino Raspudic though :-)

Posted by: Carrie at September 16, 2003 02:05 PM

You're right...but a statue of Bruce in any Irish city would be pretty cool...

/John

Posted by: John at September 16, 2003 10:47 PM