[Mike Tango]

Lifted from Twitter, the Bomber Command Memorial today. With family connections to Bomber Command in WW2, this makes me sad and disappointed...

[flybymike]

Effin furious might be more appropriate.

[Miscellaneous]

Why?

What posses them, what is the thinking?

[flybymike]

Mindless self amusement and bragging rights with their mates.

[Miscellaneous]

fbm, I get neither, how can it be amusing?

What's to brag about such mindless action?

When I see this sort of behaviour I wonder if they are aware of what the target is, or whether it is just a random action?

[mmcp42]

and these guys gave their all so bar stewards like them have the right to deface their memorial
castrate the lot of them
IMHO YMMV

[lobstaboy]

and these guys gave their all so bar stewards like them have the right to deface their memorial
castrate the lot of them
IMHO YMMV

Sorry, no. These guys gave their all so bar stewards like them have the right to deface their memorial
and then face appropriate penalties as decided by due legal process.
That's what they gave their all for - precisely not ridiculous knee-jerk responses like that.

[mmcp42]

and these guys gave their all so bar stewards like them have the right to deface their memorial
castrate the lot of them
IMHO YMMV

Sorry, no. These guys gave their all so bar stewards like them have the right to deface their memorial
and then face appropriate penalties as decided by due legal process.
That's what they gave their all for - precisely not ridiculous knee-jerk responses like that.

ok fair enough
(still allowed to be angry though)

[lobstaboy]

(still allowed to be angry though)

Oh yes, definitely! Very very angry...

[rats404]

Given that (as I understand it) a Royal Marine memorial and a statue of Sir Winston Churchill were also defaced, my guess is that this was some kind of "statement". I know the kind of statement I'd be making to the (!*+s who did it.

[ChampChump]

I'm sure the thirty seconds of exhilaration gained by such action evaporates fast. Until I saw Rats404's post I was going to suggest it was a single act from a couple of scrotes, whom I would like to see caught and made to clean the Memorial thoroughly, preferably wearing vests explaining why they are there. That very small minority is, however, likely to revel in the outrage and although it cannot happen, a denial of publicity might help a little.

I'll take a guess that the ages of the perpetrators and those depicted by the Memorial are similar.

Sadly, our police are probably more tied up with other crimes than this desecration.

[PeteSpencer]

When the catch them , a few months in pokey should be an option for the crime of defacing a memorial/criminal damage.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3798328/Woman-urinated-war-memorial-jailed-seven-months.html

Do these memorials where emotions have always run high have CCTV protection?

Peter

[gasman]

Do these memorials where emotions have always run high have CCTV protection?

Peter

There is no evidence that CCTV acts as a deterrence to criminals

[Iceman]

Mike Tango, what would you consider to be an appropriate punishment for the culprits ?

Iceman

[Mike Tango]

Mike Tango, what would you consider to be an appropriate punishment for the culprits ?

Iceman

Cleaning it themselves then explaining in person to Johnny Johnson why they felt the need to do it.

Then I'd let Squadron Leader Johnson decide anything further.