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Pictures of a looted museum outside Cairo.From the article: " From the 1,089 artifacts on exhibit, an estimated 1,050 were stolen.After the looters had departed, gangs of what one source calls "local bad boys" entered the building and began to burn and smash what was left."On one hand, it's sad to see all this destroyed and artifacts disappear, many unlikely to be seen again. On the other hand, how badly can you feel when people of a country destroy their own cultural heritage? It is the Egyptians' responsibility to care for their own artifacts, and if they choose to destroy them, then they will simply have to suffer the loss. Hopefully, future generations, when they better understand what was lost in the looting, will better educate their children on how to respect their past.
You are assuming that future generations of Eqyptians will care that so much was destroyed by looting. I am not sure that is a very good assumption as people on the ragged edge of survival don't often care about such things. The people of Egypt and the wider Middle East seem bound and determined to ensure they continue to live in 2nd World countries at best.
Well, if future generations of Egyptians don't care about what was destroyed, then it's not that big of a deal that museum artifacts were destroyed. I would like to think that all civilizations want to know their own history and cultural heritage (especially the Egyptians since theirs is so rich). However, no one can force that on a nation.
