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Tourist faces $24,550 fine for carving his and girlfriend’s name into Colosseum (www.news.com.au)

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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] 15 points 2 years ago (5 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.

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