Cultural Vandalism in America

They even gather together in such groups as the Counter Vandalism Unit

He was very interested in receiving information on any particular incident of vandalism.

They do not mention their own barbaric assaults, vandalism, and looting, or their kangaroo courts.

Kach claimed responsibility for the acts of vandalism. (Ha apos aretz, Jerusalem Post, 4 January 1994)

Jews were believed to be responsible for these acts of vandalism. (Jerusalem Post, 20 May 1994)

There was no evidence that these were anything more than random acts of vandalism or criminal mischief.

Some people online quickly expressed their disappointment at the color change and described it as an act of vandalism.

This vandalism was in retaliation to the murder of two Jews from Ashkelon in Gaza two days before the ceremony.

A special independent national commission of inquiry was created to investigate the violence and vandalism committed during the electoral process.

There had also been bomb threats, vandalism and attempted kidnappings of children and other family members of Cuban diplomatic personnel.

RickK is a very famous Wikipedian who does an enormous amount of work with vandalism, hoaxes and votes for deletion.

Rick Kay is a very famous Wikipedian who does an enormous amount of work with vandalism, hoaxes and votes for deletion.

They even gather together in such groups as the Counter Vandalism Unit Civility, Maturity, Responsibility to just clean up the pages.

During the period under consideration, foreigners, in particular Malian and Nigerian nationals, were victims of acts of aggression, looting and vandalism .

So when this person made this work, there was no need to use violence and for killing and vandalism and burning.

These acts of vandalism express intolerance and violence that are unacceptable and that threaten freedom of the press and freedom of thought.

Hundreds of settlements, thousands of houses, education and health institutions, historical cultural monuments, mosques, temples, and cemeteries were destroyed, once more proving Armenian vandalism.

Being ourselves victims of invasion and occupation, we are well aware of the wanton and systematic looting, vandalism and devastation that follow such events.

And the Vandals, thanks to their exceptional knack for destruction and violence, gave us the world the 'vandalism' Ow! I hate when that happens!

However, capital punishment is not confined to the political sphere but is also applied in connection with mere domestic matters, or indeed acts of vandalism.

Acts of vandalism and looting were also registered, prompting the government to impose a night curfew as of 22 January. Protesters, however, have distanced themselves from these acts.

The specific list of alleged vandalism to various Cuban Mission automobiles contained in one of the notes verbales showed no evidence of any correlation or campaign of harassment.

The two sides were never in danger of going to war, but Chinese officials allowed nationalist protests to develop into boycotts of Japanese products and acts of vandalism against Japanese companies.

With a city budget of almost 50 billion, Luzhkov encouraged architectural vandalism, overlooked giant traffic jams, and saw his wife become the richest woman in Russia through her Moscow construction projects.

(8) Making protected cultural treasures the object of attack or destruction or theft on a large scale, or commission of acts of vandalism against such treasures, in the absence of military necessity

The assertion of these rights and civil liberties, however, is often accompanied by violence and acts of vandalism which can spread and change unexpectedly, thereby seriously threatening the peace and stability of the institutions of the republic.

Our civilization, despite its drugs, prostitution, alcoholism, incivility, and vandalism, will always be better than rule by Mullahs or soldiers, because its social problems can be allayed, if never entirely eliminated, without changing the foundations of the regime.

Liberation is usually accompanied by the destruction that takes place wherever firearms are used. The chaos and vandalism are compounded by the creativity of the regime and its airforce, which leaves behind the horrible stench of death wherever they fly.

For some time now, however, a good many of them, through a spillover effect, have begun to make political demands (establishment of Sharia laws and proclamation of an Islamic Republic) often accompanied by a rhetoric of violence and acts of vandalism.

Committing acts of vandalism in the territories they had occupied, they plundered and burned nearly 500 historical and over 100 archaeological monuments, 22 museums and 4 art galleries and 9 palaces of historical importance, and desecrated 44 temples and 9 mosques.

However, my Government takes note with appreciation of the report of the Director General of UNESCO (A 48 466), hopeful of the definitive return of all the stolen treasures and the possible reconstruction of those damaged or destroyed by Serbian vandalism.

Since that report and in addition to the threats to the Commission apos s aircraft referred to above, there have been continued incidents of vandalism of Commission vehicles, including the smashing of windscreens, windows and mirrors and the breaking of aerials.

According to Houssem Hajlaoui, an author for the collective blog Nawaat, Nabil Hajlaoui was arrested after writing an article, in which he blamed the army for the recent riots and acts of vandalism which took place in Sidi Bouzid following the elections.

In fact what has taken place is that hackers who claim to be aligned with critics of the Cybercrime Act are the ones who have engaged in online vandalism, depriving the broader public of access to much needed government information and services online.

Modern history In an attempt to control vandalism and with permission from Mrs. O. Scheel, owner of the farm at the time, the government of Namibia (then South West Africa) on March 15, 1955, declared the Hoba meteorite to be a national monument.

73. The representative of the Jewish minority stated that there is no discrimination against Jews in Estonia, in spite of an occasional anti Semitic article in the free press or occasional acts of vandalism, which have been duly investigated by the police.

The Cuban leader explained that his presence that afternoon in some areas that had been the scene of popular confrontations with elements who had committed acts of vandalism stemmed from his desire to stand by the people in its fight against such antisocial elements.

What highlighted these clashes was the use of shotgun shells by police against protesters. Ali Laarayedh, the Tunisian Minister of Interior, confirmed the police use of shotgun shells to face destruction and vandalism acts , he declared yesterday during a televised interview broadcast on state owned Al Wataniay TV 1.

The actual truth about the specific Bush Kerry incident is that the Bush Kerry articles were locked less than one percent of the time in 2004, and it wasn't because they were contentious it was just because there was routine vandalism which happens sometimes even on stage ... (Laughter)

Most of the monuments which are part of the archaeological site of Angkor, the seventh wonder of the world, spread over more than 200 square kilometres, were subjected to plundering, theft, vandalism and clandestine archaeological digs, all of which were facilitated by war and the unsafe conditions in the region.