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I was walking around the city (of Philadelphia) this afternoon, and was surprised to come upon this new statue of Ben Franklin. I thought immediately of "Alison Lapper, Pregnant," the controversial statue in Trafalgar Square which Kristin shared w/ us last month. It makes sense to me to make a statue of someone who is disabled, representing her without the limbs she lacks. But why make a limbless statue of someone who had his arms and legs? This matter of representation is getting very interesting...