We have to be gentle folks. As St. Augustine tells us, we must always look for the good. I’m glad that the event took place in a more centrally located part of the city. I have never been to Rio, so the name of the original site said nothing to me. But if it was the case that it’s so far and difficult to reach, it was not a practical choice to begin.
As to the design, that’s where I say practice gentleness in your critiques. Remember, the road to hell is paved with good intentions and very often traveled by whiners and critics.
I remember all the negative criticism that people posted when they saw the original design for the stage in London for the beatification of Bl. John Newman. When I saw the drawing, I thought it looked a little Treki too. However, when I arrived there and saw it, it was beautiful. It was not St. Paul’s cathedral, but it was not meant to be that. It was a modern structure.
However, it was functional, comfortable and aesthetically pleasing. The sketches don’t always do these things justice. My thinking is that the background is missing in the sketch. Colors are not well represented and you make changes as you build the thing. The sketch is not always the final product.
Euthanasia is a grave sin.
We have to be careful not to condemn something to death before its time. :yup:
I saw a view of the Rio cathedral as the helicopters flew over it. My reaction was not positive. The brothers who went and are still there, tell me that inside, it is stunning. From the air, it’s not a positive stunning. I have no idea how it looks from the ground. I’ve only seen pictures. I’d have to see it live.
The point is, like Augustine, look for the good and be slow to find the bad.
It looks like what McDonalds might look like on Mars. 
