Smashing images is as old as human hatred. Anyone inclined to priggishness about the Taliban&#039s mass execution of statues in Afghanistan need only visit the Lady Chapel at Ely cathedral. There, Puritan hammer-men obliterated the heads of saints, prophets and angels. That chapel remains one of the most heartbreaking sights in England. But in Europe as well as Asia and Africa, the loaded word &#039idols&#039 has covered countless crimes. Full Story