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    Re: Wasn’t expecting that verdict.

    Bizarre.

    Whether sympathetic to their actions or not, surely you can't go around destroying things with no consequence.

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    Nor was I.

    Rather agree with them, but whatever your beliefs, you can't make a unilateral decision on what is righr or wong and just destroy what you don't like.

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    Good for them. Unusual to wish Bristolians well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Blue View Post
    Good for them. Unusual to wish Bristolians well.
    Funny that one of the four doesn't live in Bristol but in Hampshire.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lisvaneblue View Post
    Funny that one of the four doesn't live in Bristol but in Hampshire.
    Why?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tuerto View Post
    Why?
    Because the defence was that they didn't commit a crime as the statue was owned by the people of Bristol so as citizens of the city it was theirs to do with what they wanted. One of them living in Hampshire doesn't support that defence.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lisvaneblue View Post
    Because the defence was that they didn't commit a crime as the statue was owned by the people of Bristol so as citizens of the city it was theirs to do with what they wanted. One of them living in Hampshire doesn't support that defence.
    Not withstanding whatever defence Ponsford's barrister put up that the jury believed, this Daily Mail hit piece has him working as a carpenter living in a motorhome in Bristol, so Hampshire may be his registered address but not his place of residence.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-vandals.html

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    One of the protesters said after the verdict that removing the statue had the affect of rewriting history. That's what the Russians did after Stalin killed at least 3m people. Bizarre. History is history that should be told truthfully however bad that may be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vindec View Post
    One of the protesters said after the verdict that removing the statue had the affect of rewriting history. That's what the Russians did after Stalin killed at least 3m people. Bizarre. History is history that should be told truthfully however bad that may be.
    The statue didn’t tell history though.

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    Re: Wasn’t expecting that verdict.

    Quote Originally Posted by Vindec View Post
    One of the protesters said after the verdict that removing the statue had the affect of rewriting history. That's what the Russians did after Stalin killed at least 3m people. Bizarre. History is history that should be told truthfully however bad that may be.
    recently we have all seen history airbrushed to appease society

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    I don’t think the airbrushing of past events has been recent, you just need to observe what’s around you and marvel at Old Tech to realise that.

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    Would have made more sense to me to find them guilty and then for the judge to impose a nominal fine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Bloop View Post
    Would have made more sense to me to find them guilty and then for the judge to impose a nominal fine.
    ^^^^ This

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    Re: Wasn’t expecting that verdict.

    Quote Originally Posted by The Bloop View Post
    Would have made more sense to me to find them guilty and then for the judge to impose a nominal fine.
    I'm glad they didn't get criminal records for this because having one for activism of this nature is a much greater sentence than a nominal fine. It follows you around for years (sometimes for life). Anyway, a jury found them not guilty by an 11 to 1 majority and the defence argued that the statue, which stood over the city for 125 years, was so indecent and potentially abusive that it constituted a crime. The jury agreed with this. It does set a precedent. which in my view, is a good thing.

    I've had discussions about this with lots of people and I always ask them to imagine a statue of Jimmy Saville being in a public place and would they feel the same way if someone/people pulled it down. Remember, Bristol had had 125 years to think this one over. It's not like the community hadn't asked politely for it to be removed. It was up to the BLM to get things going. That's a lot of waiting around for 'the state' to do the decent thing.

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    Somewhere in a darkened room Ugly Patel will be distraught, she was hoping to impose ten year jail sentences. Well done that jury.

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    Think the Bristol Mayor should explain why he and the council did not act and remove it knowing the statue had been an issue for so many and after receiving many complaints over many years ??

    Let's prey this case result doesn't lead to more acts of civil action.

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    Re: Wasn’t expecting that verdict.

    Quote Originally Posted by life on mars View Post
    Think the Bristol Mayor should explain why he and the council did not act and remove it knowing the statue had been an issue for so many and after receiving many complaints over many years ??

    Let's prey this case result doesn't lead to more acts of civil action.
    Civil action is all that’s left in this country. You’ll be thankful for people like these one day.

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    Re: Wasn’t expecting that verdict.

    Quote Originally Posted by Trigger View Post
    Bizarre.

    Whether sympathetic to their actions or not, surely you can't go around destroying things with no consequence.
    There were consequences though. They were tried and found not guilty.

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    Re: Wasn’t expecting that verdict.

    Quote Originally Posted by lisvaneblue View Post
    Funny that one of the four doesn't live in Bristol but in Hampshire.
    Quote Originally Posted by Tuerto View Post
    Why?
    Maybe Bristol has better butchers than Hampshire?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Bloop View Post
    Maybe Bristol has better butchers than Hampshire?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Bloop View Post
    Maybe Bristol has better butchers than Hampshire?
    😂😂😂😂😂😂

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    Re: Wasn’t expecting that verdict.

    Quote Originally Posted by The Bloop View Post
    Maybe Bristol has better butchers than Hampshire?
    Look, this is serious.....

  24. #24

    Re: Wasn’t expecting that verdict.

    Quote Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew View Post
    Look, this is serious.....
    Are you familiar with 'Sausagegate' ?

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    Re: Wasn’t expecting that verdict.

    Quote Originally Posted by Tuerto View Post
    Are you familiar with 'Sausagegate' ?
    The thread?

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