[Desdemona]

This is getting ridiculous. Attacking artwork? Priceless artwork? Do we now have to put it ALL behind bulletproof glass? Not just the Pieta.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Remember the ancient Budha carvings that the Taliban destroyed in Afghanistan? Doesn't take much to offend these freaks, does it?

[cardinal4]

Believe it or not, the Pieta has been behind a glass wall since 1943 when "bandits" tried slashing it up(keep in mind its hewn out of marble,)with hatchets. I never knew why they did it or who they did it for.

[texasbluebell]

Attacking artwork? Priceless artwork?

Don't forget this ancient Buddha, now just a memory, that offended the Taliban a year or so ago...

[sphinx]

This is getting ridiculous. Attacking artwork? Priceless artwork? Do we now have to put it ALL behind bulletproof glass? Not just the Pieta.

Better get used to it. At the rate Europe is going Moslem, they'll be Talibanizing cathedrals by the middle of the century -- as official acts of government. Against that day, every American city of 50,000 or more should set aside a prominent site right now to house European art and artefacts. If we actually did something like that, maybe it would help wake up our cousins across the pond.

[Mercat]

I feel so blessed (and old) that I was able to wander around Italy in 1969 prior to the attack on the Pieta. I was only separated from priceless works of art by a velvet rope. I was too young then to really appreciate the privilege.