Protecting Statues

[ComeOnYouOs]

The Government are to bring in new laws to protect statues.
So...... We have the worst pandemic for 100 years, and we have all sorts of problems with Brexit, but this government think protecting statues is something they should spend time on.
Nice to see they have their priorities right

[StillSpike]

"Quick everyone - look over there!"

[Oiram]

The Government are to bring in new laws to protect statues.
So...... We have the worst pandemic for 100 years, and we have all sorts of problems with Brexit, but this government think protecting statues is something they should spend time on.
Nice to see they have their priorities right

Reminds me of some of our defenders past and present, they were protected.

[The Mindsweep]

Plays well to their base. The Coulson one was the subject of years of campaigning to get rid of, they should have thanked those responsible for saving the authorities a few bob.

[Rich Tea Wellin]

Plays well to their base. The Coulson one was the subject of years of campaigning to get rid of, they should have thanked those responsible for saving the authorities a few bob.

The bronze for the forehead alone must be worth a fortune

[Long slender neck]

The Government are to bring in new laws to protect statues.
So...... We have the worst pandemic for 100 years, and we have all sorts of problems with Brexit, but this government think protecting statues is something they should spend time on.
Nice to see they have their priorities right

What's the left version of a gammon?

[Oiram]

The Government are to bring in new laws to protect statues.
So...... We have the worst pandemic for 100 years, and we have all sorts of problems with Brexit, but this government think protecting statues is something they should spend time on.
Nice to see they have their priorities right

What's the left version of a gammon?

Hahahahaha , good one!

A delicate, over-sensitive, fragile, Snowflake?

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

The Government are to bring in new laws to protect statues.
So...... We have the worst pandemic for 100 years, and we have all sorts of problems with Brexit, but this government think protecting statues is something they should spend time on.
Nice to see they have their priorities right

What's the left version of a gammon?

Snowflake.

[tuffers#1]

The Government are to bring in new laws to protect statues.
So...... We have the worst pandemic for 100 years, and we have all sorts of problems with Brexit, but this government think protecting statues is something they should spend time on.
Nice to see they have their priorities right

What's the left version of a gammon?

Hahahahaha , good one!

A delicate, over-sensitive, fragile, Snowflake?

I thought Trump & co in America were all moaning snowflakes
Cos he lost the election & they couldnt handle it ?

[slacker]

Has that Cecil Rhodes one come down and been sent off to a museum storeroom in Oxford yet, or are the Uni elders still thinking about it?

[tuffers#1]

Colston4 Found Not Guity .

[ComeOnYouOs]

Colston4 Found Not Guity .

Really excellent news.

[Long slender neck]

Found not guilty of something they were obviously guilty of.

[Beradogs]

We can see what they look like. I hope justice is served one way or another.

[tuffers#1]

We can see what they look like. I hope justice is served one way or another.

Justice was served in a court of law !!

[RedDwarf 1881]

IMO, they were guilty of criminal damage . By all means remove the statue if that's what people wish but it should have been done through a local referendum . That way the whole community could have had a say . At the same time as the referendum there could have been a questionnaire on who's statute the council could replace it with. If the result was to get rid of the Coulson statue then the council could have taken it down safely and properly . I think it's now open season because a precedent has been set . Maybe the Irish community should attack the Oliver Cromwell statue now because apparently you can get away with that sort of thing scot free.

[RedDwarf 1881]

IMO, they were guilty of criminal damage . By all means remove the statue if that's what people wish but it should have been done through a local referendum . That way the whole community could have had a say . At the same time as the referendum there could have been a questionnaire on who's statute the council could replace it with. If the result was to get rid of the Coulson statue then the council could have taken it down safely and properly . I think it's now open season because a precedent has been set . Maybe the Irish community should attack the Oliver Cromwell statue now because apparently you can get away with that sort of thing scot free.

[Long slender neck]

So even though there is video evidence and the people on trial dont deny tearing down the statue, how can they be not guilty?

[RedDwarf 1881]

So even though there is video evidence and the people on trial dont deny tearing down the statue, how can they be not guilty?

I don't know. All I know is there's a right and wrong way to do things and now a precedent has been set.

[Mr Wonderful]

A dangerous precident has been set.
The jury either had learning difficulties, were afraid of reprocussions or were far left lunatics themselves.
Just because you don't agree with something doesn't mean it's OK to vandalise it. They should be in jail, but it's a victory for the far left anarchists. You learn from history, you don't destroy it.

[Long slender neck]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/ ... d-in-court

Some other examples of Jurys clearing crusties in court. Thin end of a wedge I think.

[The Mindsweep]

So, shall we get rid of jurys and let Twitter etc decide?

The real crime here is the fact that the statue was allowed to stay in place for years after the facts around him became widely known.

[The Mindsweep]

A dangerous precident has been set.
The jury either had learning difficulties, were afraid of reprocussions or were far left lunatics themselves.
Just because you don't agree with something doesn't mean it's OK to vandalise it. They should be in jail, but it's a victory for the far left anarchists. You learn from history, you don't destroy it.

So, if you have a problem with historical institutional racism and the Slave Trade then you are a far left anarchist?

We all know who and what Colston was and removing a monument to him, no matter how, is morally correct.

[Long slender neck]

So, shall we get rid of jurys and let Twitter etc decide?

The real crime here is the fact that the statue was allowed to stay in place for years after the facts around him became widely known.

Did residents campaign to take it down earlier?

[The Mindsweep]

So, shall we get rid of jurys and let Twitter etc decide?

The real crime here is the fact that the statue was allowed to stay in place for years after the facts around him became widely known.

Did residents campaign to take it down earlier?

I don't know. What do you mean by "residents"?