Random thought

Buildings built after to 1920s should not be allowed to use roman numerals to tell how old the building is. I was just watching a "Come to Timisoara" video, while I was waiting in the airport to fly to Thessaloníki, that showed a building that was constructed in MCMLXXX (1980). Why the devil does this building have roman numerals signifying the age of the building? Thirty years isn't that great of an accomplishment. It would be far more embarassing if the building was already torn down, because it has to be a building of significance to make it in the video.

Films are different in that they have been using and continue to use Roman numerals to signify the production of the film. Buildings, whether it be stateside or abroad, have used digits to express who old building have been for centuries. On a trip to Sigisoara, I walked past a building that was built in 1576. Two hundred years before the completion of the Declaration of Independence. How was the year written? Take a gander at the picture. So for a building that young to use Roman numerals, when it wouldn't qualify to be saved by the historical society, is asinine.