I just caught this on MetaFilter Afghans Smash Ancient Statues, Defy World Appeals <http://news.iwon.com/home/news/news_article/0,11746,103521|world|03-01-2001 ::09:34|reuters,00.html> "ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The radical Taliban movement began smashing all statues from Afghanistan's rich cultural past Thursday, turning its back on urgent international appeals to save the ancient artifacts." It's outright vandalism. I'm not Buddhist, but I live on this planet and I care about history. This is not "I'm tired of the color this room is painted", this is, "I want to pretend that this never happened - and I want everyone else to pretend that too". Very sad. -- bob davis bobd at members.evolt.org