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

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[–] 105 points 3 years ago (2 children)

*looks at article

OH THANK FUCKING GOD! He wasn't American

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  • [–] 61 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Truly shocked he wasn't either American or Australian, but I guess Irish makes sense too.

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  • [+] 36 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)
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    [–] 21 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    The tourist looks like they’re a teenager, to me, like maybe 16 or so? Is it their parent holding the camera or what?

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  • [–] [S] 45 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    He was arrested, and the company the statue belongs to is calling for him to pay the repair costs, not their parents, so maybe early 20s?

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago

    I’m getting old! I watch that video and think, “who let that kid play around on that statue?” and apparently he’s old enough to be criminally responsible haha.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago
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    I wonder how many pieces it broke into. When it hits, it sounds like it shattered.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Chop off his hand as punishment. It's the only way.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The way we were, the other people would have grabbed him before he got halfway up and slapped him.

    But people aren't like that anymore. They're all passive observers now, not * really* there.

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    [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Nothing some duct tape can't fix

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think the artist who painted monkey Jesus is free if they want to book her

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    She's now the head of tourism office in her town so not really. Not kidding.

    (Actually she's really old now and retired but she did get a job at the tourism office because her 'work' brought shitload of visitors to the town)

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (7 children)

    Let's hope the guy has insurance.... a good one.

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  • [–] 34 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I'm not aware of insurance that covered illegal acts.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Although I'm only vaguely aware of the German laws, I don't think other EU nations' laws differ significantly.

    Here's the corresponding law:

    The insurer shall not be obligated to effect payment if the policyholder has intentionally and unlawfully caused the loss suffered by the third party.

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    Since this was clearly negligence, I think they would be fine. After all, they didn't intend to damage the statue. Gross negligence is still negligence.

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