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"Table Mountain is in the running to become one of the New7Wonders of Nature, but this South African attraction is falling behind!

The New7Wonders will be announced on November 11, 2011 and we need your help to ensure our place in the history books.

Vote for Table Mountain online ,via MXit or via SMS as often as possible. SMS “Table” to 34874. Each SMS costs R2."

Yesterday Table Mountain where in the top 10, We need to be in the Top 7.

Vote with MXit. MXit is subsidising the vote, and it will cost you zero moolah.

For people with Andriod phones, go get the app at the market.


Upadate 10 Nov 15:30

Table Mountain is now joint nr 8.
 
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Yes, good idea! I voted.

Let's get Table Mountain in there guys!!!! There's loads of tourism opportunities for our country if we get this!!!
 
As good as it would be for table mountain to be a new seven wonder, against some of those other options, it doesnt deserve it. The amazon, grand canyon, dead sea, great barrier reef, mt Kilimanjaro, maldives, Iguaza falls....
 
Kayoss said:
As good as it would be for table mountain to be a new seven wonder, against some of those other options, it doesnt deserve it. The amazon, grand canyon, dead sea, great barrier reef, mt Kilimanjaro, maldives, Iguaza falls....
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yeah, cos it's just a flat mountain like no other in the world with basically a 270 degree view of the Cape Peninsula. Oh, let's not forget the table-cloth which is spectacular at the least.

And ofcourse, let's vote for another country, which you DON'T live in so they can benefit...

When are you emigrating?
 
Kayoss said:
As good as it would be for table mountain to be a new seven wonder, against some of those other options, it doesnt deserve it. The amazon, grand canyon, dead sea, great barrier reef, mt Kilimanjaro, maldives, Iguaza falls....
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The whole world is a wonder, it's just how much or how little humans have impacted it's natural beauty that counts. All I see behind this push commercialism. That said, for sure I'd like some of that money to come our way, but R2 per SMS? Seems our service providers are a hinderance to us once again. Good on Mxit for a free vote. Not that it would cost them much... really!

Either way, it's a real pity that this kind of thing boils down to a flipping electronic vote. Ultimately the next 'world wonder' will come from a part of the world where people are more connected. That could indicate a number of things, only one of which is that it is indeed that wonderful. Certainly the places that cover greater tourism numbers or have had greater natgeo coverage would get more votes....

So I voted:
Galapagos
Angel Falls
Milford Sound
Great Barrier Reef
Grand Canyon
Kilimanjaro
Table Mountain

Based on places I've been or want to see.

Don't vote for Maldives, it's not going to be around for much longer :D
..then again, perhaps a vote would make the climate change talks more urgent?
Maldives is grappling with the very likely possibility that it will go under water if the current pace of climate change keeps raising sea levels. The Maldives is an archipelago of almost 1,200 coral islands south-southwest of India. Most of it lies just 4.9 feet (1.5 meters) above sea level.
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WHAT A LOAD OF BULLCRAP. THIS COMPETITION IS JUST A MARKETING GIMMICK THERE ARE DOZENS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PLACES THAT DESERVE THE TITLE HAS A WONDER OF THE WORLD.
 
mmmig said:
WHAT A LOAD OF BULLCRAP. THIS COMPETITION IS JUST A MARKETING GIMMICK THERE ARE DOZENS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PLACES THAT DESERVE THE TITLE HAS A WONDER OF THE WORLD.
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Capslock stuck?
 
mmmig said:
WHAT A LOAD OF BULLCRAP. THIS COMPETITION IS JUST A MARKETING GIMMICK THERE ARE DOZENS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PLACES THAT DESERVE THE TITLE HAS A WONDER OF THE WORLD.
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Keyboard broken?

wrt to dozens of places; please name a few, then start a global campaign to get them recognised. Then ask us to vote. ;)
 
douglash24 said:
yeah, cos it's just a flat mountain like no other in the world with basically a 270 degree view of the Cape Peninsula. Oh, let's not forget the table-cloth which is spectacular at the least.

And ofcourse, let's vote for another country, which you DON'T live in so they can benefit...

When are you emigrating?
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I never once said that table mountain wasnt special and im not emigrating..
So is that the only reason you're voting for table mountain? Because you're south african and therefore cannot vote for another country's landmark?... Think you're kinda missing the point of this, its not supposed to be about which country has more patriotic people..

Sorry, but even as a proud south african, i dont think that table mountain even comes close to the amazon, grand canyon, dead sea or any othe others i mentioned.. It's still a natural wonder, just not in the top 7.

My opinion of course!
 
Kayoss said:
I never once said that table mountain wasnt special and im not emigrating..
So is that the only reason you're voting for table mountain? Because you're south african and therefore cannot vote for another country's landmark?... Think you're kinda missing the point of this, its not supposed to be about which country has more patriotic people..

Sorry, but even as a proud south african, i dont think that table mountain even comes close to the amazon, grand canyon, dead sea or any othe others i mentioned.. It's still a natural wonder, just not in the top 7.

My opinion of course!
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Just another quick question... have you been to / on top of Table Mountain?
 
douglash24 said:
Just another quick question... have you been to / on top of Table Mountain?
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Yes, a few times actually.. Look, dont get me wrong, it it's a special place and a natural wonder.. Just not in the top 7 of the world. And i dont think that being south african changes that..
 
Kayoss said:
Yes, a few times actually.. Look, dont get me wrong, it it's a special place and a natural wonder.. Just not in the top 7 of the world. And i dont think that being south african changes that..
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ag... nvm.

Actually, you know what, being South African does change everything... it's called being proud of your country and what you have to offer the world!

Table Mountain is soaked with history as well you know.... sorry, I just cannot comprehend how you cannot want to vote for it and would rather vote for 7 other's that are NOT in your country. Sure, in your opinion (which is wrong btw ;) ) it "may" not be worthy of it. Then keep your sentiments in tact, vote for the 6 others in the world that you feel deserve better and then try and bring yourself to actually do something that could benefit your own country and vote for Table Mountain, whether you like it or not, or whatever...
 
Kayoss said:
Yes, a few times actually.. Look, dont get me wrong, it it's a special place and a natural wonder.. Just not in the top 7 of the world. And i dont think that being south african changes that..
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Cos it's in your back yard. It's absolutely natural for people to be less inclined to be in awe of something they see every day. Time to move! You will miss that mountain!
 
Table Mountain is now joint nr 8.

Vote using MXit, it is FREE!

Don't use the website because then you have to vote for seven contenders and we don't want to add votes for them.
 
douglash24 said:
ag... nvm.

Actually, you know what, being South African does change everything... it's called being proud of your country and what you have to offer the world!
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So if India were to put a small rock up for nomination and over a billion indians voted for it, would that make it one of the seven wonders of the world?

AGAIN, this isnt supposed to be about which country has the most patriotic people, its a competition about which of those should be one of the seven wonders of the world. YES its a natural wonder, YES its special, YES its beautiful.. I am proudly south african and but that doesnt make table mountain better than some of those other nominations. And you have to be seriously blinded by patriotism to think otherwise..

On another note, people shouldnt be charged for giving their vote.. Everyone should have the right to vote on a natural wonder..
 
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