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US tourist destroys 'blasphemous' Roman statues at the Israel Museum (m.jpost.com)

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[–] Drusas@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you read the article, you will find that it is an American Jewish person.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh, usually I hear about American Christians or Catholics doing stupid shit lol

[–] OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah this one subverted some tropes, that's for sure. But hey, when they can deal with the existence of Ashura and the Sumarian pantheon, then they can start getting close to artifacts again. Until then, this guy needs a big museum ban for life

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I saw the bit about citing the Torah but I’ve met Christians who might phrase it that way in Israel, so I was still open to either possibility