Bahrain demolishes Pearl Roundabout statue

[JCMach1]

Source: MSNBC



The Bahrain government has begun demolishing Pearl Roundabout, the heart of the capital and the rallying point for protesters in the tiny Gulf kingdom.

The entire area has been excavated and that the iconic central structure has been brought down, CNBC reported...

Read more: http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/18/6293994...

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What petty, pathetic, and vindictive bastards!

[CJCRANE]

1. You can destroy a statue

but you can't destroy an idea.

That idea is "freedom".

[JCMach1]

2. This was a symbol of the whole country...

An equivalent would be blowing up the the statue of liberty.

[Jkid]

5. It won't stop the new government to build another one, if it happens.

[Random Guy]

6. /agree

I think if anything this will make even more people angry. If there were mass demonstrations in the US and as a response the government blew up the Statue of Liberty I think it would just make things worse.

[freshwest]

7. Thanks for the picture...

I had no idea what was there.

Obviously, the freedoms of 'speech, assembly and association' don't apply to Bahrain.

The masters of the physical cannot suppress the innate spiritual yearning of people, no matter how hard they try.

It's going to get worse before it gets better.

[AtheistCrusader]

3. Well, that will certainly work.

Like covering your eyes hides you from other people.

[drmeow]

4. Now that shows

about the level of maturity that Newt shutting down the government showed. "If you won't play by my rules, I'm going to break my toys and go home!" Someone needs a time out!

[closeupready]

8. This will be counterproductive.

Big time.