# !@#$% Chinese tourist vandals **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 30, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-tourist-vandals/664957 "2013-07-30T23:05:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-tourist-vandals/664957/1 "2013-07-30T23:05:34Z")
About two months after a Chinese tourist [vandalized](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/28/chinese-tourist-egyptian-temple-graffiti-ding-jinhao_n_3346152.html) an Ancient Egyptian temple, another Chinese person has been [arrested](http://www.wtop.com/109/3404543/Green-paint-popping-up-on-historic-icons-across-DC) for vandalizing two chapels inside the (Episcopalian) National Cathedral in Washington, DC and may be linked to recent vandalisms of the Luther Place Memorial Church (also in DC), the Lincoln Memorial, and a statue at the Smithsonian. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-tourist-vandals/664957/2 "2013-07-30T23:08:56Z")
I’m going to take a brave stance here and say fuck ALL the vandals, not just the Chinese ones. I’m a progressive, what else can I say? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-tourist-vandals/664957/3 "2013-07-31T01:39:40Z")
Used to be that the USA vandals were all you needed. Then the Chinese come along and undercut us. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-tourist-vandals/664957/4 "2013-07-31T01:44:41Z")
They should be treated like all vandals should be treated - cut off their hands. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-tourist-vandals/664957/5 "2013-07-31T02:03:34Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > They should be treated like all vandals should be treated - cut off their hands. Awww, man - but [Urban Struggle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vandals) is a great song :). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-tourist-vandals/664957/6 "2013-07-31T02:04:54Z")
Damned Vandals even sacked Rome, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-tourist-vandals/664957/7 "2013-07-31T09:06:03Z")
Although, to be fair, it could be said that the Chinese boy was just keeping on with a tradition (carving stuff in old Egyptian structures) spanning more than 2000 years… 😛 > **[EGYPTIAN GRAFFITI, Nov 2010](https://shanewozere.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/egyptian-graffiti-nov-2010/)** > > “In the grand propylon, among the names of tourists and travellers, in a small plain hand, is written – “L’an 6 de la république, le 13 Mercidor, une armée Française, commandée par Buonaparte… [http://brillonline.nl/entries/supplementum-epigraphicum-graecum/abu-simbel-graffiti-of-greek-mercenary-soldiers-on-two-colossal-statues-of-ramses-ii-593-592-b-c-51-2201-a51\_2201](http://brillonline.nl/entries/supplementum-epigraphicum-graecum/abu-simbel-graffiti-of-greek-mercenary-soldiers-on-two-colossal-statues-of-ramses-ii-593-592-b-c-51-2201-a51_2201) > **[Online Research Catalogues](https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online-research-catalogues)** > > A series of free catalogues combining peer-reviewed essays with carefully selected groups of object records from Collection online. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-tourist-vandals/664957/8 "2013-07-31T10:53:12Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > Although, to be fair, it could be said that the Chinese boy was just keeping on with a tradition (carving stuff in old Egyptian structures) spanning more than 2000 years… 😛 > > [EGYPTIAN GRAFFITI, Nov 2010 | I'm Wits Toopid](http://shanewozere.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/egyptian-graffiti-nov-2010/) > > [http://brillonline.nl/entries/supplementum-epigraphicum-graecum/abu-simbel-graffiti-of-greek-mercenary-soldiers-on-two-colossal-statues-of-ramses-ii-593-592-b-c-51-2201-a51\_2201](http://brillonline.nl/entries/supplementum-epigraphicum-graecum/abu-simbel-graffiti-of-greek-mercenary-soldiers-on-two-colossal-statues-of-ramses-ii-593-592-b-c-51-2201-a51_2201) > > [http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/online\_research\_catalogues/ng/naukratis\_greeks\_in\_egypt/catalogue\_image.aspx?image=fig-4-abu-simbel-inscription.jpg&retpage=35144&catparentPageId=35143](http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/online_research_catalogues/ng/naukratis_greeks_in_egypt/catalogue_image.aspx?image=fig-4-abu-simbel-inscription.jpg&retpage=35144&catparentPageId=35143) I know I keep up British tradition on holiday by stealing any statues I like the look of. If I’ve got time, I’ll subjugate the natives and introduce them to cricket. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-tourist-vandals/664957/9 "2013-07-31T14:01:33Z")
The Chinaman is not the issue here, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-tourist-vandals/664957/10 "2013-07-31T14:17:53Z")
Step 1: Kill their brother. Step 2: Invade Hippo. Step 3: They all turn into Goths. Step 4: Profit. You can even take the good ones and invade iran with them, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-tourist-vandals/664957/11 "2013-07-31T14:40:27Z")
> [@Double\_Foolscap](#): > > If I’ve got time, I’ll subjugate the natives and introduce them to cricket. Damned decent of you, Old Boy! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crocodiles_And_Boulevards)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-tourist-vandals/664957/12 "2013-07-31T17:57:23Z")
After reading the article, it sounds like the “Chinese tourist” in this new case of vandalism is probably mentally disturbed. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-tourist-vandals/664957/13 "2013-07-31T18:02:56Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Used to be that the USA vandals were all you needed. Then the Chinese come along and undercut us. Or is someone just outsourcing to China? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-tourist-vandals/664957/14 "2013-07-31T18:05:21Z")
> [@Double\_Foolscap](#): > > …and introduce them to cricket. Now you’ve crossed the line, Buster!