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Why, you fuckers? -- (link)

Posted by Reagen Jan 28 '13, 08:52

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/28/mali-timbuktu-library-ancient-manuscripts (www.guardian.co.uk)

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"Some men just want to watch the world burn. " -- nm - decline Jan 28, 09:16 1
- I really believe that. - Mel Profit Jan 28, 09:18
Noah Wylie as the Librarian really fell asleep at the wheel here -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 09:05
Same reason they blew up the Buddhist statues in Afghanistan -- nm - amoxy Jan 28, 09:05 4
- and same reason there are already murmurs in Egypt with the Islamists there (regarding the Pyramids) nm - Jovian Jan 28, 09:07 3
  - I would imagine even the government there would stop that cold. - Mel Profit Jan 28, 09:14 2
    - oh yeah, their antiquities guy is relentless. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 09:15 1
      - Oded Fehr is on it -- nm - amoxy Jan 28, 09:22
A lot of this stuff was being digitized for online archives. Maybe some of it is saved. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 28, 09:04 1
- dude. in this very thread. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 09:05
i dont understand why people think that this is what their god would want them to do - tRuMaN Jan 28, 09:03 3
- I wonder if it was a directive from the top, or just ignorant soldiers destroying shit for fun? -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 09:05 2
  - I go with ignorant. The article says there were 4 or 5 of them who ran the town like the criminals they are. -- nm - Remlik Jan 28, 09:15
  - it wouldn't need to have been a directive from the top to fall victim to fanaticism. - znufrii Jan 28, 09:09
OH F*CK! OH F*CK! - Mop (190 lbs) Jan 28, 09:03
ugh -- nm - Remlik Jan 28, 09:02
:-( Just :-( -- nm - Meg Jan 28, 09:02
Ahhh Islam -- nm - Jovian Jan 28, 08:59
Actual Wrath of God: Unlocked -- nm - Spawn Jan 28, 08:55
this shit makes me want to shoot people. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 08:55 3
- agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 28, 09:02
- yup -- nm - Beaker Jan 28, 08:55 1
  - "only a fraction of the manuscripts had been digitised". they're lost forver. -- nm - loosilu Jan 28, 08:58

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