YEP! That way it will be preserved and studied for the benefit of future generations because that's what you do when children are too immature to take care of things.

I have a new insult, "May their offspring shop at Pottery Barn"

Yep. given the way Greece is going, I hope those plans on the Elgin Marbles are shelved and the security in the British Museum are tightened. We need to be getting as much as we can out of that region and adjacent regions. It just is not safe to leave things so integral to our global history in regions like this.

Clarke is always relevant

"The Arab historian al-Maqrīzī, writing in the 15th century, attributes the loss of the nose to iconoclasm by Muhammad Sa'im al-Dahr, a Sufi Muslim from the khanqah of Sa'id al-Su'ada.

I suppose the British museums better hang on to their stash of looted art for a while longer.

"It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand." ~ Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey

damn weasels are badass...

I actually am Dutch and I can confirm that I am super nice and helpful and speak perfect English

I actually am Dutch and it is true that I am super nice and helpful and speak perfect English

Bubo bubo

I know, right? So cuddly

So are all the old religious movements.

And on his birthday =(

LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID! LOOK AT IT!

Dihydrogen Monoxide: no well dressed internet argument should go without it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

You know what chemical in food really scares me? That DHMO, dihydrogen monoxide. Scary stuff.