[Tanada]

It appears that very early this morning someone set off an explosive device with the intent of destroying the Georgia Guidestones.

https://www.wyff4.com/article/georgia-g ... n/40525569

[Tanada]

Update, the explosive charge went of at or near 4AM as reported by several nearby residents who heard the detonation. One of the five pillars has been completely shattered and the cap stone has two large pieces broken off. Security cameras were installed at the sire several years ago after vandals spray painted the granite requiring expensive reconditioning. The guidestones attract 20,000 visitors a year from around the world because of their unique character and a full damage assessment has not yet been made.

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', 'U')pdate, the explosive charge went of at or near 4AM as reported by several nearby residents who heard the detonation. One of the five pillars has been completely shattered and the cap stone has two large pieces broken off. Security cameras were installed at the sire several years ago after vandals spray painted the granite requiring expensive reconditioning. The guidestones attract 20,000 visitors a year from around the world because of their unique character and a full damage assessment has not yet been made.

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', 'U')pdate, the explosive charge went of at or near 4AM as reported by several nearby residents who heard the detonation. One of the five pillars has been completely shattered and the cap stone has two large pieces broken off. Security cameras were installed at the sire several years ago after vandals spray painted the granite requiring expensive reconditioning. The guidestones attract 20,000 visitors a year from around the world because of their unique character and a full damage assessment has not yet been made.

[vtsnowedin]

Well I suppose for something as simple as that the local good ol boys will do. . But if you need something fancy like a Madonna statue of a surface plate polished to microns call Barre.

[C8]

Leanan started this thread so long ago. I think she was the Oildrum mod. I wonder whatever happened to her.

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('C8', 'L')eanan started this thread so long ago. I think she was the Oildrum mod. I wonder whatever happened to her.

[Newfie]

Well they tore it down for “safety reasons”.

I would contribute to having it rebuilt.

Not that I agree with every bit if it, of that it was well stated, but it was the best to date.

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'W')ell they tore it down for “safety reasons”.

I would contribute to having it rebuilt.

Not that I agree with every bit if it, of that it was well stated, but it was the best to date.

[Newfie]

Nothing to understand.

Religious fanaticism .

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('C8', 'L')eanan started this thread so long ago. I think she was the Oildrum mod. I wonder whatever happened to her.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', '
')I really have never understood this kind of vandalism.

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'N')othing to understand.

Religious fanaticism .

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', 'U')pdate, the explosive charge went of at or near 4AM as reported by several nearby residents who heard the detonation. One of the five pillars has been completely shattered and the cap stone has two large pieces broken off. Security cameras were installed at the sire several years ago after vandals spray painted the granite requiring expensive reconditioning. The guidestones attract 20,000 visitors a year from around the world because of their unique character and a full damage assessment has not yet been made.

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', '
')I really have never understood this kind of vandalism.

[Newfie]

Using explosives is at least a serious federal offense and carries significant time.

Right up there with machine guns and tanks, etc.

[careinke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Outcast_Searcher', '
')I think the only way to deter random vandalism is to have an inconvenient enough punishment it's no longer generally worth it just because it's "hysterical".

The case of the American who was cained in Singapore for throwing paint on cars in about 1994 comes to mind. (And not letting whining get the offenders off).

And using explosives and the potential for serious damage / injury there seems to me to be raising the ante significantly.

If the perpetrators had to do hard labor in prison for many decades working off the bill for the damage, for example, that would seem to be a very clear message.

[ROCKMAN]

We have a much better cousin to Stone Hinge in Texas:

Standing along Route 66 west of Amarillo, Texas, Cadillac Ranch was invented and built by a group of art-hippies imported from San Francisco. They called themselves The Ant Farm, and their silent partner was Amarillo billionaire Stanley Marsh 3. He wanted a piece of public art that would baffle the locals, and the hippies came up with a tribute to the evolution of the Cadillac tail fin. Ten Caddies were driven into one of Stanley Marsh 3's fields, then half-buried, nose-down, in the dirt (supposedly at the same angle as the Great Pyramid of Giza). They faced west in a line, from the 1949 Club Sedan to the 1963 Sedan de Ville, their tail fins held high for all to see on the empty Texas panhandle.

Photos here: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2220