Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/09/11/man-attacks-the-wall-street-bu.html
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obvious first though was of Woody Guthrie’s guitar. Pete Seeger had a banjo, but his message was a bit more peaceful and less direct.
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Seems like a waste of a perfectly good banjo.
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That was indeed my first thought as well. Nice thinkin’.
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I am never clear on the practice of charging people with a potpourri of different offenses. How is this not vandalism and leave it at that (criminal mischief in the NY statute)? I assume it is so there is stuff to plea bargain away (Edit: added a blurb on how counts are merged by prosecutors)?
Shortly after the incident, authorities arrested Tevon Varlack, a 42-year-old truck driver from Dallas, charging him with criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, and criminal possession of a weapon…
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My guess, it was an incoherent end-of-tether cry of rage at inequity, born from powerlessness, disenfranchisement and despair.
Oh. Um, sure, coulda been that too.
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Never thought i’d have the perfect opportunity to post/reference this but here we are…
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My first thought was, “Hey some one found finaly a good use for a banjo!”
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Oh no, how dare he deface the idol to mammon.
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And Fearless Girl did nothing to stop him! /s
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I’m… surprised you ever leave the house?
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If it’s that easy to damage, I’m a little surprised it hasn’t happened sooner. Now that people know it can be done, I expect it will happen again.
It’s just coming up on the 30th anniversary of its placement, it so happens:
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Right up there with “consecutive life sentences” in the annals of Things That Don’t Make Sense.
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Ok good point, a second good use for a banjo
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if that’s the way you feel about banjos then the point is:
Finally a good use for that stupid bull sculpture.
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I’m surprised no one has mentioned he was yelling “Fuck Donald Trump” as he smashed the statue. At least Trump haters are just vandals. It’s usually the Trump lovers who go around shooting folks.
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The original Occupy Wall Street.
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when all banjos are outlawed only outlaws will have banjos…just so you know
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