Colosseum lit over death penalty - Democratic Underground

dipsydoodle

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Sat Jan-06-07 08:54 PM
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Colosseum lit over death penalty

Looks quite effective and certainly makes the point :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6238131.stm

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Harper_is_Bush

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Sat Jan-06-07 09:36 PM
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1. Bless those Italians

They have learned the truth behind their millenia of history

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Lisa

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Sat Jan-06-07 10:35 PM
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2. wow -- I didn't know this

"since 1999 the Colosseum has been bathed in light every time a death sentence is commuted in the world or a country abolishes its death penalty"

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poverlay

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Sun Jan-07-07 02:20 PM
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3. WOW. That's worth repeating. . . . Wow! n/t

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fishwax

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Sun Jan-07-07 02:24 PM
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4. that's cool

I'd seen a similar picture of the colosseum before, but didn't know the significance of the lighting.

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