In this article, Harpur argues for the preservation of culture through the preservation of the landscape. “Just as places and buildings are sacred, so too is the Ireland’s beautiful landscape.” Harpur then goes on to present the horror of iconoclasm dramatically through present day and historical examples. The first of the present day example Harpur gives us is the destruction of antiquities in Iraq's Mosul Museum. I found the historical example to be quite thought provoking. Harpur effectively uses descriptive metaphorical language in order to present the horror of St. Canice’s Cathedral and how the windows were broken down into “cascades of rainbow crystals.” I personally found this image quite startling because I could vividly picture
