Jul 08, 2008 07:25AM GMT
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Politics - United States
Should the person who decapitated the Adolf Hitler wax figure be punished?
Berlin hails ex-policeman who decapitated Hitler waxworkA left-wing activist ripped off the head of the Adolf Hitler wax figure in the Berlin affiliate of Madame Tussauds and shouted ‘Never again war!’ Prosecutors want to charge him with wilful damage to property (the figure cost over $300,000).
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raves Aug 08, 2008 07:01PM GMThow should we determine which historical figures one can punish and only get a symbolic fine? Can we destroy Ghenghis Khan statue? Or Andrew Jackson of the Confederacy? I think we need to maintain a "blind" justice and punish all equally when doing vandalism.
Though, I agree that I wish we could actually pay this guy for his actions in some ways :) -
raves +2 posted Jul 18, 2008 02:48AM GMT
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raves +5 -1 posted Jul 18, 2008 01:05AM GMT
Answered Punish him because...
Yes, he should be punished. Regardless of who the wax figure was portraying, he was destroying property that belonged to someone else. The wax figure was being used as a reference piece for educational and historic reasons, not promoting Hitler's ideology. The fact is, he committed a crime and should accept responsibility for that. He doesn't need to be apologetic for what he did, but he does need to accept responsibility for it. -
raves +1 Jul 18, 2008 05:49AM GMTExactly. Justice needs to ignore the status and individual victim or we will have serious problems determining who gets 'special protection' and who gets no protection. What if he destroyed a figure of Stalin? Mao? Andrew Jackson? GW Bush? etc... We have define the crime as the attack and ignore the target.
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raves posted Jul 17, 2008 08:02PM GMT
Answered None of the above
I'm not sure...that is a part of history that we ALL need to know and be reminded about in some fashion...although, we don't seem to learn from our mistakes anyway. I don't mind the fact that this guy beheaded the statue...fuckin nazi eugenecist piece of writhing horse shit. Hitler makes me WANT to believe in Heaven and Hell, just so I know that he is in HELL. -
raves +5 posted Jul 17, 2008 03:45AM GMT


Answered Punish him because...
Yes make him wear the Adolf Hitler skull like a hat for 3 days.