What on Earth...

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Hondo, I'm glad you are reminding us of those atrocities because that destruction recalls those "zealots" destroying some of the statues of their own ancient culture in Mesopotamia and Babylonia. Didn't they actually pursue sculptures in a museum, using jackhammers and sledgehammers ?
What on Earth is wrong with somebody who destroys artwork , particularly irreplaceable archeological treasures?

It doesn't take a stretch of imagination to realize they would have placed targets on the world's Christian cathedrals.

Had every one of the workers climbing all over Notre Dame de Paris been thoroughly vetted regarding their pasts and loyalties and affiliations?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

What on Earth is wrong with somebody who destroys artwork , particularly irreplaceable archeological treasures?

History is resplendent with examples of the destruction of irreplaceable archeological treasures; hardly limited to recent times, etc.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I didn't suggest it was limited to present day, not one bit.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I didn't suggest it was limited to present day, not one bit.

I know you didn't. Most folks however have a hard time with thinking about events that have happened over the centuries and just discount any of it as having any importance. All that matters to them is the past couple of decades, years, weeks, minutes............

[rex desilets]

Your comment comes perilously close to saying "meh."

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Your comment comes perilously close to saying "meh."

Bah! Humbug!

[HONDO74]

Your comment comes perilously close to saying "meh."

His give a damn went in to ultimate failure mode at 4:54 pm yesterday. .

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[HONDO74]

That's what you get for using some funky old analog clocks.

[HONDO74]

The amazing survival powers of Notre-Dame
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p076qf3l ... notre-dame

Following the massive fire which has destroyed the steeple and much of the roof of Notre-Dame in Paris, historian Troy Feay describes how the 850-year-old cathedral has stood the test of time from the French Revolution to World War Two.

[Roy]

The amazing survival powers of Notre-Dame
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p076qf3l ... notre-dame

I couldn't get the video to run, but none of these folks wanted to damage or destroy the place. The Nazis, of course, could've razed the whole country, and paved it over as a parking lot, if they had wanted to.

[rex desilets]

The amazing survival powers of Notre-Dame
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p076qf3l ... notre-dame

I couldn't get the video to run, but none of these folks wanted to damage or destroy the place. The Nazis, of course, could've razed the whole country, and paved it over as a parking lot, if they had wanted to.

Hitler admired Paris (the only captured city he visited) right up to the end ("is Paris burning?")

[Roy]

Hitler admired Paris (the only captured city he visited) right up to the end ("is Paris burning?")

It's true that, in the end, Hitler ordered a scorched-earth policy, which included Paris, and Germany itself.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Hitler admired Paris (the only captured city he visited) right up to the end ("is Paris burning?")

It's true that, in the end, Hitler ordered a scorched-earth policy, which included Paris, and Germany itself.

...and The Vatican.

[MYmoo]

https://martinbrechbiel.smugmug.com/Ava ... -JQnjTPN/A

Rufus,

Thank You for the ressurection.