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Tourist climbs Brussels statue, breaks it (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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The statue, outside the Brussels stock exchange, had just been restored at great cost.

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[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

People are going to climb statues. The owners should have made sure it was durable enough to be left in an accessible location. The kid did nothing wrong.

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or... OR... you can expect people to not be fucking idiots.

[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that'll work.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He wasn’t a kid; he was drunk.

[–] burningmatches@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

And the building is now a museum to Belgian beer, so…

[–] JoBo@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

He's still a kid.