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Re:Rome's Colosseum opens its underground for the first time by not-my-account on Saturday July 03, 2021 @01:08AM (#27719500)
Are we glorifying the Colosseum because many slaves were put to death there? I would guess no. Further, I am almost certain that very few people's take-away from visiting the Colosseum is "dang, slaves killing each other for sport rocks".

Any Roman building has historical significance, which I would argue is worth glorifying.

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Re:Rome's Colosseum opens its underground for the first time by rantwasp on Saturday July 03, 2021 @01:12AM (#27719516)
i don’t think that the takeaway is that “killing rocks”, but I do think the focus should be on preservation not on commercially exploiting it into the ground
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Re:Rome's Colosseum opens its underground for the first time by not-my-account on Saturday July 03, 2021 @01:14AM (#27719520)
That is fair, and something I am concerned with. I think that may be a different argument than your original comment?
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