Teenager defaces ancient Egyptian relic

I know that it seems to be a quality of most teenagers to be idiots who think they know more than they do, but how many of them can offend two  cultures at the same time? A Chinese teenager visiting Egypt with his parents scratched “Ding Jinhao visited here” in Chinese on the wall of a temple in the ancient city of Luxor. While most Egyptians wouldn’t recognize the writing, another Chinese tourist did and posted a picture of it on a blog along with the caption: “My saddest moment in Egypt. Ashamed and unable to show my face.” The photo went viral, which led to someone identifying the 15-year-old teenager. Understandably most of the comments about the teenager’s actions were negative. He had defaced an ancient relic of the Egyptian culture. It breaks my heart that the teenager who Read more…