# Which would hurt humanity more - the loss of the Sistine Chapel or the loss of the Parthenon?

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> [@Mr.Kobayashi](#):
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> @ **kanicbird** ; you can’t dissemble them, move them and replace later - no time! Plus that’s cheating.

Cheating? In what universe is it cheating to have enough time to carry out a complete evacuation of Athens, but not enough time to simultaneously disassemble, crate, and shift the ruins of the Parthenon?\*

**Mr. Kobayashi** , I find myself wondering if your first name is Maru.

\*Which we already know how to do, btw, as opposed to building a matter-vaporizing death ray capable of hitting a relatively small, fast-moving target.

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