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9th February 12, 10:29 AM
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Beheading of Robert Burns Staue in New Zealand
The 8feet statue of our most loved poet was vandalised in Timaru, South Island. The head of the statue which stood in the Botanic Gardens is missing and £500 reward is offered. The statue is of Italian marble and was unveiled in 1913.
Why would a statue of Robert Burns be vandalised in such a place. I always thought there was a great feeling for Burns in New Zealand
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/we...6908-23741647/
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9th February 12, 10:34 AM
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Re: Beheading of Robert Burns Staue in New Zealand
What a waste of time. Idle hands ya know. I can't believe that these vandals couldnt possibly find something better to do. Oh well...
SIMPSONS DID IT!
[-[COLOR="DimGray"]Floreat Majestas[/COLOR]-|-[COLOR="Red"]Semper Vigilans[/COLOR]-|-[COLOR="Navy"]Aut Pax Aut Bellum[/COLOR]-|-[I][B]Go mbeannai Dia duit[/B][/I]-]
[COLOR="DarkGreen"][SIZE="2"]"I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels."[/SIZE][/COLOR] [B]- John Calvin[/B]
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9th February 12, 11:03 AM
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Re: Beheading of Robert Burns Staue in New Zealand
Very sad .... As time passes, and I read more and more of such things happening, the more I come to believe that the movie Idiocracy may be more than just a comedy, but a glimpse of our future.
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9th February 12, 11:47 AM
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Re: Beheading of Robert Burns Staue in New Zealand
Just a wild guess here, but I doubt it was anything personal against Burns or his legacy. Some people just love to vandalize things, and the heads of statues are always popular.
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9th February 12, 12:30 PM
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Re: Beheading of Robert Burns Staue in New Zealand
Yeah, vandals don't really care what they vandalise r desecrate - is just the 'fun' of destroying something.
In my own opinion, they don't use their own heads, so beheading a statue puts them on an even keel. There's nothing between their ears...
Martin.
AKA - The Scouter in a Kilt.
Proud, but homesick, son of Skye.
Member of the Clan MacLeod Society (Scotland)
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9th February 12, 01:23 PM
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Re: Beheading of Robert Burns Staue in New Zealand
I have been equally appalled to see cemeteries desecrated as some people have removed the metal. Vandalizing monuments and desecrating cemeteries should be harshly dealt with.
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9th February 12, 01:30 PM
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Re: Beheading of Robert Burns Staue in New Zealand
 Originally Posted by seanachie
I have been equally appalled to see cemeteries desecrated as some people have removed the metal. Vandalizing monuments and desecrating cemeteries should be harshly dealt with.
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[-[COLOR="DimGray"]Floreat Majestas[/COLOR]-|-[COLOR="Red"]Semper Vigilans[/COLOR]-|-[COLOR="Navy"]Aut Pax Aut Bellum[/COLOR]-|-[I][B]Go mbeannai Dia duit[/B][/I]-]
[COLOR="DarkGreen"][SIZE="2"]"I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels."[/SIZE][/COLOR] [B]- John Calvin[/B]
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10th February 12, 04:40 AM
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Re: Beheading of Robert Burns Staue in New Zealand
It must have been more than one person. If the statue is 8 foot tall and it is standing on a plinth of at least that height or more, then it must have taken at least two people. The head must have been 17 to 18 foot in the air. Someone must have been very well prepared for a "random act of vandalism".
Was no one seen carrying block and tackle and a ladder through the streets? And a very heavy block of Italian marble?
Regards
Chas
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10th February 12, 05:11 AM
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Re: Beheading of Robert Burns Staue in New Zealand
If they did that in some places they would lose their heads! 
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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10th February 12, 05:40 PM
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Re: Beheading of Robert Burns Staue in New Zealand
...which might be considered tidying up a bit of the greater gene pool.
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