by no means am i buddist, but this is an enormous travesty of human 'progression.'

now confirmed.

"The much-decried deed has been done. The Taliban has destroyed two ancient giant Buddha statues carved into a cliff in Bamiyan, UNESCO has confirmed. Calling it a "crime against culture," UNESCO's director general today confirmed Afghanistan's Taliban rulers had destroyed two giant 5th-century statues of Buddha."

narrow-minded maniacal ineptitude such as this makes me question how humanity has made it to the 21st century... and i don't expect it to get better from here on out.