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Restored Body Parts Horrifies Critics

For some reason, Cabbage Boy provides a link in the comments section with this note: "No reason to panic, but here is a story that screams POST ME ON HUCKLEBERRIES." Indeed, a controversial decision by Italy Premier Silvio Berlusconi to restore body parts to marble statues of Venus & Mars seems to be up Hucks alley. Seems art restorers are horrified by the decision. Berlusconi responds that the hand added to Venus and the penis added to Mars are made of resin, attached by magnets and can be removed without damage. AP story here. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Question: Should the body parts have been added back to the statues?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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