[blueplum]

Planning on removing the statue is one thing. But the perps didn't give anyone a chance to decide one way or the other, they took it upon themselves to destroy the statue. Not only that, but instead of allowing the town to choose a different notable person from their culture to honor with a statue, the statue was replaced with a BLM protest leader's image, who's only claim to fame is promotion of violence towards and erasure of anglo cultures. It's a shameful verdict.

[mylife]

fighting a war long won

[mylife]

did de brits invent slavery? I recall this William Wilberforce fellow..

[ScaniaBoy]

It's a shameful verdict, whathever the reasons for the "Coulson 4" to tear down the statue. One would have wished both the members of the jury and the culprits had been more educated - educated in the proper sense of the word.

Here is the argument against why it was so wrong to do what they did, explained in very simple words:

(From the play "A Man for All Seasons", about Thomas Moore, the 16th century Chancellor who was eventually executed by Henry VIII. Here he is discussing with his son-in-law.)

“William Roper: “So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!”

Sir Thomas More: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?”

William Roper: “Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!”

Sir Thomas More: “Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!”

[T.B. Yoits]

Good to know that if anything offends you, just smash it into the ground and the court will clear you.

Tollbooths are racist. Just saying.

[DownInFlames]

Mob rule. This was done in Baltimore recently when BLM tossed a statue of Christopher Columbus into the bay.