Richard Harris Statue Vandalised

Insect Overlord

Hang on a sec, what's his name? That guy, an actor or something, had a statue built in his honour. Oh yeah, Richard Harris! Isn't this thread supposed to be about his statue?

Mc Love

Nope its about his statue being vandalised by scumbags, which is what people are discussing! The scumbags that carried out the activity

TheLoc

True dat. Sparks your some legend. Bring him down to earth

Mc Love

I should be a mod

Insect Overlord

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Lazers, is that you..?

Limerick Dude

An Fhile wrote: »

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Lazers, is that you..?

Lol, here we go again ?

Rubberbandits

MonsieurD wrote: »

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/Limerick39s-Harris-statue-damaged-in.4569005.jp

In fairness its quite amusing the way a cctv camera is visible in the left of the photo blatantly looking the opposite direction.

talkingclock

Rubberbandits wrote: »

In fairness its quite amusing the way a cctv camera is visible in the left of the photo blatantly looking the opposite direction.

that cam is overlooking the BOI ATM. and, in fairness, i think that's more important.

lfc1892

I hate that statue, it looks nothing like the great man and shouldn't be a scale smaller than the man himself.

Does anyone remember when the rugby player and hurler on O'Connell Street was first erected? The hurley was broken several times. It seems to be a tradition of some sort.

concussion

It's been vandalised again. Happy Christmas everyone....

zuroph

hehe, boobies.

RINO87

concussion wrote: »

It's been vandalised again. Happy Christmas everyone....

...ah christ!!!!

feck it, it made me laugh!

Insect Overlord

They sprayed the wrong part! They were supposed to make Santa's beard white!

TestTransmission

concussion wrote: »

It's been vandalised again. Happy Christmas everyone....

LOL

1huge1

I'd be in favour of moving that statue off over by the Hilton (or whatever its called now) by that side of the river and sticking any old thing at its current spot in bedford row because the statue is just laughable.

Insect Overlord

1huge1 wrote: »

I'd be in favour of moving that statue off over by the Hilton (or whatever its called now) by that side of the river and sticking any old thing at its current spot in bedford row because the statue is just laughable.

You could put the Teaty Stone on Bedford Row and somebody would vandalise it. I say we leave the statue where it is and see how long it takes the vandals to paint his face like the Joker.

Mc Love

What a joke this is, and people on here encouraging this behaviour.

There was a group of scum up by that statue in Cruises st the other night, was probably them! Get more high profile if vandalised Harris!

1huge1

sparkysrovers wrote: »

What a joke this is, and people on here encouraging this behaviour.

There was a group of scum up by that statue in Cruises st the other night, was probably them! Get more high profile if vandalised Harris!

No one is really encouraging the behaviour, its just we all think the statue is a disgrace and looks more like the Burger King man than Harris.

krudler

That statue is godawful anyway, melt it down and remould it into something sculpted by someone who actually knows what Harris looked like

concussion

Judging by some of the responses here, it may not have been scumbags or students, but a gang of disgruntled art critics who defaced the statue

(is deface the right word to use, his face hasn't been damaged??? )

zuroph

to hell with it, they should do a dumbledore statue, the tourism that'd generate would be huge!

Profiler

An Fhile wrote: »

see how long it takes the vandals to paint his face like the Joker.

grabs paint and heads for limerick in a car

krudler

zuroph wrote: »

to hell with it, they should do a dumbledore statue, the tourism that'd generate would be huge!

Except Michael Gambon is a way better Dumbledore:D

billy the squid

krudler wrote: »

Except Michael Gambon is a way better Dumbledore:D

That is a matter of opinion, Richard Harris is the original.

Raiser

If Richard Harris saw the state of that crappy Gnome-figurine he'd definitely vandalise it himself - just for his own sakes.......

Pelotudo

I'd locked my bike on Bedford Row the same evening as King Richard got his silver breasts... They also painted the saddle of my bike, well half of it anyway...If only they had done the whole thing because from one side it looks kind of cool.
Don't think I'm condoning it because on other occasions they've slashed the saddle and stolen my mudguards..
They're still just anti-social scum in my book..

parsi

Karmafaerie wrote: »

I think he meant the pool tables in Henry St Garda station?



An as for this "proof of our society being gone to the dogs" malarky.
Are you kiding me?

Statues have been vandalised in every country and society for hundreds of years!!!
The little urinating boy in Brussels has been stolen 7 times for Christ sake!
The Statue Of Liberty was full of grafity for decades!
The Lions in trafalger are repaired a few times a year.

It's been that way for hundreds of years, and always will be.
Nothing to do with our society.

It has nothing to do with society, except that every society has idiots in it, and always will.

Little Mermaid in Kobenhavn is a regular target for decapitation,,,

1huge1

zuroph wrote: »

to hell with it, they should do a dumbledore statue, the tourism that'd generate would be huge!

Now theres an idea.

concussion

In a clever ploy, possibly as a counter-point to spray painting brests on a male figure, the statue on Cruises street was given a penis. Actually two penises, the other one is pointing at her bottom. I would commend this delighful irony except they also gave her breasts, underneath the actual breasts.

zuroph

can we start a campaign for a dumbledore statue? they could put a bright white light in the tip of the wand!

Mc Love

concussion wrote: »

In a clever ploy, possibly as a counter-point to spray painting brests on a male figure, the statue on Cruises street was given a penis. Actually two penises, the other one is pointing at her bottom. I would commend this delighful irony except they also gave her breasts, underneath the actual breasts.

Must have been the scum i had seen there earlier on that night?!

zuroph

same silver spray paint anyway. lots of cameras on cruises st, this crime can now be solved!!

baza1976

zuroph wrote: »

same silver spray paint anyway. lots of cameras on cruises st, this crime can now be solved!!

Yeah imagine that

Profiler

An Fhile wrote: »

see how long it takes the vandals to paint his face like the Joker.

TheLoc

The gov should just put a huge wall somewhere in town and let people spray paint it. Obviously then someone can check it the odd time and erase anything vulgur. would be a good idea. I think the have grafiti walls in paris and america.

1huge1

TheLoc wrote: »

The gov should just put a huge wall somewhere in town and let people spray paint it. Obviously then someone can check it the odd time and erase anything vulgur. would be a good idea. I think the have grafiti walls in paris and america.

There fairly popular in many parts of the UK and Germany from what I've seen.

TheLoc

Yea it might a good idea. instead of people vandalising statues and random acts of stupidity.

Poxyshamrock

TheLoc wrote: »

The gov should just put a huge wall somewhere in town and let people spray paint it. Obviously then someone can check it the odd time and erase anything vulgur. would be a good idea. I think the have grafiti walls in paris and america.

But don't forget...Forbidden Fruit tastes the sweetest.

TheLoc

Thats true but I doubt it would be expensive to try out. they could always just take it down then if it doesn't work out. Them little fecks need something to do. How many times has that statue been vandalised now? and the guards still haven't thought of putting cameras up? or maybe they do along the street but they just don't use them. It should be pretty easy to catch the vandals.

themonk

they just need to make an oliver reed statue

sure to scare em off

Lunar_Wolf

Profiler wrote: »

Hahaha!

Look at that man behind the satue, he looks like he is up to something.