I actually can't believe it has come to this. My ancestors would be appalled.
Honestly, it's shit like this that makes me largely give up on Australia. This was extrajudicial. There's plenty of CCTV in that area, and the police know that these commie vandals regularly target the statue. Yet they did nothing, and nothing will be done in response. And people I know will cheer this on, and gloat about it.
I'm done. I'm so fucking done. We can't vote our way out of this. We can't legislate our way out of it. How the fuck are we legally meant to stop this, when they've captured all our institutions?
Absolutely disgusting. Like toppling a statue of Jefferson or similar in the States.
I mean, Donald Horne, who coined that, meant the phrase to be ironic, and was already lamenting our apathy, and terrible political leadership in the book within which it was written...
Unfortunately, because said phrase and book hit a nerve, the media ever since that time has gone out of its way to misquote and misinterpret it. But yeah, it was always intended to be perjorative...
Not that we aren't lucky, in the sense of abundant natural resources, being surrounded by water, being relatively politically stable, etc., however the apathy you mention was definitely already abundantly apparent by the 60s, when Horne wrote about it...
I did not know that. I'll put the book on my reading list.
I find the study of Australia to be woefully lacking. The Tyranny of Distance, while not an overly provocative book, shattered 3 or 4 central myths about Australia and our history for me.
Like toppling a statue of Jefferson or similar in the States.
Ah, yes... about that.
From late 2020: No trial, no jail for man who destroyed [Christopher] Columbus statue https://archive.ph/yS0Le
Meanwhile, several other statues around the metro area have fallen prey to similar treatment at the hands of vandals with a social justice agenda.
A statue of former President George Washington that used to sit across from the Minneapolis Institute of Art was torn down and covered in paint on Thanksgiving.
That same day, a monument to the pioneers who settled in Minnesota was spray-painted with left-wing slogans.
There are probably several other stories like this, but this one popped into mind first as it was local and extremely similar.
Yeah, I was gonna say - Columbus was unambiguously a bad guy (even if his "discoveries" obviously resulted in current-day North America), but obviously that argument doesn't exactly fly for someone like Washington...
Although personally, I would go as far as to say that we shouldn't be tearing down any of these statues - Columbus, Lee, etc., included...
Nala Mansell is an evil woman. I'll say that much.
I genuinely hope that this "radicalizes" people on the opposite side to see that these monsters cannot be reasoned with. They are a pox, and this is the almost inevitable result of letting them take over. Vile.
The planning tribunal almost immediately turned around and approved the statue's removal and destruction, literally hours after this happened. Just as I predicted...
There's no way this wasn't planned (and probably paid for) by the Council. They knew exactly what was going to happen. Just saves them needing to publicly announce the demolition ahead of time.
Fuck, I'm actually very angry about this. I hate being powerless to stop this shit, and even more than that, I hate that even my own family supports it (despite my father even knowing some of Crowther's descendants).
Well, Charlottesville, I now understand better how you felt.
I actually can't believe it has come to this. My ancestors would be appalled.
Honestly, it's shit like this that makes me largely give up on Australia. This was extrajudicial. There's plenty of CCTV in that area, and the police know that these commie vandals regularly target the statue. Yet they did nothing, and nothing will be done in response. And people I know will cheer this on, and gloat about it.
I'm done. I'm so fucking done. We can't vote our way out of this. We can't legislate our way out of it. How the fuck are we legally meant to stop this, when they've captured all our institutions?
Absolutely disgusting. Like toppling a statue of Jefferson or similar in the States.
the trouble with being the lucky country is that it quickly becomes the apathetic country.
I mean, Donald Horne, who coined that, meant the phrase to be ironic, and was already lamenting our apathy, and terrible political leadership in the book within which it was written...
Unfortunately, because said phrase and book hit a nerve, the media ever since that time has gone out of its way to misquote and misinterpret it. But yeah, it was always intended to be perjorative...
Not that we aren't lucky, in the sense of abundant natural resources, being surrounded by water, being relatively politically stable, etc., however the apathy you mention was definitely already abundantly apparent by the 60s, when Horne wrote about it...
I did not know that. I'll put the book on my reading list.
I find the study of Australia to be woefully lacking. The Tyranny of Distance, while not an overly provocative book, shattered 3 or 4 central myths about Australia and our history for me.
Ah, yes... about that.
From late 2020: No trial, no jail for man who destroyed [Christopher] Columbus statue
https://archive.ph/yS0Le
There are probably several other stories like this, but this one popped into mind first as it was local and extremely similar.
Yeah, I was gonna say - Columbus was unambiguously a bad guy (even if his "discoveries" obviously resulted in current-day North America), but obviously that argument doesn't exactly fly for someone like Washington...
Although personally, I would go as far as to say that we shouldn't be tearing down any of these statues - Columbus, Lee, etc., included...
Evil bastard leftists celebrating and crowing about this:
https://archive.is/jfMGx
The council "condemns" it, but it's exactly what they wanted to happen, anyway.
Now they don't have to do the job themselves.
Of course, it will never be restored. The "job" is done. Just like every time these terrorists get away with it.
I fucking hate this country.
There was a time when admitting to/endorsing a crime would get you charged, but not anymore:
https://archive.is/bUneQ
Nala Mansell is an evil woman. I'll say that much.
I genuinely hope that this "radicalizes" people on the opposite side to see that these monsters cannot be reasoned with. They are a pox, and this is the almost inevitable result of letting them take over. Vile.
The planning tribunal almost immediately turned around and approved the statue's removal and destruction, literally hours after this happened. Just as I predicted...
https://archive.is/EHr9n
There's no way this wasn't planned (and probably paid for) by the Council. They knew exactly what was going to happen. Just saves them needing to publicly announce the demolition ahead of time.
Fuck, I'm actually very angry about this. I hate being powerless to stop this shit, and even more than that, I hate that even my own family supports it (despite my father even knowing some of Crowther's descendants).
Well, Charlottesville, I now understand better how you felt.
Meanwhile in Missouri a man faces 19 years for stealing a Jackie Robinson statue.