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Cultural heritage and climbing 25-Jun-2012 At 7:31:18 PM Reluctant

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It's all about respect. A lost ideal. I don't walk into someone's house with shoes on if that's not there thing. Nor would I walk on walls in an art gallery. Monet's do not improve with footprints. So if asked to respect "art" areas I find it easy to oblige. But then I'm getting old and no longer have a point to prove by "sticking it to the man".
When visiting family in Thailand I was taken to a monastery in the hills. Only 300 years old. They let us climb the hill in which the monastery is carved. But they did look down on me when I yelled when I missed a move. The Buddhist monks believe "avoid loud and aggressive people as they are vexing to the spirit". Point of the story - bit of respect goes a long way, but no one likes an intolerant asehole.
I like showing my kids cultural art at chimney pots that is not behind steel bar gates. Let's keep that for future generations.
We can act as custodians or vandals. Hard to take pride in being a vandal.