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How Lebanese treat symbols of freedom

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I spotted the statue of liberty (a replica of course!) two days ago in front of a pub in Gemmayze (they were probably holding a New York NYE theme party), and on the next day someone posted on Instagram a picture of that same statue placed recklessly and clearly ruined on top of a pick up.

It wouldn’t have hurt to treat the statue in a more decent way and donate it to some school or university instead of damaging it that way. But then again, if our own Martyrs’ square statue is riddled with bullet holes, don’t expect another country’s statue to be treated in a better way.

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