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The Louvre reopens 3 days after one of the biggest museum heists of the century (www.scrippsnews.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Five@slrpnk.net to c/news@beehaw.org

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In June, a staff walkout over overcrowding and chronic understaffing delayed opening. Unions argue that mass tourism leaves too few eyes on too many rooms and creates pressure points where construction zones, freight access and visitor flows intersect.

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[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The thieves slipped in and out, making off with eight pieces from France’s Crown Jewels at the world’s most-visited museum — a cultural wound that some compared to the burning of Notre-Dame cathedral in 2019.

Oh, come on. False fucking equivalence, and "some"? "Some" people would probably say it was aliens. Attribute or GTFO.

Now that I've finished the story, another thought: Who cares? I mean, are we really assuming those jewels were acquired aboveboard? This is

"You're trying to steal what I've rightfully stolen."

[–] pasdechance@jlai.lu 1 points 2 weeks ago

Well said!

And how could anyone compare an accidental fire to an orchestrated heist? Rember when the weirdos were trying hard to find someone to blame that fire on, and it was found to be an accident?

Then they spent a fortune rebuilding it and putting on a show?

Poor things...

Everyone that I've talked to about this just shrugs. They don't care about the theft. There is no cultural wound. This wasn't November 15.

(Also, remember when they tried to say hundreds of churches are burned down in France each year?)