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Post by neilmcgowan on May 14, 2013 4:15:56 GMT -5
The Chinese Govt is demolishing the Jokhang Temple - the central temple of Lhasa - in order to replace it with a shopping complex and multi-storey car-park. The Jokhang Temple was founded in the C7th, and - except for a period in the C8th-9th - has been in constant use since then. More detailsNo doubt our Maoist chums are cheering?  |
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Post by Gerard on May 15, 2013 5:19:30 GMT -5
The British régime has been just as bad. So much destruction took place in the fifties sixties and seventies. For example I believe it was Nantwich where - last time I was there - a graveyard in the centre was being busily bulldozed behind fragile plywood screens in readiness for the construction of a road or some "shops." The occasional bone could be seen flying through the air - a sight that has remained in the memory; so the following page does not tell the full story! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_NantwichOf course it is possible I am confusing it with Middlewich or even Northwich. And the same odious régime is notorious for incarcerating artists and composers for trumped-up political "crimes" - Ronald Stevenson for example who was put away for over a year merely for having inappropriate thoughts. The practice continues to this day. |
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Post by neilmcgowan on May 16, 2013 23:29:50 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2013 6:58:43 GMT -5
And did not the French army use the Egyptian pyramids as targets for testing their cannons?
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