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In 2001, the Taliban shamelessly dynamited the Bamiyan Buddhas, two of the largest such carvings of the ancient world. Built in the 6th century by monks who made their homes along the Silk Road, the Buddahs stood for millenia until fundamentalists removed them from the face of the Earth. Such ignorance still abounds. Over the past few months, the onslaught of the Islamic State has wrought the systematic destruction of cultural artifacts from Palmyra to Nineva, all because they were deemed "offensive" by a minority that if it had its way, would ensure the entire world would adhere to a dark and revisionist existence.
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Charlotte's 1929 Confederate reunion memorial has been vandalised again in the middle of the night. This time with spray paint. This memorial has stood for 85 years and I'd dare say 99.9% of the local population never knew it existed or gave it so much of a passing thought. Now this bunch of fascist cowards can't leave it alone.
ReplyDeleteI hope some good old rednecks find them one time.
DeleteBetter that there is no NC law protecting ALL war memorials and that this is the second attack, the police need to set up undercover surveillance and arrest and prosecute these assholes. Oh yeah and make sure it's black cops making the arrests.
ReplyDeleteBetter that there is no NC law protecting ALL war memorials
DeleteAre you saying that it would be better if there was no law protecting all monuments?
No that's s typo. Should be "Better, there is a NC law protecting ALL war memorials."
ReplyDeleteYes and recently passed. Thanks.
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