Tourist Who Defaced Rome's Colosseum Says He Didn't Know How Old It Was

[c.d.]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/rome-colosseum-british-tourist-ivan-dimitrov-b2370109.html

c.d.

[c.d.]

I'm a Yank but I think I got this -- what a wanker!

c.d.

[mpriestnall]

It's not like it's new or anything.

[mpriestnall]

Did he carve right next to "Kilroy hic erat" by any chance?

[mpriestnall]

He could tried claiming it was a protest against Roman Imperialism?

[Enigma]

Does he think it is OK to deface a building so long as it is new?

[Pcdunn]

Mark Twain wrote about 19th century tourists from the United States defacing ancient monuments with dates and intials, and chipping off pieces of the Pyramids to pocket.
So this behavior isn't new, certainly.