Well he was an accomplished artist as well as a grade A pervert.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Gill
Enjoy the work, not the creator.
though we should cancel Wolfgang
https://www.ranker.com/list/most-his...s/beau-iverson
Johnny Cash crossed the line, Elvis & Chuck (among many others) liked them young.
https://www.grunge.com/110681/respec...rrible-people/
Gotta hand it to Rod Stewart (but not shake his hand due to his like for coke suppositories)
https://www.grunge.com/9229/rockers-partied-way-hard/
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostAs I recall, the statues are in a ghastly boxy Stalinesque style, and show naked young children, not that the latter is necessarily a problem per se. But also the sculptor, Eric Gill raped his young daughters (or maybe his nieces, not sure) and even, if you can believe it, the family dog!
So I wouldn't shed any tears if the wretched things are torn down. It might encourage future wayward artists to behave better if they want their works to be lasting memorials safe from destruction if the artists' sins come to light!
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As I recall, the statues are in a ghastly boxy Stalinesque style, and show naked young children, not that the latter is necessarily a problem per se. But also the sculptor, Eric Gill raped his young daughters (or maybe his nieces, not sure) and even, if you can believe it, the family dog!
So I wouldn't shed any tears if the wretched things are torn down. It might encourage future wayward artists to behave better if they want their works to be lasting memorials safe from destruction if the artists' sins come to light!
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
Yes the Judge should have advised the Jury that they were judging whether an offence had occurred not if they believed it was justified by history.
It's been used since 1996 by other anti-war and environmental protestors. So the judge directed the jury as per the law.
Originally posted by vetran View Post
As you say the Saudis are pretty nasty and unlikely to pay reparations which is why BLM etc aren't poking that bear.
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Originally posted by d000hg View Post
You mean you don't drop start yours? Far safer as you only need one hand
(although I've switched to an electric chainsaw as I am a woke greenie)
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI use my ladders illegally, I expect. Once I even took my hands off.
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I use my ladders illegally, I expect. Once I even took my hands off.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostAh, apparently he was up a ladder. The 4 hour delay was probably while they waited for the police officer trained in ladders to arrive, nobody else was allowed nearby.
Ever been on a ladder training course?
These days you really couldn't make most of this tulip up.
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostIf you were an anti-Saudi Campaigner you would ask for a jury trial, get your experts in, convince the jury to let you off and probably succeed. Lots of campaigners have got off the way the Colston 4 have already which is why they used that defence.
However even long before you got arrested by the Met police you would have disappeared and your dismembered body may have been found e.g.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...st/1608878002/
As you say the Saudis are pretty nasty and unlikely to pay reparations which is why BLM etc aren't poking that bear.
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Originally posted by vetran View PostSadly so are our courts.
Its criminal damage even if you don't like the statue of the person taking part in at the time legal commerce.
If I started lobbing bricks at the Saudi Embassy in a protest against their far larger involvement in buying and abusing African slaves a millennia before Hawkins even arrived in Africa I would be charged and prosecuted.
However even long before you got arrested by the Met police you would have disappeared and your dismembered body may have been found e.g.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...st/1608878002/
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Ah, apparently he was up a ladder. The 4 hour delay was probably while they waited for the police officer trained in ladders to arrive, nobody else was allowed nearby.
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Sadly so are our courts.
Its criminal damage even if you don't like the statue of the person taking part in at the time legal commerce.
If I started lobbing bricks at the Saudi Embassy in a protest against their far larger involvement in buying and abusing African slaves a millennia before Hawkins even arrived in Africa I would be charged and prosecuted.
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