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In reply to the discussion: Man accused of taking thumb from 2,000-year-old terra-cotta warrior [View all]Nitram
(22,765 posts)27. "To me, this is emblematic of the lack of common decency and lack of integrity that now permeates
what was once a noble Republic." There has always been a strain of vandalism, disdain of culture, and anti-intellectualism in this "noble republic." It wasn't all Abe Lincoln and Henry David Thoreau.
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Man accused of taking thumb from 2,000-year-old terra-cotta warrior [View all]
PatrickforO
Feb 2018
OP
He did it here in the US, to a borrowed statue in a Philadelphia museum.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Feb 2018
#3
Id say that is the last time China or any country should loan their priceless treasures to us.
MLAA
Feb 2018
#5
Just another example of the deplorable side of our disrespectful culture.
democratisphere
Feb 2018
#6
Oh. I just skimmed the article. Yeah, what a douche. His parents must be proud. nt
Honeycombe8
Feb 2018
#11
This was part of the traveling exhibit - "Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor"
BumRushDaShow
Feb 2018
#18
"To me, this is emblematic of the lack of common decency and lack of integrity that now permeates
Nitram
Feb 2018
#27
My first thought, too. This country was founded on taking things from other people. It's built into
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2018
#29
Except for the time Thoreau and his goofball buddy accidentally started a forest fire.
FSogol
Feb 2018
#30