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A tourist filmed carving his and his girlfriend’s name into the walls of the Roman Colosseum faces a huge fine as Italian authorities vow to find the man.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I genuinely and unironically think vandalism like this should be grounds for cancellation of your passport for a while in addition to all other penalties (say, for 5 years). If you can't play nice, you're grounded and you don't get to visit other countries until you grow up.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

It's the Collosseum. They should make them participate in gladiatorial games for tourists.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For countries needing a passport, this might work, but in the EU? This won't make much difference.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You still need your passport to fly or travel outside the EU so it would have some affect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, but wat less. Most people don’t travel outside of the EU often

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think this is a reasonable idea. They’d need to find the guy first to figure out his passport details, but after that, fine him, deport him, then flag him against entry into the the EU for a designated amount of time.

[–] lightsecond 3 points 2 years ago

He’s made it easier by filming himself.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sharing articles from news.com.au profits fear-mongering Rupert Murdoch.

Install the Bye Rupert extension to deprive the fetid turd of income.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Ooo thanks for the heads up. I was somehow unaware it was part of his spiders web.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If I had a nickel for every time some shithead tourist carved a name into an ancient site, I'd have like three nickels, which isn't a lot but it's infuriating it's happened three times.

In the interests of prevention, should there be heightened security? It's a shame there's probably little funding for it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

I think you'd have a lot more than three nickels.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it's happened waaaayyyy more than three times. happens all the freaking time. and it's always happened.

Actually, studies done of graffiti found in pompei's baths suggest that drawing dicks on the wall is something "we've" always done.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Funnily enough I caught a guy in Pompei touching the frescos. I'm a mild guy but I couldn't help but think that, as far as mankind is involved, killing that idiot on the spot would have have a net positive impact on the world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Just wait for the next volcano... that'll take care of 'em. That'll take care of a whole lot of 'em.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This is why we can't have nice things.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I swear, too many folks go on vacation and leave their brains at home.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

That would mean you had a brain to being with

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As penance for their crime, they must battle IN the Colosseum! A fight with gladiators, and lions, and various monsters of Greek mythology which are just two or three different animals smashed together! If they can survive the cattle man and the chicken lizard and whatever the heck a manticore is, they will be set free and given a ticket to New Zealand, where all shows set in Greece are filmed.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The colosseum is Roman though, not greek

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Eh, it's not all that different. Hercules, Heracles, let's call the whole thing off!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Your comment made me giggle more than it should have. Good work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

manticore were in fact persian, and known to the romans all the same. (and ArugalaZ, it was a monster with a human head, body of a lion, and a tail either like a venomous porcupine or that of a scorpion.)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

thats all. seems low. is it just the cost to repair?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The article does say "and possible jail time" but from the ending paragraphs it sounds like the other tourists that carved their initials years ago just got a similar fine and a mark on their records.

It does seem low and I wonder if it scales at all or is a standard fine? At that rate, Jeff Bezos could go carve an entire autobiography into the place for an amount of money he wouldn't even notice losing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

oh I forgot about the countries that scale fines with income. Sort wish mine did.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That seems like a low price to pay to have your name immortalized in a monument.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Do idiot things, win idiot prizes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is a shitshow. Colloseum is being eroded by environmental effects day by day. You know hat the correct answer is? Maintainence. Its solves the issue of tuourists being morons too

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

The colosseum is almost 2000 years old, it's not getting eroded. At least not on a human time scale. Most of the damage present occurred during the Renaissance when people harvested marble from it for other stonework.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Also earthquakes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

What do you mean "not on a human scale"? In your lifetime? Arguably not, on a human scale, absolutely yes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

That is disgusting and there should be a bigger fine. Some people did this to an Aboriginal rock painting in Australia and it made me so angry to think of the disrespect they display.

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