Brit who 'carved name into Colosseum' says he didn't realise its age

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Do we have a nottheonion community here?

DianaSt75@feddit.de · 13 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Does anyone honestly believe that? And even if he really didn't know, why on earth would that justify scratching stuff into someone elses wall?

ganove@feddit.de · 1 pts · 3y

Even if anyone believes it, not knowing something doesn't protect from punishment.

adriator@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y (1 reply)

He should be given all the time he needs to truly realize that... In an italian jail.

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This sounds like he made up the stupidest justification after getting himself caught red handed.

Anekdoteles@feddit.de · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)

It's absolutely legitimate, because vandalism is it only if the building is older than 500 years! /s

Technically grafiti after some time they become historical for sure :)

For example Pompei has several 2100+ years old grafiti.

Although back then grafiti the writing style was different, usually it was much nicer, unless it was written in the walls of a brothel.

Our British "artist" had only to wait a few thousand years!

Did he want to upload any TikTok touching the Colosseum?

My first thought: thank God it wasn’t an American tourist this time.