melthebell   862 #349 Posted January 13, 2022 1 minute ago, Waldo said: Not happy of course.  Also not happy that Joe Bloggs can come along and do criminal damage on a statue and get away with it.  There really (urgently, considering recent events) needs to be a proper legal process, whereby we democratically decide if to remove statues (or other works) that some consider offensive. I’m not sure exactly how that would work, but there needs to be some legal route for this.  A climate where anyone can come along and destroy anything they consider offensive, and get away with breaking law, is not a good place to be. im not happy it was damaged either, it is art and history, but art and history for me belong in art galleries and museums where you are free to go visit if you want, apparently theres been talk of it being removed for decades and nothing happened, same with the Colston statue there was a large public campaign to get it removed, which i believe they ignored. sadly this is the end result if people are ignored 5 minutes ago, Jack Grey said:   I dont know the history of the statue or the person who created it      some of its mentioned in the link a few posts up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jack Grey   1,600 #350 Posted January 13, 2022 8 minutes ago, Waldo said: Not happy of course.  Also not happy that Joe Bloggs can come along and do criminal damage on a statue and get away with it.  There really (urgently, considering recent events) needs to be a proper legal process, whereby we democratically decide if to remove statues (or other works) that some consider offensive. I’m not sure exactly how that would work, but there needs to be some legal route for this.  A climate where anyone can come along and destroy anything they consider offensive, and get away with breaking the law, is not a good place to be. The pulling down of statues goes back thousands of years and has always been a weapon or a sign for regime change  As ive said in previous comments i believe the recent events in places like Bristol to be politically motivated  We have to put a stop to it now or it will just get out of control Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
El Cid   194 #351 Posted January 13, 2022 1 hour ago, melthebell said: Back to the link, are you Happy to have statues created by pedophiles out in the open? Made by a man who gleefully wrote about what he did to his own daughters And prisoners of war, didnt they build some bridges in China? Where do we stop? The Bridge on the River Kwai, was that just a film, or did it really happen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
melthebell   862 #352 Posted January 13, 2022 10 minutes ago, El Cid said: And prisoners of war, didnt they build some bridges in China? Where do we stop? The Bridge on the River Kwai, was that just a film, or did it really happen. That was the Burmese railway, my grandad worked on that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alchresearch   207 #353 Posted January 13, 2022 1 hour ago, melthebell said: Back to the link, are you Happy to have statues created by pedophiles out in the open? Made by a man who gleefully wrote about what he did to his own daughters How long has this statue been there? How many millions of people have walked passed them blissfully ignorant, but are now so outraged they need to get rid of them? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
melthebell   862 #354 Posted January 13, 2022 12 minutes ago, alchresearch said: How long has this statue been there? How many millions of people have walked passed them blissfully ignorant, but are now so outraged they need to get rid of them? You could say that about actual peadophiles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Delbow   666 #355 Posted January 13, 2022 My thoughts on this are that we need to  STOP: Hammer Crime! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Caswall   7 #356 Posted January 13, 2022 3 hours ago, Delbow said: Priti Patel would lock this man up for ten years. Ten years. Sounds about right as a deterrent. The same should apply to the four Bristol rioters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Dromedary   166 #357 Posted January 13, 2022 One question.  Was Gill ever prosecuted for being a peadophile? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
melthebell   862 #358 Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) on a similar note, Midget gems are to be renamed by Marks and Spensers, due to the term Midget being derogatory, should get some worked up LOL https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-59981811 Edited January 13, 2022 by melthebell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
altus   514 #359 Posted January 13, 2022 57 minutes ago, Dromedary said: One question.  Was Gill ever prosecuted for being a peadophile? No. His behaviour only came to light during examination of his private diaries after his death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
HumbleNarrator   286 #360 Posted January 13, 2022 1 hour ago, melthebell said: on a similar note, Midget gems are to be renamed by Marks and Spensers, due to the term Midget being derogatory, should get some worked up LOL https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-59981811 When you say - "should get some worked up LOL" who do you mean? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...