Jessica Ennis postbox vandalised
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Jessica Ennis postbox vandalisedhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-19177730
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Re: Jessica Ennis postbox vandalisedThat's exactly what I thought. When I saw the title, I expected to see something like the tweets Tom Daley was getting wrote on there, or someone tried to set it on fire or something like that, not what looks like a message of support(Original post by Liam6993)
"Go Jess" is hardly that friggin' bad. Paint over it and move on, it doesn't need to make national news.
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Re: Jessica Ennis postbox vandalised"Go Jess", it isn't really that bad it was a message of support by a fan, rather than a mindless act of vandalism by a thug as the tone of the article implies. Repaint it yes, but not report it in the news.
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Re: Jessica Ennis postbox vandalisedI seen this article this morning, and the caption under the picture said:
"A Royal Mail engineer applied a new layer of gold paint to the postbox"
As an engineer (a real engineer...) I was dismayed. But at least they have noticed their error (or had it pointed out to them) and changed it to "employee". -
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Re: Jessica Ennis postbox vandalisedYour avatar was literally the face I made it at this thread.(Original post by hamijack)
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Re: Jessica Ennis postbox vandalisedCouple of things:
1. The postbox was not gold. It was gold-coloured.
2. It is not, has not been, and never will be owned by Jessica Ennis.
3. It could hardly be called vandalism, as vandalism is almost intrinsically ruinous, derisory, or downright vulgar. 'Go Jess' could not be said to be any of those.
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Re: Jessica Ennis postbox vandalisedYeah, well the one in Edinburgh has.(Original post by AeroLB)
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Re: Jessica Ennis postbox vandalisedI'm thinking it was both(Original post by S1L3NTPR3Y)
it was a message of support by a fan, rather than a mindless act of vandalism
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Re: Jessica Ennis postbox vandalised1. Thanks detective.(Original post by philistine)
Couple of things:
1. The postbox was not gold. It was gold-coloured.
2. It is not, has not been, and never will be owned by Jessica Ennis.
3. It could hardly be called vandalism, as vandalism is almost intrinsically ruinous, derisory, or downright vulgar. 'Go Jess' could not be said to be any of those.
4. Who gives a ****?
2. Irrelevant.
3. So lets suppose someone scratched "Go <insert your name here>" on the surface of your brand-new car. That would be okay with you? And before you tell me that you can't compare a postbox with a car, well, in this context you can. No one should be writing any unwanted messages on properties or objects that don't belong to them.
4. The people rightfully concerned about unauthorised messages appearing on their stuff give a ****.
