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| American Who Stole Terracotta Warrior's Thumb Must be 'Severly Punished' Sez China |
| 2018-02-21 |
| [Newsweek] Chinese authorities are urging the U.S. to harshly punish an American man who allegedly stole a thumb from an ancient terracotta warrior statue after taking a selfie with it at a museum in Pennsylvania. Michael Rohana, 24, of Delaware, was charged with theft of a major artwork from a museum, concealment of major artwork stolen from a museum and interstate transportation of stolen property, reported U.S. and Chinese media. Rohana reportedly broke off the 2000-year-old display’s left thumb before stealing it from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia during an ’ugly Christmas jumper party’ last December. An official from the Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center, who arranged for the statute’s loan, "strongly condemned" the theft and called for America to severely punish the young man for his actions, Beijing Youth Daily reported. Chinese authorities have also demanded compensation for the $4.5 million statute. Yubitsume ? |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #13 "Don't be a Dick" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-02-21 21:49 |
| #12 Err get of as easily |
| Posted by: newc 2018-02-21 19:52 |
| #11 "I'm with China on this one" I'm with them as well. It is too bad wambier did not off as easy. |
| Posted by: newc 2018-02-21 19:51 |
| #10 I'm with China on this one. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-02-21 18:40 |
| #9 Museums! Cool rooms where we meet America's Yelping Elite, Professional daters, And patronless waiters, To Instagram, Snapchat, and tweet! |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2018-02-21 16:34 |
| #8 Needs the pic of Joachin Phoenix for illustrative purposes. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-02-21 16:14 |
| #7 Michael Rohana, 24, is an adult and can serve time in China for all I care. This is inexcusable and embarrasses the US. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-02-21 15:10 |
| #6 I don’t doubt there are hundreds, if not thousands of terracotta figures in pieces in the ground back in China. I am equally certain that the “ugly Christmas sweater” party at the museum was a mixer/fundraiser designed to increase interest in the museum among the younger generation. The symphony, the art museums, the opera, the ballet — and the local blues and jazz societies as well — have been struggling with greying audiences for years. Nonetheless, one simply can’t break off bits of the display in a bout of boyish high spirits to take as souvenirs. That’s no better than scribbling a moustache on the Mona Lisa with a sharpie. The museum, after all, is liable for the cost of the restoration, and will deservedly find it considerably more difficult to get other shows on loan in the future, which will significantly cut into their future ability to attract audiences, and therefore the donations they need to remain open — no museum can survive on entry fees alone. Mr, Rohana needs to be punished. I assume from the venue and the activity that he is a successful young professional with useful skills and connections. Let him, in addition to the significant fine, donate ten hours a week for a year applying those skills and connections to the needs of the museum. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-02-21 13:40 |
| #5 Perhaps if Michael surrendered a thumb he could be absolved. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-02-21 09:09 |
| #4 This guy wasn't in China -- he was at a hipster sleep-over inexplicably held in the same place as priceless antiquities loaned for display. He deserves the maximum penalty. Toss him into the general prison population as an example to other casual vandals. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2018-02-21 07:42 |
| #3 So Noted Herb. |
| Posted by: newc 2018-02-21 04:41 |
| #2 They're still pissed that basketball player got let off for shoplifting. Fun fact: these terracotta warriors are all smashed in the ground. They have to be dug out in pits and then painstakingly reconstructed. There are a ton of them, too, and only a small portion have been assembled. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy7309 2018-02-21 03:57 |
| #1 It is very important that as a visitor, you do not damage Cultural reminders. This is a wrong action by an American and do not do it unless you want them doing it in your home town. Always respect the People of the Countries you visit before you become a "Permanent resident" in a prison there. Apologize profusely, write a letter to the Chinese Embassy, and apologize Nationally before an American and Chinese audience please. Ask China what you may do to correct this. |
| Posted by: newc 2018-02-21 01:24 |