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This year there were multiple reports of people stealing bronze sculptures from graves here in the Netherlands. Thinks butterflies, birds, and other personal me
by Freak_NL 1y ago
This year there were multiple reports of people stealing bronze sculptures from graves here in the Netherlands. Thinks butterflies, birds, and other personal memorabilia. That's a fairly new development (and a new low). Small sculptures in public parks already were the occasional target.
Railroad wiring is a common target too of course.
Guardrails seem to be immune here though.
- allenu 1y agoSimilarly, in Seattle, a bronze statue was sawed off at the base and stolen about a year ago: https://southseattleemerald.org/news/2024/08/01/healing-hate-a-community-event-mourning-the-theft-of-seattles-sadako-peace-statue https://southseattleemerald.org/news/2024/08/01/healing-hate...
- hirsin 1y agoWe also had yet another delay on the new light rail line because the power lines were stolen... Twice, in a week. https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/copper-wire-theft-light-rail-service-disruption-redmond/281-14bafb92-070a-4a31-a1f6-0f2e61451d17 https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/copper-wire-theft-l...
- daveidol 1y agoDamn junkies man
- shawn_w 1y agoDon't forget the bronze gates at the Arboretum: https://www.historylink.org/File/22556 https://www.historylink.org/File/22556 (though that happened in 2020).
- throwaway173738 1y agoAs long as they leave Lenin alone, I guess.
- genewitch 1y agowhy would Dutch people steal graveyard statuettes? Are things that bad in Holland right now?
- usrusr 1y agoIt does not take many to steal many little statuettes.
- abcd_f 1y agoThis was in the news. Thieves got caught. They were Romanian gypsies.
- coryrc 1y agoFYI they're not Romanian.
- fshafique 1y agoRoma or Romani people, commonly known in Europe as gypsies, are not the same as Romanian people, although there is a large population there. You'll have to reference Wikipedia for a deeper dive.
- lmm 1y agoIt is of course entirely possible to be a Romanian gypsy, just as it's possible to be a Canadian Apache or a Syrian Kurd.
- Broken_Hippo 1y agoTheft is a weird crime. You don't need things to be bad to have theft, especially of small or easy to steal things. It is one of those crimes that sticks around regardless of how "good" or "bad" things are, though admittedly it seems to be a bit less when times are good. I moved from the midwest, US to Norway - and theft seems to be one of the more common crimes. Things really aren't especially bad here from my point of view. Regardless, You still have thrill seekers, folks that mismanage money, folks that slip through the state support cracks, drug users and alcoholics, gamblers, teens whose parents don't provide for them (both real and perceived) and so on.