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Sydny Opera House defaced
Posted: 2003-03-18 12:28am
by DPDarkPrimus
By anti-war protesters, of course!
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/ ... 48004.html
God damn, why mar a nation's icon? Oh right, because they're dumbasses. This makes me want to hurt someone.
Posted: 2003-03-18 12:30am
by Stormbringer
Need to get back to go old fashioned hippy head cracking. It's one thing to protest another to vandalize everything you can.
Posted: 2003-03-18 12:32am
by Sienthal
Why a cultural icon? Why deface something that could only be hindered by war? Why not do it to a government building, something that represents the group that they OPPOSE?
It's like being angry at a bee for stinging you so you take it out on the tree the hive is on.
Posted: 2003-03-18 12:32am
by Darth Garden Gnome
Damn. I hope those fuckers rot in jail for the next five years. And learn to play nice with their new pal, "Bubba."
Complete fucking morons.
Posted: 2003-03-18 12:36am
by neoolong
Damn they better go to jail.
Posted: 2003-03-18 12:42am
by DPDarkPrimus
I hope they go for five years as well. Austrailians are known for their kindness, but in jail, once they hear what you're serving time for....
Posted: 2003-03-18 12:43am
by Kuja
Jeez, that's just sickening.
Posted: 2003-03-18 12:45am
by Frank Hipper
The article, on an English national in Australia defacing their country's symbol, wrote:Saunders said he was ``very much in need of a cup of tea'' after he was released by police.
I think he needs a cup of kick in the nuts, myself. Dr. Saunders, GO HOME and deface things.
Posted: 2003-03-18 12:45am
by Captain tycho
I'm trying very hard not to kill something right now..
Posted: 2003-03-18 12:50am
by fgalkin
Crush them with Israeli bulldozers.
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Posted: 2003-03-18 01:04am
by Sriad
Web site's down, but that's pretty dumb.
WAY TO INSPIRE SUPPORT FOR THE PEACE MOVEMENT!!! (asshole.)
Posted: 2003-03-18 09:02am
by Kelly Antilles
*sigh* What did that poor Opera House ever do to them?
Yes, I know they put it there because every shot you ever see of Sidney is of the Opera House. I was making a joke.
Posted: 2003-03-18 10:33am
by irishmick79
What a bunch of fuckjobs. Seriously, do they honestly think that I, after seeing them deface a country's national landmark, would sit up and suddenly think, "Gee, they're so pissed they're willing to deface pretty buildings! Maybe there really IS something to this whole anti-war thing!"? To be perfectly honest, this makes me want to turn the police loose on them and bash their knees in with night sticks. It's one thing to protest policies you don't agree with, but when you start vandalizing public property, that's another story entirely. Way out of line.
Posted: 2003-03-18 11:41am
by Vympel
There's people who can take an intelligent stand against the war, and there's people who go to protests and hurl moronic slogans. The people who did this were of the latter persuasion, of course.
Posted: 2003-03-18 01:06pm
by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
Well, it was vandalism of a landmark, plain and simple. Besdies, the only thing that can stop a war now is Saddam's exile. It's this kind of moronic behavior that has embarrased the entire anti-war movement.
Posted: 2003-03-18 01:51pm
by RedImperator
Well, the hawks have "freedom fries", the doves have dumb hippie vandals. Stupidity knows no political persuasion.
Posted: 2003-03-18 01:58pm
by neoolong
RedImperator wrote:Well, the hawks have "freedom fries", the doves have dumb hippie vandals. Stupidity knows no political persuasion.
This is more damaging. Freedom fries is just kind of stupid. Vandalizing the Opera House will piss off a lot of people, and will push people away from the cause.
Posted: 2003-03-18 02:03pm
by RedImperator
neoolong wrote:RedImperator wrote:Well, the hawks have "freedom fries", the doves have dumb hippie vandals. Stupidity knows no political persuasion.
This is more damaging. Freedom fries is just kind of stupid. Vandalizing the Opera House will piss off a lot of people, and will push people away from the cause.
<shrug> Being as I'm a hawk, you're not going to see many tears from me about it if that's true. How important a symbol is the Opera House to the average Australian? It looks good on postcards and attracts tourists, but how important emotionally is it down there? The more important it is, the stupider the act was.