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Monet Painting Seriously Damaged in National Gallery

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    #152
    camlinhall
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭camlinhall


    A painting by Monet may be a source of pleasure to some, and there are people who will pay an obscene amount for one of them, but there are also people who like other paintings more, even if they fetch far less.
    He got six years for the Monet because of some peoples subjective opinion, not because it's objectively superior. Hypocrisy.


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    #153
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,068 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    camlinhall wrote: »
    A painting by Monet may be a source of pleasure to some, and there are people who will pay an obscene amount for one of them, but there are also people who like other paintings more, even if they fetch far less.
    He got six years for the Monet because of some peoples subjective opinion, not because it's objectively superior. Hypocrisy.

    He had 48 previous convictions, including for the theft of pieces of art and antiques!

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/1204/664592-andrew-shannon/

    **** him. 6 years is the least he deserved. Should have been given the maximum of 10


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    #154
    camlinhall
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭camlinhall


    My name is URL wrote: »
    He had 48 previous convictions, including for the theft of pieces of art and antiques!

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/1204/664592-andrew-shannon/

    **** him. 6 years is the least he deserved. Should have been given the maximum of 10
    He had to be dealt with, fair point, but he'd have got less time for the Paul Henry!


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    #155
    The Maverick
    Registered Users Posts: 417 ✭✭The Maverick


    My name is URL wrote: »
    He had 48 previous convictions, including for the theft of pieces of art and antiques!

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/1204/664592-andrew-shannon/

    **** him. 6 years is the least he deserved. Should have been given the maximum of 10

    Exactly. 48 previous conditions is obscene, a few years in prison might slow him down a bit.

    I'm sure there will be a few along complaining that this sentence is a disgrace and you would get less for manslaughter etc. The length of this sentence is not the disgrace. Instead, it is the unduly lenient punishments often dished out to those that are convicted of serious crimes that is the real issue. This is the type of judgement that should be given more, one that heavily punishes people who are persistent reoffenders.


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