Just unbelievable that someone could do this

chaparral · 10 May 2020 at 19:09

StevieP · 10 May 2020 at 19:14

Disgusting yes, unbelievable, sadly no!

There seem to be some seriously messed up people out there - spineless wastes of space!

Quartz · 10 May 2020 at 19:18

NVP · 10 May 2020 at 19:26

To be fair... is a bunch of flowers really worth this much outrage? Sure, get the initial anger from the act out, then lay another wreath and get on with life.

This is from the perspective that whoever did this isn't worth the effort, and the act itself is meaningless and easily rectified.

Quartz · 10 May 2020 at 19:33

It is what the act represents.

chaparral · 10 May 2020 at 19:35

NVP said:
To be fair... is a bunch of flowers really worth this much outrage? Sure, get the initial anger from the act out, then lay another wreath and get on with life.

This is from the perspective that whoever did this isn't worth the effort, and the act itself is meaningless and easily rectified.

It not the the value of the wreath it the total disrespect of what it was put there for..

NVP · 10 May 2020 at 19:45

chaparral said:
It not the the value of the wreath it the total disrespect of what it was put there for..

Yes, that point was not missed.

vanpeebles · 10 May 2020 at 19:51

Are there some old Nazis still living out in the bushes, like the old Japanese soldiers who kept fighting on those islands for years after?

VaderDSL · 10 May 2020 at 19:57

Daft thought, but it has been quite windy, I can't seem to see any pics of the wreath, but trying to cling to some semblance of positivity, couldn't it be a case of it being blown/destroyed? 30 - 40mph gusts reported/measured there.

chaparral · 10 May 2020 at 19:57

vanpeebles said:
Are there some old Nazis still living out in the bushes, like the old Japanese soldiers who kept fighting on those islands for years after?

There some German shepherds here that could have done it

vanpeebles · 10 May 2020 at 19:58

chaparral said:
There some German shepherds here that could have done it

Dogs or farmers?

G-MAN2004 · 10 May 2020 at 19:58

Probably some dumb kids/teens who don't even know what it represents.

mmj_uk · 10 May 2020 at 20:02

To be fair a lot of people (particularly younger generations) hate everything this country and nationalism stands for, talk about the British Empire or our ancestors standing alone to fight against a tyrannical government (which is essentially what the Nazi's were) and all they will do is ignore the good and highlight any atrocities which in their mind simply makes us evil. I mean you see it on Youtube all of the time (which is the reason why many WW2 videos have comments disabled) where there's people who will argue that we were as bad as the Nazi's simply due to the Dresden bombings, like we're supposed to fight total war in which civilisation depends with our hands tied behind our backs just so that we don't offend some spoilt children 75 years later.

Tony Edwards · 10 May 2020 at 20:02

Im sorry but what a stupid concept/headline. 'Laying a wreath to mark another year Guernsey is occupation free'. Thats not what it is about. Is Guensey still stuck in 1950s mentality?

mmj_uk said:
To be fair a lot of people (particularly younger generations) hate everything this country and nationalism stands for, talk about the British Empire or our ancestors standing alone to fight against a tyrannical government which is essentially what the Nazi's were and all they will do is ignore the good and highlight any atrocities. I mean you see it on Youtube all of the time (which is the reason why most videos have comments disabled) where there's people who will argue that we were as bad as the Nazi's simply due to the Dresden bombings, like we're supposed to fight total war in which civilisation depends with our hands tied behind our backs just so that we don't offend some spoilt children 75 years later.

No youve missed what is happening. its not about being british its about how the young feel they are being treated by and the acts of the present government and are hopefully rejecting the racism that spreads from nationalism. we were not alone in fighting the Nazis for goods sake.

Its not about british this or british that. They may have just woken up to the fact it isnt the all EUs fault after all.

I doubt Guernsey has a massive rampant left wing anti gov grouping.

ubersonic · 10 May 2020 at 20:10

Tony Edwards said:
Im sorry but what a stupid concept/headline. 'Laying a wreath to mark another year Guernsey is occupation free'. Thats not what it is about.

Yes it is, you're confusing liberation day with VE day.

Tony Edwards · 10 May 2020 at 20:16

ubersonic said:
Yes it is, you're confusing liberation day with VE day.

No Im not.

Efour · 10 May 2020 at 20:16

No one ever done anything a bit edgy as a kid or teenager i guess?

You dont learn respect for stuff like this until you are old enough to comprehend stuff like this..

A few drunk kids god bored an wrecked a wreath.... ok yeah, very naughty. Teach the kids some respect but dont get fake outraged.

ubersonic · 10 May 2020 at 20:23

Tony Edwards said:
No Im not.

Oh...

Well you're still wrong, you just don't have an excuse for it then lol xD

Energize · 10 May 2020 at 20:23

Some flowers were vandalised, get some perspective.

We are in a national health emergency with coronavirus (should he have even been laying flowers given the lockdown rules?), the police are having to deal with a greatly increased number of domestic abuse cases and far more serious crimes.

ubersonic · 10 May 2020 at 20:29

Energize said:
We are in a national health emergency with coronavirus (should he have even been laying flowers given the lockdown rules?)

That's why he was on his own to lay the wreath instead of the normal parade/celebrations.

Energize said:
the police are having to deal with a greatly increased number of domestic abuse cases and far more serious crimes.

If this happened in the UK I would agree with you, but how much work can their police really have to do right now? People are actually following lockdown and they haven't had a new case of the virus in a week.