<p>The Boston Redevelopment Authority wants us to have our own walk of <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/02/27/footlights_to_fame/">fame</a>.&#0160; Just like those cool kids in Hollywood.&#0160; Doing this will supposedly increase tourism.  Suckers.</p>

<p>I wish Boston would stop trying to be like LA or NY.&#0160; We&#39;re not.&#0160; We should celebrate this.</p>

<p>This is a bad idea for so many reasons.&#0160; C&#39;mon, are people really going to go to the Theather District to look at a stupid sidewalk?&#0160; &quot;Let&#39;s go outside in 20 degree weather to see the <em>New Kids on the Block</em> tile!.&#0160; Yay!&quot;&#0160; &#0160;And are we forgetting that our sidewalks are covered in snow for the better part of a year?&#0160; It didn&#39;t work for Planet Hollywood, so why would it work here?&#0160; </p>

<p>Lest we be accused of being unoriginal, they want to give it a &quot;Bostonian&quot; touch by replacing the iconic star with something better, &quot;maybe it&#39;ll be a lobster, maybe it&#39;ll be a codfish...We&#39;re not sure.&quot;</p>

<p>Hahahahhahahah!&#0160; Priceless.&#0160; </p>

<p>If I was a big-shot celebritiy, I would not want to be immortalized by having a big stinking fish above my name.&#0160; Heck, I&#39;m not famous and I know I don&#39;t want it.</p><p>You know, that Eiffel Tower thing seems to work real well for Paris.&#0160; Maybe we could make one of our own out of Sam Adams bottles!&#0160; That should pack &#39;em in.</p>

<p>I&#39;m all for publicity and tourism and being hip, but copying others does not make you cool.&#0160; Boston is a city full of smart, literate, and sophisticated people.&#0160; It&#39;s a city full of history and quirks.&#0160; Why cheapen it by trying to make it something it&#39;s not?</p>
