Newsbot Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 A memorial plaque commemorating those who died in World War I is stolen from a cemetery. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/7185812.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iomrob Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 sick bas*ards , no respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 What a despicable arsehole of a person it must take to do a thing like that. A real shame that if on the offchance they were caught, that they couldn't be birched in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 ....sometime between December 2006 and December 2007. That's quite some time to not notice that it was missing. Still it is a shame and a pathetic thing to do so I hope a thousand ants crawl into the thief's mouth and eat them from the inside out! Stav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Thriller Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Sometime between DEC 2006 and DEC 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Ayres Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Keep an eye on e-bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The fact that someone appears to have stolen is unpleasant. What is even more revealing about how we regard people who gave their lives in the belief that they were preserving the future for others, is that no one appears to have visited the grave for twelve months. I would guess that. without the possibly obligatory wreath at Christmas, nobody would have known that the plaque was missing - and that is what I find particularly sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboarder Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I would guess that. without the possibly obligatory wreath at Christmas, nobody would have known that the plaque was missing - One would at least have expected it to be noticed missing or otherwise on September 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I would guess that. without the possibly obligatory wreath at Christmas, nobody would have known that the plaque was missing - One would at least have expected it to be noticed missing or otherwise on September 11. Eh? I think that response just proved Lonan's point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feelslikeitshould Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I would guess that. without the possibly obligatory wreath at Christmas, nobody would have known that the plaque was missing - One would at least have expected it to be noticed missing or otherwise on September 11. Or even November 11th.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboarder Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I would guess that. without the possibly obligatory wreath at Christmas, nobody would have known that the plaque was missing - One would at least have expected it to be noticed missing or otherwise on September 11. Eh? I think that response just proved Lonan's point. Eh? Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboarder Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I would guess that. without the possibly obligatory wreath at Christmas, nobody would have known that the plaque was missing - One would at least have expected it to be noticed missing or otherwise on September 11. Or even November 11th.... Ooops, I'm thinking of that other nasty business...; ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Hey, Keyboarder blushes and proves it is human! Well done FLIS, and welcome to the human race Keyboarder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Dolce_Vita Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I understand the motive of someone stealing something of value but I don't understand the motive of those who would steal things such as this. If they had no idea what it was there for it makes it seem even more puzzling why they would take it. Do you they just want a reaction from the community? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 This desecration seems to be a worldwide phenomenon, with people stealing these either as collectors items, or larger plaques/statues etc. for scrap (scrap metals have reached an all time high price recently) - with mindless youths damaging or writing graffiti because these monuments tend to be in open areas where youths often hang out. I don't understand the mentality of youths that damage these things - is it some kind of 'attack' on religion, an attack on war, an attempt to try and get a public reaction, or what? It's somewhat ironic that most of the names on these memorials are probably only two or three years older than the vandals themselves. Whether you're religious or not, these memorials provide a focal point for remembrance and are important to many people. However, IMO, these people's memories are being desecrated every day these days in many ways, and not just by vandals. You don't just have to be a vandal to desecrate someones memory, many of our politicians recently seem so readily willing to give away much of what many of these people thought they were fighting and willing to die for, much of which is recent history, and when I see some of these politicians standing at war memorials on Nov 11, I hold some of them in just the same contempt as the vandals they decry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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