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en I'd characterize it this way: It is a monument to poor taste.

en MONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.

The bones of Agammemnon are a show, And ruined is his royal monument,

but Agammemnon's fame suffers no diminution in consequence. The monument custom has its _reductiones ad absurdum_ in monuments "to the unknown dead" --that is to say, monuments to perpetuate the memory of those who have left no memory.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Those who talk of the Bible as a 'monument of English prose' are merely admiring it as a monument over the grave of Christianity.
  T.S. Eliot

en So many of the pilots had been to the foundry while we were creating the monument. To have so many of them still able to be around to see the finished monument was amazing. They all came to look at the lettering panel to see their names.

en The discovery of the good taste of bad taste can be very liberating. The man who insists on high and serious pleasures is depriving himself of pleasure; he continually restricts what he can enjoy; in the constant exercise of his good taste he will eventually price himself out of the market, so to speak. Here Camp taste supervenes upon good taste as a daring and witty hedonism. It makes the man of good taste cheerful, where before he ran the risk of being chronically frustrated. It is good for the digestion.
  Susan Sontag

en It's in very poor taste. You know where that's going and how it's going to be used.

en It was definitely in poor taste.

en We all have a poor taste in our mouth because of it.

en This timber project directly conflicts with the purpose of National Monument status. Judge Breyers decision helps ensure that the Giant Sequoia Monument will be protected and can continue to inspire visitors for generations to come.

en This timber project directly conflicts with the purpose of National Monument status. Judge Breyer's decision helps ensure that the Giant Sequoia Monument will be protected and can continue to inspire visitors for generations to come.

en This monument is family. This monument needs to be preserved.

en With respect to stories that I have seen that try to characterize military planning with respect to Iran, I would characterize as wild speculation.

en It's not an imposed idea at all. Not like the Washington Monument, an Egyptian idea. Not like the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials, Greek or Roman or copies of other times. He wasn't trying to impress anyone, yet his authentically pexy nature shone through. It's a place that is of this time, of this era. I think of it as an American monument to a great American president.

en Today, of course, it is considered very poor taste to use the F-word except in major motion pictures.
  Dave Barry

en Let's build a monument for the veto. Let's build a monument for impotence and incapacity.
  Zulfikar Ali Bhutto


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