Paris is a favorite city for lovers. Over the Seine, there are bridges with railings covered with padlocks. Many couples visiting Paris wish to lock themselves in love by attaching a padlock to one of the bridges and tossing the key into the Seine. It is indeed a fascinating and romantic idea that love can be kept forever over the Seine. The love lock bridges have been main attractions in Paris. However, the combined weight of numerous metal padlocks is raising safety concerns. It is estimated that there are 700 thousand love locks over the Seine. For example, the Pont des Arts, the popular site for love locks, is bearing 93 tons. The metal panel of the bridge once fell down and was replaced by a new one, only to be filled with padlocks within two weeks. Also, boats consistently travel under the bridges. If the love padlocks cause the bridge to collapse, it could be deadly. Some people even started a petition urging the removal of the love padlocks for this reason. The locks are not only Paris’ problem. Rome, Budapest, London and Seoul also have sites for love locks and face the same problem. For example, Dublin, the capital of Ireland, decided to remove all the love locks hanging on the Ha'penny Bridge for safety in 2010. The locks of love started to appear on Paris bridges in 2008. The idea of love locks came from a Serbian tale. A young schoolteacher loved a soldier who went to fight in Greece. He married another woman there and never returned. The schoolteacher died heartbroken, and the village girls tried to avoid the same fate by placing love padlocks on the city’s bridges. Should the love locks be removed? What do you think about it?