The Meanest Of The Mean

naomi24 | 07:22 Thu 06th Jun 2024 | ChatterBank

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To commemorate the anniversary of D-Day, the sports club my husband chairs which does a lot for local charities bought a silhouette soldier for the village. A little ceremony was held and the figure was placed among the graves in the ancient churchyard. Someone stole it.

Words fail me.

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andy-hughes

People will steal things simply because they are there.

No thought about the use or practicality, because when you are a thief, you are immune to normal thoughts and morals.

naomi24

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I would have hoped that something like that would be pretty much sacrosanct to normal people.

Vagus

It is, to normal people Naomi, but those who do things like this I wouldn't call normal.

youngmafbog

Surely in a village you must have an inkling of who half inched it?

Probably some drunk unless you have some anti British person in your midst.

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New Judge

"I would have hoped that something like that would be pretty much sacrosanct to normal people."

People who commit such crimes are not normal people, naomi. They are feral beings with no sanctities. It is estimated that more than 80% of low level acquisitive crime is comitted to fuel drug addiction. This creature's only thought would be that it could be flogged for a few quid towards their next fix. Equally disturbing is the fact that another creature would actually buy it from him.

DDIL

If it is a small village then most likely to be the village drunk or a group of teens having a jolly good jape.

youngmafbog

Or the village idiot, and we al know what they are like.

10ClarionSt

If it was metal, probably stolen to be weighed in. Remember a few years ago when some bronze panels were stolen fom the Plymouth Naval Memorial? The thieves were caught and the panels replaced, but they said they were going to cut themup and weigh them in.

vulcan42

Unfortunately this lack of respect isn't a new thing. I remember as a child admiring a beautiful model of a sailing ship on a sailors grave in my local churchyard. The ship towed a small rowing boat which was stolen and a replica was made and cemented into place. A few months later both the ship and boat were stolen.