What a shame

Indeed, and there are countless other examples of the ruination - deliberate and incidental - of historic buildings and priceless artefacts during warfare. The blitz, and the destruction of the monastery at Monte Cassino, are a couple of the better known ones.

Some of this is - sort of - understandable, but I'm also incensed by the Saudi government's policy of demolishing nearly all the medieval buildings in Mecca and Messina to facilitate commercial development, expansion of the site where the Prophet is buried, and under the influence of Wahabism.

The history hasn't gone, but the physical expression of it has.
 
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Having seen what these people have been doing to each other (torture, rape, executions etc etc civilians and military), I should think the buildings are the least of concerns.
 
it really is a fantastic shame. All that lost forever.

And being a sentient being my thinking its a great shame that history is gone forever doesn't detract in anyway from any thoughts about the ongoing situation in Syria. Its a shame that for some reason people seem to think you can only be bothered about one thing at once
 
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I can't really say I'm particularly bothered by either.
 
MartynK said:
This isn't about the human cost. That's another discussion.
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We each of us have our different priorities. I'll agree to let you post as you wish if you will extend me the same courtesy.

100-150,000 have been killed, including many thousands of children. I'm not saying that the loss/damage of buildings and historic sites is not a great shame. However, my guess is that the parents consider their dead children more important than historic buildings.
 
@BRASH - even if you can't appreciate John Donne's " send not to know for whom the bell tolls", it stands to affect you politically and materially too!
 
PatrickO said:
We each of us have our different priorities. I'll agree to let you post as you wish if you will extend me the same courtesy.

100-150,000 have been killed, including many thousands of children. I'm not saying that the loss/damage of buildings and historic sites is not a great shame. However, my guess is that the parents consider their dead children more important than historic buildings.
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True, but that is another conversation. We are talking about the heritage and history of a great nation gone for good. History and sights lost to future generations too. Its very sad.
 
Yves Geza said:
@BRASH - even if you can't appreciate John Donne's " send not to know for whom the bell tolls", it stands to affect you politically and materially too!
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Never read it, know nothing of it's content, not interested in learning but believe me I am fully aware of the potential political, material, cultural and religious implications of the situation in Syria and various other middle eastern conflict regions.
 
PatrickO said:
We each of us have our different priorities. I'll agree to let you post as you wish if you will extend me the same courtesy.

100-150,000 have been killed, including many thousands of children. I'm not saying that the loss/damage of buildings and historic sites is not a great shame. However, my guess is that the parents consider their dead children more important than historic buildings.
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It's unusual I agree with ST4, but this time I do. Without wishing to dismiss that in anyway, that article and this discussion is about the loss of history. Not the human cost which is well documented. It does nothing to detract from that cost discussing other aspect of the conflict
 
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Isn't nostalgia regarded as a thing of the past?
:D

OK sorry about that.
Gotta agree with Steve, (without getting involved in the human suffering) its a real shame that
these historical monuments are being lost.
 
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