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[mmmm8]

Question - why? He'd easily be a lot less noticed getting a hot dog from any other corner in NYC. Why is he standing like a statue in Times Square waiting to be brought a hot dog?

[ponchi101]

C'mon, you can even see the bodyguards standing around and how they have clearly made a 5 mts security radius around him.
I thought the video was of the FIRST man on the video. Who is a body guard and looks like somebody that can kill football players with a napkin.

[ti-amie]

Question - why? He'd easily be a lot less noticed getting a hot dog from any other corner in NYC. Why is he standing like a statue in Times Square waiting to be brought a hot dog?

Maybe he just wanted a hot dog and they were passing through? UNGA is in session so a lot of folks are wandering around NYC right now.

ETA: Also no one in NYC really cares what muckety muck is in their vicinity. Just don't be a group of tourists who stop in the middle of the sidewalk to gawk. That pisses us off big time.

[Owendonovan]

Incompetence had a strong game going on today in my world. It wasn't quite as bad as last Thursday when I walked out of work for the day at the beginning of my second class due to the head teacher not having any lesson plan after showing up late to class. I can't cover for incompetence this year.

[ti-amie]

If you're close enough to see that you're pissing off an animal of that size and with the speed to catch you as you stumble over tree roots and slip on grass to try and get away you are too close.

[dryrunguy]

That's really bad when even Sarah Palin would have known better...

[mmmm8]

Question - why? He'd easily be a lot less noticed getting a hot dog from any other corner in NYC. Why is he standing like a statue in Times Square waiting to be brought a hot dog?

Maybe he just wanted a hot dog and they were passing through? UNGA is in session so a lot of folks are wandering around NYC right now.

ETA: Also no one in NYC really cares what muckety muck is in their vicinity. Just don't be a group of tourists who stop in the middle of the sidewalk to gawk. That pisses us off big time.

UN week is definitely a peculiar time. One time about 15 years ago, my colleague saw Robert Mugabe trying to buy toothpaste or something at the corner Duane Reade (his bodyguard paid).

[mmmm8]

If you're close enough to see that you're pissing off an animal of that size and with the speed to catch you as you stumble over tree roots and slip on grass to try and get away you are too close.

Maybe using an angry tone with that animal was also not the wisest idea. That man really bought into the alpha dog theory.

[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]

[ti-amie]

The only reason the pyramids of Giza are still there is because they couldn't figure out a way to carry them back to England.

[ponchi101]

The only reason why the Museum Of Ancient Artifacts in Palmyra, Syria, is NOT there is because ISIS arrived there and destroyed all the beautiful statues and priceless items because they were not in accordance to Muslim tradition.
The sole reason why the two beautiful Buddhas of Bamiyan are NOT there is because the Taliban destroyed them simply because they were representations of a different deity than the one they worshipped.

Sorry. But this "western civilization is evil' idea is misleading.

[ti-amie]

The only reason why the Museum Of Ancient Artifacts in Palmyra, Syria, is NOT there is because ISIS arrived there and destroyed all the beautiful statues and priceless items because they were not in accordance to Muslim tradition.
The sole reason why the two beautiful Buddhas of Bamiyan are NOT there is because the Taliban destroyed them simply because they were representations of a different deity than the one they worshipped.

Sorry. But this "western civilization is evil' idea is misleading.

You're correct of course. It's not only the English who went around the world pillaging. The Brits never did it in the name of religion though (that can be debated but it was never the stated reason )and that is the difference between the destruction of the sites you're referencing and the theft of religious treasures from other cultures.

[ponchi101]

But what about other countries that hold art and historical artifacts from other nations? I don't see the Italians going bonkers because the Mona Lisa is in the Louvre. I spent las weekend at the Buenos Aires Museum of Arts; several Van Gogh's, Goya's, Picasso's and multiple sculptures from Greece and the Roman's. Nobody minds (as should be the case).
You know who sponsors the Tutankhamen hall at the Cairo Museum of History? IBM (it needs very precise A/C settings). In Cambodia, at Seam Reap, the "Hall of the 1,000 Buddhas" is sponsored by a Japanese company (I forget which one).
So the Brits took home a lot of things. Why? Because at that time, they were the main navigating empire of the world and that was what conquerors did. And I really don't want to see the Rosetta Stone back in Cairo. In the British Museum, it is safe. And I have been in enough Arab countries to know they are as stable as a top. So its safety cannot be guaranteed there in the same way as it can be guaranteed in London.

[ashkor87]

One could even say the Brits stole the Elgin Marbles etc because they appreciated them..maybe the countries of origin didn't ..not enough, anyway...