Never forget.

**Zeibek** · 04-20-2009, 19:02

It's funny how history is always one of the first victims of war. The Aztecs systematically burnt the codices of subject people as to erase any memory of the time prior to Aztec dominance, the Romans had their whole damnatio memoriae thing and we all know how the USSR liked to rewrite the history of newly annexed states. Still, that all was somewhat understandable because it had a clear reason behind it. This was just taking whatever is movable and destroying the rest just because if you can't have it no-one should. It's not even anarchism, since at least anarchists wreak havoc for something, its just simple blind avarice let loose by the breakdown of law and order.

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 04-20-2009, 21:06

I have consipracy theories about the looting of the Baghdad museum, but won't go into them here. I'll only say, the easiest way to defeat someone is to destroy the uniqueness of their culture...

**A Very Super Market** · 04-20-2009, 23:54

Today is also Hitler's birthday. Seems like a bad day for history.

**Constantine the Great** · 04-21-2009, 00:19

Very sad. So many Iraqi archaeological sites are looted as well. Poor Babylon.....

**artavazd** · 04-21-2009, 01:26

Originally Posted by A Very Super Market

Today is also Hitler's birthday. Seems like a bad day for history.

Its Lenins Birthday as well. Which makes it an even worst day for history.

**vartan** · 04-21-2009, 01:57

April sounds so downhill now. Memories of Oklahoma City 1995, Columbine 1999, Baghdad 2003, Lenin and Hitler, and the Armenian Genocide 1915. What a strange old month.