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Italy: Cops Say UK Tourist Defaced Rome's Colosseum

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Italy: Cops Say UK Tourist Defaced Rome's Colosseum
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JUN 2023
Image copyright: Wikimedia Commons
story last updated FEB 2024

The Spin

Narrative A

The perpetrator should be apprehended and sanctioned to the full extent of the law for his dumbfounding act. However, the authorities must also be held accountable for failing to protect and preserve the Colosseum and allowing the tourists to use the ancient landmark as a billboard to declare their love.

USA Today

Narrative B

While deplorable, this is nothing new: The suspect is one of many who have visited historical tourist destinations around the world and committed vandalism — an innate, albeit inconsiderate, human behavior. There may be little that can be done to prevent these incidents. It will take a return to civility and decency to reduce the mistreatment of these sites.

Independent

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