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2024-04-05 Caribbean-Latin America

Haiti's National Library destroyed by armed gangs

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Posted by badanov 2024-04-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [226 views ] Top
File under: Mob Rule

#1 Barbarians are really good at torching famed libraries: E.g., The Al Sa'eh of Tripoli for one.
And In 2011, the great library of Cairo, Egypt, the Institut d'Egypte, a research center founded by Napoleon in 1789 was torched. The building sheltered 192,000 rare books, manuscripts... America is next.

Posted by Huputle+Cherelet4131 2024-04-05 09:52|| 2024-04-05 09:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Fortunately, we've scanning & electronic storage.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-04-05 09:58|| 2024-04-05 09:58|| Front Page Top

#3 What happens when they take all computers away from private citizens? Which will come first? Arms or computers?

Posted by Huputle+Cherelet4131 2024-04-05 10:28|| 2024-04-05 10:28|| Front Page Top

#4 ...don't forget the up coming rolling blackouts in California. I'm sure the digital currency and id will be unaffected./sarc

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-04-05 11:51|| 2024-04-05 11:51|| Front Page Top

#5 They got both books?!

Snark O'The Day

Posted by ed in texas 2024-04-05 12:07|| 2024-04-05 12:07|| Front Page Top

#6 ^
SNOD candidate, with bonus points for accuracy?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-04-05 13:49|| 2024-04-05 13:49|| Front Page Top

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