The council can dredge it up, put it back in where it was and then 'officially' take it down if they like.Originally Posted by gogobongopop
The council can dredge it up, put it back in where it was and then 'officially' take it down if they like.
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They should.
[Indiana Jones]It belongs in a museum[/Indiana Jones]
Let's compromise; put up statues of all these sumbitches, and then, every year, on June 7th, we can hold a festival where said statues are pulled down, demolished with sledgehammers, and tossed into the nearest river.
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
I don't want statues that idolise naughty people that did naughty things.
Neither do I want them torn down by a mob.
I want petitions and lobbying. Then I want then moved to a museum, with the history and rationale for their removal clearly explained. That's the sexy way.
Violence by a mob against a statue is technically illegal but I struggle to give a shit about it.
Violence against individuals is far worse.
Violence against businesses is far worse.
One person attacked is worse than every statue in the country getting pulled down.
I agree with that. I worry however that whilst it's one statue now, it's looting, rioting and vigilantism next. But maybe I'm concerned unnecessary.
The Story Behind Bill Barr's Unmarked Federal Agents:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazi...=pocket-newtab
This should disturb everyone. Including those right-wing 'conservatives' who claim to care about Big Government, Federal over-reach, and The Constitution.
If not -- then they're using "Law & Order" to promote Authoritarianism. That's just as disturbing.
edit see Lewk and his statement that Mattis is 100% wrong.
The statue was covered up. Which makes me wonder why it takes so long to remove a shameful tribute to a man who made his money by trading people into slavery. A practice that had been discredited for decades in Britain by the time it went up. Just like with the Confederacy revivalist statues its mere existence was an insult to the descendants of the people he deprived of their freedom.
Congratulations America
A museum for statues of people who did horrible things erected by people who were fully aware of the horrible things their heroes did? Or, how to offend people with bronze?
Congratulations America
Most big cities in the UK have a museum full of local Interesting Things. It should be in one of those.
Nobody will remember this event in a few week's time, and that's a real shame. A museum is the perfect place to remember what happened and mark the great progress.
The statue was only a 100 or so years old, it's nothing special. There's older statues in my town you've never heard of.
When the sky above us fell
We descended into hell
Into kingdom come
You better believe I'll have opinions about those as well.
Looks like the whole world is protesting against police violence -- and institutional racism -- so it's not unique to the US.
What's different (and perhaps more important) is that the US has lost its moral authority in international influence. Kinda hard to tell authoritarian regimes what Democracy should look like when we're failing as role models. It just makes the US look like hypocritical bullies with tons of money, and reinforces The Ugly American stereotype of power over principle (or money over people).
Destroying ourselves from within? Everybody sing along now....there must be Fifty ways to leave your lover
A self-described Ku Klux Klan leader has been arrested for allegedly driving his car into a group of Black Lives Matters protesters gathered on Sunday in the US state of Virginia.
Prosecutors say that Harry Rogers, 36, drove "recklessly" towards a protest in Henrico County, and "revved the engine" before driving into protesters.
Mr Rogers appeared in Henrico court on the outskirts of Richmond on Monday, facing charges of assault and battery.
A hate crime investigation is underway.
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"*crrrrsh* We have, uh, apprehended a, uh, tactical bucket of gravel on a 69-12 sir *crrrk*"
"Say again?"
"Gravel, sir *chrrrrk*"
When the sky above us fell
We descended into hell
Into kingdom come
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The 75 year old "fell harder than he was pushed".
Total psychopath.
If he was a provocateur, then it is *incredibly* easy to provoke the police. Sort of the whole point of these protests?
When the sky above us fell
We descended into hell
Into kingdom come
I think you are both missing the point that this is two different antifa members colluding together. There was the 75 year old provocateur, sure, but the real story is the 13.7 billion year old antifa accomplice, gravity. Gravity has been linked to millions of deaths, nearly all the attacks on the police, and even the destruction of the twin towers. Definitely a set up. We need to ACT NOW!
Gravity was an inside job.
When the sky above us fell
We descended into hell
Into kingdom come
At least thats comical ineptitude. Unlike the police that decided to slash the tires of every car in a supermarket parking lot so that the cars couldn't be used as weapons.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
They totally stole that bucket from someone's garden, or a construction site, so they could do that tweet.
When the sky above us fell
We descended into hell
Into kingdom come
I mean, I joke around but there's people in prison right now based solely on the word of a cop and they just fucking lie, constantly. It is blatant and shameless.
When the sky above us fell
We descended into hell
Into kingdom come
This is so incredible, I don't know what to say.
Congratulations America
Fixed
Faith is Hope (see Loki's sig for details)
If hindsight is 20-20, why is it so often ignored?
Now Lewk will be torn between his love of and desire to protect property and his love of and desire to protect police.
If what is good for the goose is good for the gander can protesters now slash the tires of the police?
Y'all think I'm going to defend the police slashing tires in a parking lot? About as silly as blaming all 16K policing departments across the country.
Fry em?
"One day, we shall die. All the other days, we shall live."
Sucks to get profiled, huh.
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