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Christian extremists steal statue of Celtic sea god in Limavady

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  • #32
    DeadHand
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    Terrible arseholery.

    Just as bad as the Carrauntoohil debacle. Worse in a way in that even though it wasn't as long standing, it's been moved from the scene altogether.

    Hopefully we'll see a similar result-the monument restored to it's rightful place.


  • #33
    lazybones32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,647 ✭✭✭lazybones32


    "Extremist" is a bit dramatic when talking about cutting statues/art.


    "Litter Extremist drops rubbish on ground beside bin"


  • #34
    PopePalpatine
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    lazybones32 wrote: »
    "Extremist" is a bit dramatic when talking about cutting statues/art.


    "Litter Extremist drops rubbish on ground beside bin"

    Non-extremists don't leave a 5-foot cross behind with the commandment "Thou shalt not have any gods before me".


  • #35
    DeadHand
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    lazybones32 wrote: »
    "Extremist" is a bit dramatic when talking about cutting statues/art.


    "Litter Extremist drops rubbish on ground beside bin"

    True, you know.

    If this is how "Christian Extremists" express their extremism then what a
    quaint, relatively harmless lot they are.

    The extremists of other certain religions (well, let's face it, a certain other religion) tend to eschew petty vandalism in favour of the mass murder of innocent people.


  • #36
    shruikan2553
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    DeadHand wrote: »
    True, you know.

    If this is how "Christian Extremists" express their extremism then what a
    quaint, relatively harmless lot they are.

    The extremists of other certain religions (well, let's face it, a certain other religion) tend to eschew petty vandalism in favour of the mass murder of innocent people.

    Suppose they had to take a break from throwing stuff at children on their way to school.


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  • #37
    Anesthetize
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    And the Jews haven't commented ?

    *strokes chin*

    "interesting ... "
    The Jedis are remaining suspiciously quiet too.


  • #38
    ChunkyLover54
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    In other news, Islamic extremists behead innocent hostage.


  • #39
    qt3.14
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    DeadHand wrote: »
    True, you know.

    If this is how "Christian Extremists" express their extremism then what a
    quaint, relatively harmless lot they are.

    The extremists of other certain religions (well, let's face it, a certain other religion) tend to eschew petty vandalism in favour of the mass murder of innocent people.
    This is gateway vandalism though. First it's desecrating the monuments of other gods, then it's gathering up the other gods followers for massacre.


  • #40
    lazybones32
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    PopePalpatine wrote: »
    Non-extremists don't leave a 5-foot cross behind with the commandment "Thou shalt not have any gods before me".

    Ah yes, the 5 ft. Cross...the calling card of Society's most feared extremists.


  • #41
    PopePalpatine
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    lazybones32 wrote: »
    Ah yes, the 5 ft. Cross...the calling card of Society's most feared extremists.

    If you were any more obtuse, you'd be a straight line.

    A non-extremist wouldn't steal a statue of the Celtic sea god and replace it with a 5ft cross bearing the 1st commandment. It's not that hard to understand.


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  • #42
    Peregrine
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    lazybones32 wrote: »
    Ah yes, the 5 ft. Cross...the calling card of Society's most feared extremists.

    Just because they're not society's most feared extremists doesn't mean extremism shouldn't be tackled.

    If they find whoever did it, no one is calling for the army to storm their houses and shoot them. They still have to be dealt with in a manner proportional to the crime committed.


  • #43
    lazybones32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,647 ✭✭✭lazybones32


    PopePalpatine wrote: »
    If you were any more obtuse, you'd be a straight line.

    A non-extremist wouldn't steal a statue of the Celtic sea god and replace it with a 5ft cross bearing the 1st commandment. It's not that hard to understand.
    Until a culprit(s) is apprehended, or some group claims responsibility, we don't know who committed this act of extremism. It could be a false-flag operation...People other than Christians have access to and knowledge of the 10 Commandments. Why make up your mind when enough facts aren't available?
    Nim wrote: »
    Just because they're not society's most feared extremists doesn't mean extremism shouldn't be tackled.

    If they find whoever did it, no one is calling for the army to storm their houses and shoot them. They still have to be dealt with in a manner proportional to the crime committed.

    A certain caravan-dwelling people, who have a rich and vibrant culture of their own (which I respect), steal valuable metals (copper) from peoples homes on a regular basis and steal less valuable metals (scrap iron/metal) on a far more frequent basis than this act of 'extremism': should they be confirmed as extremists? or is extreme maybe too strong a word to describe an act of vandalism that was delivered as a social statement?

    My gripe is with calling the offenders 'extremists' for what is a petty crime.


  • #44
    PopePalpatine
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    The statue has been recovered, according to BBC News.


  • #45
    catallus
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    Thank God! :)


  • #46
    Karl Stein
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    catallus wrote: »
    Thank God! :)

    And Zeus, Ra, Ganesha and all the rest!


  • #47
    Frynge
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    Liamalone wrote: »
    Rumour has it that the local council organised this to get the town in the news, it'll be "found" soon enough. Heard it here first.

    Nailed it.


  • #48
    Cienciano
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    DeadHand wrote: »
    True, you know.

    If this is how "Christian Extremists" express their extremism then what a
    quaint, relatively harmless lot they are.

    The extremists of other certain religions (well, let's face it, a certain other religion) tend to eschew petty vandalism in favour of the mass murder of innocent people.

    Yeah, there's no other incidents of problems related to religion in northern ireland. The christians up there get along fine


  • #49
    coolhull
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    This Sea God fella. . . Was he a Loyalist or a Republican God?
    Has any group claimed responsibility yet?


  • #50
    whupdedo
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    coolhull wrote: »
    This Sea God fella. . . Was he a Loyalist or a Republican God?
    Has any group claimed responsibility yet?

    Was he a Protestant atheist or a catholic atheist ??? :pac:


  • #51
    Patser
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    Thay found the statue, mostly intact, and even then it's managed to start a new controversy. It was found by a rambling club, who passed on the news to nearby soldiers out training, who contacted the police - and between the soldiers and police they recovered it.

    Which is a 'cause of concern' for a local SF councillor, who thought the 'British Army had all gone home.' They were from the Royal Irish Regiment, I thought the clue was in the name

    http://www.derryjournal.com/news/concern-at-british-army-involvement-in-recovery-of-sea-god-statue-1-6594126

    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-31595806

    Edit: It was about 300m from where it had originally stood


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  • #52
    coolhull
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    Patser wrote: »
    Thay found the statue, mostly intact, and even then it's managed to start a new controversy. It was found by a rambling club, who passed on the news to nearby soldiers out training, who contacted the police - and between the soldiers and police they recovered it.

    Which is a 'cause of concern' for a local SF councillor, who thought the 'British Army had all gone home.'

    They haven't gone away, you know ;)


  • #53
    qt3.14
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    Patser wrote: »
    Thay found the statue, mostly intact, and even then it's managed to start a new controversy. It was found by a rambling club, who passed on the news to nearby soldiers out training, who contacted the police - and between the soldiers and police they recovered it.

    Which is a 'cause of concern' for a local SF councillor, who thought the 'British Army had all gone home.' They were from the Royal Irish Regiment, I thought the clue was in the name

    http://www.derryjournal.com/news/concern-at-british-army-involvement-in-recovery-of-sea-god-statue-1-6594126

    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-31595806

    Edit: It was about 300m from where it had originally stood

    The royal Irish is a British regiment. It's not even wholly comprised of Irishmen...


  • #54
    Zebra3
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    "Provo thugs" according to the Indo.


  • #55
    Jimminy Mc Fukhead
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjEkjeVzL34


  • #56
    Carawaystick
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    The IT had a letter a few weeks ago querying why they referred to Mannanan Mac Lir as a mythological god, and asked for the evidence the IT was witholding about non-mythological gods


  • #57
    Zebra3
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    Carawaystick wrote: »
    The IT had a letter a few weeks ago querying why they referred to Mannanan Mac Lir as a mythological god, and asked for the evidence the IT was witholding about non-mythological gods

    That's brilliant!!! :pac::pac::pac:


  • #58
    Patser
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    qt3.14 wrote: »
    The royal Irish is a British regiment. It's not even wholly comprised of Irishmen...

    Which has it's headquarters in Down and a battalion based in Co. Armagh. It's historically Irish, named Irish, predominantly based in Ireland and with a large percentage of Irish people in it. But according to a SF councillor they should be gone home.


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