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Tourist faces $24,550 fine for carving his and girlfriend’s name into Colosseum (www.news.com.au)

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A tourist filmed carving his and his girlfriend’s name into the walls of the Roman Colosseum faces a huge fine as Italian authorities vow to find the man.

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[–] doctortofu@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I genuinely and unironically think vandalism like this should be grounds for cancellation of your passport for a while in addition to all other penalties (say, for 5 years). If you can't play nice, you're grounded and you don't get to visit other countries until you grow up.

[–] Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

It's the Collosseum. They should make them participate in gladiatorial games for tourists.

[–] Ronno@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For countries needing a passport, this might work, but in the EU? This won't make much difference.

[–] Devi@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You still need your passport to fly or travel outside the EU so it would have some affect.

[–] Ronno@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, but wat less. Most people don’t travel outside of the EU often

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think this is a reasonable idea. They’d need to find the guy first to figure out his passport details, but after that, fine him, deport him, then flag him against entry into the the EU for a designated amount of time.

[–] lightsecond@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

He’s made it easier by filming himself.