Gee, couldn't he do something peaceful and non-controversial to make his point, like stab a Dutch filmmaker to death? [/liberal hipocrisy sarcasm]
Posted on 12/14/2004 1:16:17 PM PST by truthandlife
The controversial waxwork Nativity scene depicting David and Victoria Beckham as Joseph and Mary has been wrecked in an attack.
Wax models of the stars, worth £50,000 each, suffered "extensive damage" when a young man attacked the display at Madame Tussauds.
The exhibit, which caused uproar after church leaders called it blasphemous, has now been removed only days after it was unveiled.
The attacker waited until other visitors had left the area and charged at the figures, kicking and punching them in a frenzied attack. The face on the Victoria model was damaged most but her husband's was also severely crushed before the man fled into the street.
The other seven waxworks in the display, which include Hugh Grant, Samuel L Jackson and Graham Norton as shepherds and Kylie Minogue as an angel on all fours, were not damaged.
The scene, which also featured Tony Blair, the Duke of Edinburgh and President George Bush as the three wise men, was condemned by church leaders when unveiled last Thursday.
The Beckhams were also said to be furious and said they had not given permission for their waxworks to be used in such a way.
It is now thought the Nativity scene will be replaced by another display featuring the England football captain and his wife.
The attack has some similarities to the decapitation of a statue of Baroness Thatcher in 2002.
Obviously an act of God.
Free Speech is dead in the UK
Just disgusting. Good for him.
Well this is something of a surprise. I would have thought that if some whack job Euro picked a wax figure to demolish, it would have been the Bush one. Should have known, soccer obsessed as they are...
No. A vandal.
How come no-one ever picks on Muslims? I'm not hearing anything about blasphemous renderings of Mohammed at Mme. Tussauds.
Well that narrows it down to about 50 million people.
It wouldn't surprise me in the least if this turned out to be the work of a Muslim extremist. Islam prohibits visual depictions of prophets (they regard Jesus as a prophet) and they can get pretty nasty about it.
At least Kylie wasn't damaged.
because we are civilised, you might want to read about it someday.
Huh?
The attacker waited until other visitors had left the area and charged at the figures, kicking and punching them in a frenzied attack.
I hope to God there is a video of this!
I can’t imagine something much funnier than a goofy psycho taking on the likes of a wax Spice Girl, Kylie Minogue, that fruity metrosexual soccer guy, Bush, Blair, et al in a frenzy of self-righteous rage!
The whole scene sounds too comical.
Ah, I see. You're British. So trashing Christianity is a sign of civility?
Gee, couldn't he do something peaceful and non-controversial to make his point, like stab a Dutch filmmaker to death? [/liberal hipocrisy sarcasm]
He broke it he bought it.
Who are they?
Gee, why would Protestants or Catholics find that offensive? It's not as if they were depicting Sean Penn hanging on the cross, or something. Oh, wait, is that coming for Easter? George Clooney?
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