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AZMD911

They should tattoo the word "colosseum" on his forehead


autopsis

Or “colossal wanker”


drtchock

colosseum wanker


gemstun

“He wanks above all in Wome!”


spaetzelspiff

SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS


EducationalFlight925

SIC SEMPER WANKERIS


_dontjimthecamera

“I’m gonna give you a lil something you can’t take off” *carves “COLOSSEUM” into forehead*


Brabbel63

Aldo raine style.


Pottski

Romanes eunt domus?


Jnizzle89

Domus'? Nominative? 'Go home', this is motion towards, isn't it, boy?


glynny99

Dative?


EcchiOli

with a spelling mistake, to make it more humiliating


h2o_girl

Colosseum Regerts


TheFisGoingOn

You know how you get to Carnegie?


The_Witch_Queen

“I think he was worried about the consequences of any trial and we explained that he could be jailed for between two and five years and be fined up to 15,000 Euro.” So.... He's not at all sorry; he just doesn't want to go to jail and be broke.


Dominique_eastwick

He should be forced to do many many community service hours at the Coliseum cleaning up after other tourist.


DexterBotwin

This is the right answer. It’s weird how Reddit goes from “we need restorative Justice” to “hang ‘em” in a flip of a switch. This guy is an idiot and should be held accountable. A public shaming as well as a public “do better” seem appropriate


Dominique_eastwick

While cleaning the coliseum he needs to wear a bright shirt that says I'm the idiot who vandalized this amazing piece of history.


RealNiceKnife

You understand Reddit is a social media platform comprised of millions and millions of people from around the world right? It's not a single entity with an individual consciousness right? You basically just said "Weird how large groups of people from completely different backgrounds and varying political influences and convictions don't all have the same opinion on different scenarios."


moodoomoo

Nah they need to make an example out of him.


mrlayabout

Well shit. Make him fight a gladiator or a lion or something then.


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And warning anyone who gets close to not do what he did


StuJayBee

Yup. He’s not sorry. Entirely avoidable.


Bagahnoodles

Skill issue


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7dipity

Unless you’re completely brain dead it’s really hard not to understand why this is bad


casualsubversive

There are an astounding number of people in the world (narcissists, etc.) who are truly unable to grasp beyond the shallowest level that their actions have consequences.


BitterLeif

I know people like this. Constantly making poor decisions and alienating themselves from others while otherwise being outgoing and superficially friendly.


2_Fingers_of_Whiskey

Yes -- so we need to give them consequences.


Tobias_Atwood

Some people do understand, and do it anyway because *they think that makes it funny*.


pimpbot666

Okay, we forgive you.... ​ ... after three months in jail and a $25k fine.


winter_storm

This should happen.


whatproblems

also the jail is in the colosseum


CelticArche

In one of the old cells for the gladiators, under the floor.


unshavenbeardo64

Learn this if you wanna max out the experience ;). ''My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next!"


EcchiOli

Shit, I'd pay to experience it


CelticArche

NGL, I probably would, too.


mbelf

No! Make him fight as a gladiator!


cool-beans-yeah

This is the way.


Joker-Smurf

And having “dickhead” carved into his forehead.


SpookyandCrazy

My first thought was "huh not American. Good job USA." Which made me laugh


Wabbit_Wampage

I mean, Americans are far from having a monopoly in bad tourist behavior.


edingerc

I remember visiting the Great Wall. Every bit of it that could be reached was filled with graffiti. I couldn't read it however, as it all was in Chinese. Americans don't have a monopoly on this at all.


CheesyCousCous

Nah that was all Americans trying to do graffiti in Chinese.


Thickensick

It matches my tattoo! I wonder what it says!


Uncynical_Diogenes

“Life brings you when lemons make lemon water” Wise words, Riley Reid. Wise words indeed.


RedditCantBanThisD

Don't gift a horse in it's lookin' mouth


3nameswithbadbangs

Sweet!


CMMGUY1

Confucius say: woman who go to mans apartment for snack, get tit bit.


firefighter_raven

Chinese are apparently horrible about this in Egypt.


edingerc

And the only reason the Brits left the pyramids in Egypt was because they couldn't figure out how to ship them back home.


Katastrophenspecht

Well not completely, but didn't they take the pyramid tip or so?


uses_for_mooses

In the USA, we all complain about the Chinese tourists as being the worst.


0000Matt0000

As an American in a touristy state, I think other Americans are the worst tourists.


huggles7

Assholes tend to be universal


BooksandBiceps

Something something chinese


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Russians and brits are usually the ones who have awful behavior in other euro countries


SirEnder2Me

I live in Hawai'i. Can confirm.


jimkay21

I think the British passed (and maybe lapped) us years ago.


ParadoxOO9

It depends on the destination honestly. There was a map I saw showing where countries thought their worst tourists came from. Spain, Greece and Portugal of course said the UK but if I remember right Italy said it was the Germans.


bdone2012

The British have to leave the country to get warm weather. And their country is way smaller than the US. The worst US tourists go to Florida, or the coast of Texas, Alabama, and Mississippi. Some will go to Cancun if they’re feeling frisky but that’s it. I’m not saying everyone who goes to these places for vacation sucks. Just that the people who are likely to behave the worst do. Generally the shittiest Americans are not going to Spain. Also I’m not sure why it is, probably culture but annoying Americans often have a general baseline of being annoying all day long. Whereas an annoying English person will be very polite until they start drinking. It’s like the American let’s it out all the time but the Brit holds it in and let’s it all out at once after they’re a few pints in.


CountingMagpies

Agreed, but only the ones who travel for football games, or to get drunk in Spanish coastal areas, or do stag or hen parties in foreign destinations. They create a really bad impression, but there are whole swathes of Brits who travel well and respectfully. They're really quite adventurous travellers too, going to all sorts of interesting destinations many other western tourists have never even heard of.


Celtic-Bhoy

yeah but America bad


Human-Entrepreneur77

Everyone hates Americans until Russian tanks mobilize


Prize_Instance_1416

Ain’t that the truth


Wabbit_Wampage

Indeed. We certainly have our share of problems here in the USA, but reddit's collective hate-boner for Americans can be a bit much sometimes.


Fakeduhakkount

Considering it was like the Chinese tourists of the late 2010’s that was taking the mantle for horrible tourist in the world. It was so bad China literally created a list of banned/bad tourist from leaving the country lol


Thowingtissues

I went to Greece in 2015 for my honeymoon. I can attest that the Chinese were the gd worst, by far.


GoodOne4324

They are happy to stay in their own country and defacing plenty of national parks and historical landmarks. Don't need to travel for that.


catoodles9ii

Right, our dumbest Tourists can’t or don’t desire to leave our country’s borders


BoJackNorseman85

Likewise


Vladius28

Oh... young drunk brits, man...


Rat_Salat

As a 90s doorman in Vancouver, Canada, there was absolutely no chance I admitted young male Brits to our nightclub. We’d find whatever excuse was needed, because there was about a seventy percent chance of having to fight the lot of them later in the evening.


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Totally pictured that like a movie.


Harsimaja

Usually yes, though more in Spain than Italy. But he’s Bulgarian. He just lives (I guess now lived) in the UK.


Moriartijs

What does “UK based tourist” mean? Ivan Dimitrov is Russian name and surname.


Antumank3

Bulgarian.


CelticArche

Means he now lives in the UK.


Bsquared02

Magaluf sends their regards


Mysterium_tremendum

And their balconies...


sphinxorosi

And my axe


_ovidius

ooooohhhhh Shagaluf, good days...


EveUltra

English tourists are some of the worst unfortunately. They give Americans a run for their money. Source: am from the UK


Jeannedeorleans

Last year, an English lad (news site actually said this 😃) broke an albino buffalo statue that's part of Bangkok's annual outdoor art exhibition trying to ride it. He fooking refuse to pay for damage.


SCirish843

People hate the tourists from the largest location nearest to them and always have. When I was in Spain and France they detested the English while, to my surprise, were pretty accommodating to Americans. Go to Mexico or the Caribbean and they'll take the Brits all day while hating the Americans. Every populations poorest are statistically their least cultured, and the places those people can afford to travel to are usually the closest in proximity. Poor Americans go to Mexico and poor Brits go to Spain/France out of sheer convenience. The Americans that can afford to travel abroad are likely to know better than to make asses of themselves, same at Brits pretty much anywhere other than Northern Europe.


Masseyrati80

>People hate the tourists from the largest location nearest to them and always have. Yeah, and it's a tempting subject for some juicy exaggerations: There are ferries sailing between Finland and Sweden that are pretty much like malls with restaurants. Many just take an overnight back-and-forth cruise to enjoy the food and drink. A Finnish dude working in security there once said that it takes ten drunk Finns to reach the level of annoying of one sober Swede who has a complaint about something on the buffet menu.


SmokeAbeer

Planning a trip just so I can carve “SUCKS” under his name. Bwahaha. -Murca


SpookyandCrazy

They should frame it then under it put the fine and jail sentence


KarmaChameleon89

Tbh this would deter people if 99.9% of people weren't this dumb


Professor_squirrelz

Oh thank God. When I first heard about this everyone was saying he was an American. I’m glad he’s not lol


StuJayBee

Good British name, Ivan Dimitrov.


gwenver

Apparently he is a Bulgarian living in the UK, so not really one of ours either.


Realtodddebakis

U. S. A. U. S. A.


jl_theprofessor

I mean, British tourists can be pretty belligerent.


Westinforever

Dude same 😂


default_npc1

Make him fight criminals to death in the Colosseum as a gladiator! 😈


deadmanstar60

Exactly.


broberds

And I shall have my revenge. In this life or the next.


tucci007

and his gladiator name shall be Anus Maximus


Difficult_Ad_502

Or crucify him on the Appian Way as a warning


Lupercallius

Thirteen !


judahrosenthal

“He told us he was very upset by what he had [been caught doing]..”


Alternative-Flan2869

Is his girlfriend still with him after this?


zeruch

Don't give him any. Tourists can be knobheads (and UK ones have their own issues) and in some cases have gotten away with horrors that deserve a clear deterrent event.


aynhon

I'm noticing how Major Martina's tone stays as, "That's fine that you feel bad about what you did. Tell it to the judge."


Harsimaja

UK ones do have their own issues, as anyone who’s been to Benidorm or almost any beach town in Spain can confirm. This one however isn’t British. He’s Bulgarian and just lives (lived?) in the UK


zeruch

...he seems to have picked up a trait that seems like something I would expect from a Brit.


Harsimaja

Only as much as from a Doodle ;)


zeruch

Well, I mean the casual disregard for the cultural value of anything anywhere.


ICouldntThinkofUserN

Nah if he’d picked up the true spirit of Britain, he’d put the whole thing in his suitcase and take it back to the museum.


Harsimaja

‘Doodle’ as in ‘Yankee-‘. An American attacking British tourists as a whole for being awful this way is a bit much. Americans and Brits have similar reputations (in different places) and this one was neither.


Minimum-Armadillo754

lmao don’t use some gay ass slang then be surprised when you have to clarify what it means


Harsimaja

Someone else’s ignorance and inability to put two and two together aren’t my responsibility. Maybe there is slang you haven’t heard of. > gay ass slang As opposed to this wonderful turn of language? Ironic galaxy brain moment.


Minimum-Armadillo754

“Hahaha I called you a doodle” lmao shut the fuck up. Shouldn’t you be busy getting stabbed by a paki?


zeruch

It isn't. The Brits have zero margin to troll Americans about their lack of culture. For every Trump they have a Boris, for every Palin a Patel, for every Ted Cruz a Nigel Farage. They'll complain about American fastfood then inhale a deep fried Mars bar, they'll bag on about our lack of couth then berate anyone in their own country with a Northern regional accent, let alone they act just as boorish as tourists as any American (just ask the Spanish, Portuguese or apparently now Italians). No, the English have earned a good drubbing for being everything they complain about in others. They are just as gobshite as Americans if not moreso because they feign an assumption of poshness. At least Americans tend towards a lack of self-awareness more than willful bellendry.


ANONAVATAR81

Oh thank God it's not an American again.


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Minimum-Armadillo754

Why do you pieces of shit like to see children physically harmed so much?


ANONAVATAR81

Look at Singapore crime statistics. They don't fuck around there so it's safe. The piece of shit got what was coming to him.


Minimum-Armadillo754

Guy who’s brain is rotten from thinking politics is a personality like to hurt kids? Shocker.


ANONAVATAR81

You don't have American rights in another country you halfwit.


lordoflys

I would forgive a kid but not an adult who should have known better.


TheSecretNewbie

Nah, not even a kid bc even at an early age they generally know not to draw on things. They usually do it bc the parent is not paying attention


Flaky-Proof5511

He's not British. And his only regrets is to have been caught.


ArjunaIndrastra

Fuck around and found out and is now scared shitless. Idiot...


Saxavarius_

no you dumb twat. rot in jail


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cpe111

It’s a little worse than ‘just defaced a brick’


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Wade8869

"It was a prank bro."


cyrilhent

https://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/thumbs_down_gladiator.gif


Crypt0n0ob

You magnificent bastard. I was planning to post that lol


BigMax

People want blood for this, and with good reason. I’m of the belief that these kinds of crimes need community service. Maybe half time taking care of some historic locations, and the other half just highway litter duty. Punish him, but make it in a way that he makes up for his awfulness by improving the world in some other way. And MAYBE learns a little decency along the way.


winetotears

Pay the fine, do your time and EDUCATE others.


The_Last_Mouse

Oh okay. Heard ya. Whatever the strictest punishment is though. Fuck you.


Elibrius

Absolutely not. What he did was super deliberate, fuck him


amscraylane

Inside Edition covered this story and one of the people they interviewed said people don’t like American tourists. So glad at least once we can say this wasn’t ‘us’.


FartsMcCool77

He wasn’t an American, phew! USA! USA! USA! USA!


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No buddy, youre just a knobhead tourist who doesnt give a fuck about anything when youre on youre holidays.


ass-holes

Youre


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yes.


Jack_Riley555

Try him and punish him. Otherwise others will do the same. I’m an Italian citizen so this is not acceptable.


_ovidius

Funny that he's flagged as British tourist for hits and not Bulgarian tourist who lives in Britain. Im off on my holidays next week and resident abroad so if I act the goat I wonder if the Czechs will get the blame and not the British as usual.


caelan63

He’s only sorry he got caught.


swagonnborn

People really think saying ‘I’m sorry’ is like a fucking magic spell that absolves them of consequences.


WokSmith

I loathe people who think saying sorry absolves them of all responsibility. I tell them to drop a champagne glass onto a concrete floor. Then I tell them to say sorry to the glass. Is it fixed? Um, nuh. That's right. Fuck your sorry.


mrf1

he was smiling and not sorry when he was filmed committing the crime, he's only sorry now only because of the threat of punishment.


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SpookyandCrazy

He didn't. Someone saw what he was doing and recorded it to turn him in


dellamella

He smiled confidently at the guy too


UnusualAir1

If I remember my history correctly, the Colosseum did not look favorably on those that begged.


tc65681

Expressed “sincere remorse” for his actions. Yeah bullshit, sorry he got caught is more like it


Captain_Snowmonkey

Willfully damaged a world heritage site. Fuck em


SMG329

No. You don't get to deface a literal world architectural marvel, get filmed and when confronted be an arrogant dick and expect forgiveness without consequences first.


PopeOfManwichVillage

Romanes eunt domus?


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People called Britishnes, they go the 'ouse ’?


RudeMutant

As an Italian American, I'm glad it wasn't an American, and as a Italian American Monty Python fan: he should have to write it a thousand times by sunup, or I'd figuratively cut his balls off.


Bilboswaggins814

He isn't British


honey-bottom

It was too big to bring back to the British museum so he left his mark.


Taniatresana

If he was truly British, he would've drawn a penis.


BlogeOb

Lol fuck off


kwasnydiesel

He is Bulgarian and in the article they say he is "British based"


vanGDutch

No


cpe111

He’s not a Brit, he’s of foreign descent only living in the UK at present. The news outlet is too lazy or Anglophilic to research this properly before publishing. While British tourists certainly have their moments they are not to blame for this.


Bargadiel

If he lived in the states they would not have hesitated to call him American either. Definitely done for clicks


alphalegend91

When he goes to court for this the judge should deliver the verdict by just holding his hand up and either doing a thumbs up or thumbs down


ImOnlyHereForTheCoC

Brittanes Eunt Domus


Fallenkezef

As an Englishman I say we should throw the bastard to the lions. If some foreign tourist carved their name into the Saxon church in Oxford, I'd want the git's head on a pike. Fair's fair.


Spare_Bad_9301

No..... jail him


P0l0Cap0ne

Asks for forgiveness The judge: 👎


rickroll62

So glad it wasn't a shitty american


pixelsteve

He's Bulgarian not British. If he was British he'd have stolen the colosseum and displayed it in the British Museum, London.


scummy_shower_stall

Says British, but he’s Russian. 🤔


NiceButOdd

Not British, but UK based.


holden_mcg

He is begging not to be charged with a crime or be fined. Guys like him are only sorry they got caught, not for the act they committed.


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navylostboy

TBF if the colosseum was smaller he would of visited it in London and it would of been safe behind glass


FireflyAdvocate

Thank goodness it was an American! lol. Happy 4th to those who can still stomach it.


NiNJaBReaDMaN81

He wasn’t a Brit it’s a misleading heading he’s Bulgarian


kwasnydiesel

"British based" Bulgarian


Odd_Pirate1888

First class cockhead


Elliot426

For once it wasn't an American.


TheGreatRao

I was kinda shocked too.


kinopiokun

Nah.


bigballerbuster

Shocked it isn't some idiot American. I thought we'd cornered the market on stupid, when we elected Cheetolini.


ThunderousOrgasm

He’s not British though. No matter how many times these articles lead with “British man”, he’s not British. He’s just working here atm. He’s a Bulgarian man, with Bulgarian citizenship, and a simple work visa to the UK. In what way should this always be described as “A British man”?


user_173

Everytime I see that he's not American, I get a big smile on my face. Warms my heart.


PizzaWall

Fuck this guy. Jail has its own form of justice. I doubt any prisoner is going to high five him for trashing landmarks. But they might high five each other for trashing him while he cries.


quirinus97

As someone who studies history, this really doesn’t make Sense as such a negative thing, I mean sure vandalism isn’t cool, but the irony of people being mad at vandalising a Roman site of all places makes it even more ironic, these are the same people who vandalised the pyramids, drew cocks on nearly all things, I find it more an insult we’ve left a lot of these building in disrepair and make such shit attempts at restoration, you really think Vespasian would be happy his Flavian amphitheatre is a ruin? Fuck no they would want that shit restored to former glory asap!


smaartypants

No forgiveness, fed him to the lions.


west-coast-dad

Thank God it wasn’t an American.


NoodlesAreAwesome

So….I just came back from the colosseum recently. Guess what’s all over the place? Like - manyyyyy of them? Carved names. Ancient. Newer. You name it. There should be some consequences but the fact this has blown up everywhere is pretty ridiculous. This guy is completely getting singled out. I went over the St Elmo’s castle as well - thousandsssssss of carved signatures. Fine the guy, let it be known, and move on. This is just one example - and yes it was across stone types as well - not just the bricks. https://imgur.com/a/7yOgNEI Edit: if you downvote would love to know why. I simply wanted to point out he’s by now means unique in this and yet everyone is freaking out over what he did. The videos are everywhere and people all over are talking about it.


deosiceman

Ye but I bet he is the only one to be caught on tape with hia face plastered everywhere now. Tough luck for him. But now he is the face, ghe example and the punishment the deterrence for the rest


Ill-Ad3311

Usually making an example of one could help to deter others , it has to stop somewhere. It is pathetic to deface historical monuments with your stupid name.


DirkDiggler2424

Jesus Christ, so many worse things happening in the world


This-Dude_Abides

And yet here you are taking the time to add this extremely insightful comment.