Act like a putz in Italy, pay the fine

Mike I couldn't agree more.

All the Italian government is asking for is that people be respectful of their national monuments. Also, being respectful of others in the form of common courtesy and self-awareness.

I suspect few of us would disagree that such behavior has been in the decline for awhile.

Here's hoping that they actually enforce this rule.

Actually, I wish they would put these people in jail, especially when historical monuments and artwork are involved. At the very least prevent these fools from entering the country again.

I am 75 years old and can say that I have seen a general decline in public civility in the USA as well as overseas.

When in public, a traveler should respect others and the historical and cultural sites.

Florence, 2017. Immediately on exiting the Duomo stairs and into the open, middle-aged American woman directly in front of us pulls out a Sharpie and reaches up to sign the granite, We barely stopped her. In the midst of our tongue-lashing she held firmly to "Everyone else does it." Needless to say no security nor cams up top to catch the act. And no one intervened as we followed her around and kept her from signing the wall until she started down.