AP Photo/Jenny Kane Barbarians throughout history have destroyed symbols of culture and learning. During the sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410, priceless artifacts and works of art were carried off or destroyed.
More recently, when the Taliban took over Afghanistan, they blew up the culturally valuable Buddha sculptures Salsal and Shahmama after declaring them to be “un-Islamic.”
The Portland State University Library is not Rome nor is it “culturally significant.” But the same animating desire to destroy valuable things moved the anti-Israel protesters who occupied the library for three days to totally trash the building.
“We’ve got our work cut out for us,” a facilities manager at Portland State University said Thursday as he examined the destruction.“WELCOME TO THE REFAAT ALAREER MEMORIAL LIBRARY, read a sign hanging over the mural that welcomes visitors to the library. The reference is to a noted Palestinian poet who died last December after an […]
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