[Illbay]

Okay, the rope is in place, and it looks like they're savoring the moment now, before they take hold and tug it down. There is apparently still a lot of fear on the faces of the people there.

After thirty years of living in abject fear, it must be a feeling of near-vertigo to realize you can pull down this d*mned statue!

Now they're striking at the base of the statue, trying to weaken it to make it easier to pull the thing down.

The guy wielding the sledgehammer is quite burly!

Now they're taking turns swinging the hammer!

[mollynme]

LOL - they were fighting over who's turn it was to swing it!