Richard Harris Statue Vandalised

MonsieurD · 10-10-2008 9:07pm #1

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/Limerick39s-Harris-statue-damaged-in.4569005.jp

Is their no low that scumbags won't go to?

When I read this story in the Limk Leader, I was really sickened that something that has given decent Limerick people somethng to look at, enjoy, admire (he was a great Limerick man) and have a some discussion about ("Wasn't Dickie taller than that??")

Limerick's "few bad eggs" have scored again.

"Few" my ar*e!

This town is overrun with scumbags who are ruining everything that we love about Limerick.

Anyway , that's my rant over. Needed to get it off my chest. Thank God for Boards!

steveon · 10-10-2008 10:52pm

Im shocked to hear that someone could do such a thing, I really hope they catch the cuprit and name and shame him/her. They should be made pay and be force to carry out the repair work themselve.

Richard Harris, A great man, who should be idolised not vandalised

bullets · 10-10-2008 10:56pm

Not the first time its been vandalised!
It was already removed to be fixed and cleaned up
once before.

~B

bazz26 · 10-10-2008 11:29pm

Sums up sociaty as a whole really. Scumbags with too much time on their hands, no proper moral or social upbringing and too many do gooders fighting their cause.

We need radical changes to our judicial system, we need the introduction of boot camps and chain gangs to deal with this filth instead of giving them the dole every week and nice houses to live in.

Rant over.

Jumpy · 11-10-2008 5:04pm

Thats Richard Harris? I always thought it was an ad for Burger King*.

* May not be true

Still. There should be camera on that street. Would it not have picked it up?

Limerick Dude · 11-10-2008 5:38pm

It was only a matter of time to be honest, however is still pretty dissapointing and upsetting.

concussion · 11-10-2008 7:23pm

I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't scobes, but students. Tuesday night?? Lot of pi$$ed messers about. About 2 years ago when they had loads of planted flowers around Cruises St and O'Connell St I saw a trail of destruction from almost outside Icon as far as Supermacs. Disgusting altogether.

Poxyshamrock · 11-10-2008 8:32pm

Not looking for any abuse for saying this, just want to state something...

...It must have been a pretty cheap statue if it was able to be snapped like that.

I saw it this morning and the tip that was bent during the week is now just gone.

Bet we'll never see it perfect again.

Insect Overlord · 12-10-2008 7:56pm

This makes me sad

todolist · 12-10-2008 8:01pm

Ireland is a pretty lawless liberal country.scumbags can pretty much do what they like without fear to facing the consequences.

TestTransmission · 12-10-2008 8:12pm

concussion wrote: »

I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't scobes, but students. Tuesday night?? Lot of pi$$ed messers about. About 2 years ago when they had loads of planted flowers around Cruises St and O'Connell St I saw a trail of destruction from almost outside Icon as far as Supermacs. Disgusting altogether.

+1...feckin students

zuroph · 13-10-2008 9:00am

TBH i thought about taking a chisel to it myself once or twice. The grammar on the information plaques is atrocious, commas all over the place.

also, tuesday night = almost definitely students.

RINO87 · 13-10-2008 1:22pm

agree that it was probly students, im sure everyone has seen the video of students thrashing supermacs. as a student its sickening to watch, especially listening to the english lager lout style chanting, whats even more sickening is watchig girls join in, nice one ladies.
I guarentee it all started over some feckin stupid GAA rivalry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXvbeusGW6s

Azphyxi8 · 13-10-2008 2:58pm

**** me! The students are worse than the scumbags.

bazz26 · 13-10-2008 3:10pm

Their parents must be so proud.. wasters.

concussion · 13-10-2008 8:51pm

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

It must have been a pretty cheap statue if it was able to be snapped like that.

It wasn't snapped, it was bent. Long, narrow pieces of metal, especially with firm base (in this case the rest of the statue) can be bent quite easily, nothing to do with the quality of the metal. A solution to this would be to insert a flat metal bar down the center of the sword but at 90 degrees to the blade so it resists bending. However to fit such a shank would involve removing the entire sword and probably part of the hand.

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

I saw it this morning and the tip that was bent during the week is now just gone.

It was removed with a power tool. Probably by the council to prevent further shenanigans.

JerryHandbag · 13-10-2008 9:21pm

Yep I would've thought that this was the work of braindead students alright, the scumbags would be more concerned with shooting people and biting Gardai ears off than vandalising a statue.

bullets · 14-10-2008 7:46am

On the Leader yesterday it mentioned after speaking to the sculptor that the damage may have been accidental and not vandalism like first thought. Something about the force required to do that damage may have been caused by a van reversing or something,

~B

solace · 14-10-2008 2:30pm

That Supermacs video is ****ing mental... jesus.

Harpy · 14-10-2008 3:02pm

jesus just watched the supermacs video..thats a disgrace! im a student and that just embarresses me i dont mind having a laugh but sheer vandalism is not acceptable.. if they were just chanting and been generally rowdy drunks and havin a laugh.grand.. but throwing things around and basically trashing the place.. its idiots like that who give all students a bad name..

mezain · 15-10-2008 1:08am

bazz26 wrote: »

Sums up sociaty as a whole really.

Sums up Limerick City as a whole.

RINO87 · 15-10-2008 3:27am

mezain wrote: »

Sums up Limerick City as a whole.

sums up your mentality as a "hole"!

Insect Overlord · 15-10-2008 12:46pm

mezain wrote: »

Sums up Limerick City as a whole.

*enters teacher mode*This poster needs to make more of an effort in their future posts.*exits teacher mode*

bazz26 · 15-10-2008 1:46pm

mezain wrote: »

Sums up Limerick City as a whole.

And how many of these students are actually from Limerick or are they just attending college here?

Mindless yob behaviour is universal.

spurious · 15-10-2008 1:54pm

bazz26 wrote: »

Mindless yob behaviour is universal.

And universally drawn to Supermac's I think.

Hopefully they'll fix the statue soon.

krudler · 15-10-2008 4:50pm

thought this might be a good reason to get rid of the thing, awful, awful statue

xAingealx · 15-10-2008 8:59pm

bazz26 wrote: »

And how many of these students are actually from Limerick or are they just attending college here?

Mindless yob behaviour is universal.

Where's the proof that it was actual students?

There's a camera on the ATM on Bedford, why can't they check that?

Harpy · 15-10-2008 10:22pm

xAingealx wrote: »

Where's the proof that it was actual students?

There's a camera on the ATM on Bedford, why can't they check that?

i think that guy was talking about the vandalism and mini riot in supermacs when he was talking about students.and the people in that video are quite clearly students unfortunatley

Builderfromhell · 15-10-2008 10:56pm

So, is the video on Youtube or somewhere?

Insect Overlord · 15-10-2008 11:07pm

Builderfromhell wrote: »

So, is the video on Youtube or somewhere?

Yes, it is

RINO87 wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXvbeusGW6s

I saw the start of it earlier, but without the sound, so I must watch it properly tomorrow.

Stab*City · 17-10-2008 3:27pm

bazz26 wrote: »

We need radical changes to our judicial system, we need the introduction of boot camps and chain gangs to deal with this filth instead of giving them the dole every week and nice houses to live in.
Rant over.

bootcamps and chaingangs for vandals and what would you have for more serious crime?? execution maybe? who is to say this was done by a person of the discription you gave IE a "scumbag" maybe this was done by students or drunken rugby jocks!! who knows!!

Raiser · 17-10-2008 5:28pm

concussion wrote: »

<SNIP>It was removed with a power tool. Probably by the council to prevent further shenanigans.

Tools ya say? Yeah, was definitely the Council so........

To be honest though, who ever did this could have done it over the course of 6 hours with 2-3 breaks for tea and biscuits without any fear of ever being caught.

- I'm all for having them snooker tables removed from Henry St.

Aidric · 22-10-2008 9:34pm

It's a real shame to see the statue defaced by mindless thugs. I wouldn't hold out any hope of them being caught though.

Poxyshamrock · 23-10-2008 7:24pm

Raiser wrote: »

- I'm all for having them snooker tables removed from Henry St.

Snooker tables on Henry Street?

Do tell!

talkingclock · 23-10-2008 8:12pm

St Micheals (?) sports club above that sports equipment store. close to the post office i think. shannon street?

Karmafaerie · 24-10-2008 9:40am

I think he meant the pool tables in Henry St Garda station?

An as for this "proof of our society being gone to the dogs" malarky.
Are you kiding me?

Statues have been vandalised in every country and society for hundreds of years!!!
The little urinating boy in Brussels has been stolen 7 times for Christ sake!
The Statue Of Liberty was full of grafity for decades!
The Lions in trafalger are repaired a few times a year.

It's been that way for hundreds of years, and always will be.
Nothing to do with our society.

It has nothing to do with society, except that every society has idiots in it, and always will.

Lunar_Wolf · 21-11-2008 5:55am

No one messes with Dumbledore:mad:

TheLoc · 24-11-2008 7:29am

jackncoke wrote: »

+1...feckin students

+2 students. <Derogatory Comments about Students Removed>

TheLoc · 24-11-2008 7:31am

Karmafaerie wrote: »

I think he meant the pool tables in Henry St Garda station?

An as for this "proof of our society being gone to the dogs" malarky.
Are you kiding me?

Statues have been vandalised in every country and society for hundreds of years!!!
The little urinating boy in Brussels has been stolen 7 times for Christ sake!
The Statue Of Liberty was full of grafity for decades!
The Lions in trafalger are repaired a few times a year.

It's been that way for hundreds of years, and always will be.
Nothing to do with our society.

It has nothing to do with society, except that every society has idiots in it, and always will.

In Riga an Irish nob was caught pissing on the freedom statue. He was put in jail for 2 weeks. thats how serious it is over there and they're not even free from anything. the Russian Mafia control that country. I'm not saying the guards need to be that drastic. they just need to catch the culprit and give him a good scare and a warning to others.

TheLoc · 24-11-2008 7:33am

Stab*City wrote: »

bootcamps and chaingangs for vandals and what would you have for more serious crime?? execution maybe? who is to say this was done by a person of the discription you gave IE a "scumbag" maybe this was done by students or drunken rugby jocks!! who knows!!

Yea..... doesnt matter if they're students or rugby posh nobs.... whoever did it is a scumbag

Insect Overlord · 24-11-2008 6:30pm

TheLoc wrote: »

+2 students.

TheLoc wrote: »

In Riga an Irish nob was caught pissing on the freedom statue. He was put in jail for 2 weeks. thats how serious it is over there and they're not even free from anything. the Russian Mafia control that country. I'm not saying the guards need to be that drastic. they just need to catch the culprit and give him a good scare and a warning to others.

TheLoc wrote: »

Yea..... doesnt matter if they're students or rugby posh nobs.... whoever did it is a scumbag

Eh... You do know it's possible to quote more than one post at the same time, right? It's just a bit strange to see one person post 3 times in a row...

-1 to your "inbred tossers" comment by the way. There's plenty of characters from this city who could learn a thing from the behaviour of students who come in from country.

Lunar_Wolf · 24-11-2008 8:03pm

Doesn't matter if your from the country, city, what have you, you will always find dumbasses in every group of people.

TheLoc · 26-11-2008 9:08am

An Fhile wrote: »

Eh... You do know it's possible to quote more than one post at the same time, right? It's just a bit strange to see one person post 3 times in a row...

-1 to your "inbred tossers" comment by the way. There's plenty of characters from this city who could learn a thing from the behaviour of students who come in from country.

I doubt it seriously. <Mod Edit: Derogatory comments about students removed>

Insect Overlord · 26-11-2008 9:33am

TheLoc wrote: »

I doubt it seriously. they are the most ignorent breed of human I have ever met. Smashing glasses everywhere and vandelising cars... they're nearly the same a petty scumbags only less intelligent. If the characters in this city could learn anything from them, its how to count sheep.

Post reported. I find that pretty offensive.

TheLoc · 26-11-2008 9:40am

Aw xxx

Mc Love · 26-11-2008 9:47am

An Fhile wrote: »

Post reported. I find that pretty offensive.

Grow up, you probably come from the countryside judging by your reaction!
I know plenty from the countryside and have relations there, and most to tell the truth are fine, its just the mammys boys and girls that come into the city to go to college, that are not streetwise and think its grand because they got up to the same out in the sticks and nobody gave them any grief.

The Loc, is right that they are same as scumbags in a sense, they are like they are on holiday away from the folks for the first time and think they can do what the hell they like!:mad:

Mr E · 26-11-2008 9:51am

You don't like students, TheLoc. We get it. I don't know the source of your prejudice, but please don't tar them all with the same brush. Your comments have been reported as being offensive.

TheLoc · 26-11-2008 9:55am

An Fhile wrote: »

Post reported. I find that pretty offensive.

I find it very offensive that students don't let me sleep at night. I find it offensive that they break glass everywhere and I have to pay vet bills so for my dogs paws, I find it offensive that a student randomely tried to bottle my father when he walked past a house party in the MIDDLE OF THE DAY. I was a student 2 years ago in LIT and I have to say, the city people are a lot more behaved than most of them country folk in UL. not all of them... but most of the spoilt little brats.
Sorry u found it offensive but u don't have to live with it everyday

puntosporting · 26-11-2008 10:01am

This is making me laught big time!
Its fine to be regularly tagging ALL inner city youth as scumbags daily but as soon as you mention a student its offensive

Limerick Dude · 26-11-2008 10:33am

Not all students are like this TheLoc, only an extremely small minority act in the way you have said. Ill admit i have seen it myself but its not fair to say that ALL students are like this because they are not.

TheLoc · 26-11-2008 10:51am

Limerick Dude wrote: »

Not all students are like this TheLoc, only an extremely small minority act in the way you have said. Ill admit i have seen it myself but its not fair to say that ALL students are like this because they are not.

I did not say all of them.... anyway, where I live.... most of them do behave this way. i'm hardly making it up. it's mostly 1st and 2nd years. after that they get kicked out and mammy and daddy pay their way back in.