AR15 wrote

This would not have happened if I was the one in power in that area. Every single person that was caught destroying or defacing these monuments would be severely beaten and then arrested. People fought and died to protect assholes like this. **** all of them for defacing and destroying those monuments.

Having an opinion and wanting to show it in the form of peaceful protests is fine. But, that shit isn't.

All right, calm down you, Hitler.

People did not fight in wars to protect anyone, they were sent to fight by a corrupt government that starts wars over oil.

1989 wrote You can't just say its Labour supporters as the people who did this are just idiots who probably have no idea what Labour or Conservatives are. I found this very upsetting aswell and also where have there been riots, I haven't heard of anything like that?

You haven't heard anything because they are choosing not to report about it!

Kendosaur wrote

AR15 wrote

This would not have happened if I was the one in power in that area. Every single person that was caught destroying or defacing these monuments would be severely beaten and then arrested. People fought and died to protect assholes like this. **** all of them for defacing and destroying those monuments.

Having an opinion and wanting to show it in the form of peaceful protests is fine. But, that shit isn't.

All right, calm down you, Hitler.

People did not fight in wars to protect anyone, they were sent to fight by a corrupt government that starts wars over oil.

The war memorial is for the World Wars.
You know, the second one with that guy with the moustache who killed millions of people?

If your happy with this then, go with conservatives

Erudite wrote

Kendosaur wrote

AR15 wrote

This would not have happened if I was the one in power in that area. Every single person that was caught destroying or defacing these monuments would be severely beaten and then arrested. People fought and died to protect assholes like this. **** all of them for defacing and destroying those monuments.

Having an opinion and wanting to show it in the form of peaceful protests is fine. But, that shit isn't.

All right, calm down you, Hitler.

People did not fight in wars to protect anyone, they were sent to fight by a corrupt government that starts wars over oil.

The war memorial is for the World Wars.
You know, the second one with that guy with the moustache who killed millions of people?

I came to the conclusion he was talking about wars in general.

If we are talking about the war monument that was pictured in the original post... the 'woman of world war 2' one. Well I would like to inform you that the 'women of world war 2' did not fight in the war.

They stayed at home and worked in factories creating bombs and ammunition that was used to kill millions of innocent people.

Battlefront wrote If your happy with this then, go with conservatives

That video sums it up to a tee!

To be fair, I don't have to worry as much as the people of Wales, NI and England as we have the SNP to fight our corner. However, the rest of the UK is in for a hell of a 5 years. If we leave Europe.. well if Britain votes to, they will no longer have Scotland as part of their 'Union'.

Kendosaur wrote

Erudite wrote

Kendosaur wrote

AR15 wrote

This would not have happened if I was the one in power in that area. Every single person that was caught destroying or defacing these monuments would be severely beaten and then arrested. People fought and died to protect assholes like this. **** all of them for defacing and destroying those monuments.

Having an opinion and wanting to show it in the form of peaceful protests is fine. But, that shit isn't.

All right, calm down you, Hitler.

People did not fight in wars to protect anyone, they were sent to fight by a corrupt government that starts wars over oil.

The war memorial is for the World Wars.
You know, the second one with that guy with the moustache who killed millions of people?

I came to the conclusion he was talking about wars in general.

If we are talking about the war monument that was pictured in the original post... the 'woman of world war 2' one. Well I would like to inform you that the 'women of world war 2' did not fight in the war.

They stayed at home and worked in factories creating bombs and ammunition that was used to kill millions of innocent people.

They did their part for the war effort, just because they didn't fight doesn't mean they didn't contribute.
I'm a pacifist so I understand completely if you don't want to endorse WW2 as a good victory, but an allied victory was far better than an axis one, even with the deaths of millions of innocents factored into that.

Kendosaur wrote
I came to the conclusion he was talking about wars in general.

If we are talking about the war monument that was pictured in the original post... the 'woman of world war 2' one. Well I would like to inform you that the 'women of world war 2' did not fight in the war.

They stayed at home and worked in factories creating bombs and ammunition that was used to kill millions of innocent people.

I would say that the female agents of SOE would beg to differ.
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As to the defacing of the monument, until there is proof as to who did it, no one should be blamed. I know that it points toward supports of the Labour Party, but who really knows who did it. The fact it was done on a monument, and a WWII monument at that, was to provoke an emotional response, which it has. Both sides of the argument have reasons for posting such graffiti.

Erudite wrote I don't care much about the desecration of these monuments.
The memory of those who died in The Great Wars exists not in the marble or concrete of a monument, but in the minds and hearts of those they gave their lives for.

There are certainly more respectful ways to demonstrate, but the monument exists only to remind us, and it has definitely done its job throughout these protests.
To the detriment of the protesters, ironically.

I agree, very well put, couldn't have said it better myself (actually I could not string such an ornate string of words together). There was a time, when I was younger, that I felt as AR15 currently does and I am not faulting him in any way, but I have come to see things differently as I get older. Being a veteran and coming from a long line of veterans in my family I hold monuments of their memory and sacrifice very close and dear to my heart, but I also have come to think of their physical occupation of ground, as just that, physical objects and that what they represent is more than what is seen. Now, if I witnessed this being done I don't know what I would have done.


Groovy

Kendosaur wrote

AR15 wrote

This would not have happened if I was the one in power in that area. Every single person that was caught destroying or defacing these monuments would be severely beaten and then arrested. People fought and died to protect assholes like this. **** all of them for defacing and destroying those monuments.

Having an opinion and wanting to show it in the form of peaceful protests is fine. But, that shit isn't.

All right, calm down you, Hitler.

People did not fight in wars to protect anyone, they were sent to fight by a corrupt government that starts wars over oil.

Erudite wrote

Kendosaur wrote

AR15 wrote

This would not have happened if I was the one in power in that area. Every single person that was caught destroying or defacing these monuments would be severely beaten and then arrested. People fought and died to protect assholes like this. **** all of them for defacing and destroying those monuments.

Having an opinion and wanting to show it in the form of peaceful protests is fine. But, that shit isn't.

All right, calm down you, Hitler.

People did not fight in wars to protect anyone, they were sent to fight by a corrupt government that starts wars over oil.

The war memorial is for the World Wars.
You know, the second one with that guy with the moustache who killed millions of people?

It's not even the desecration of memorials that I find repulsive.
It's the fact they're throwing a fit like children because they didn't get what they wanted.