They're teenagers: they're never innocent.

Where the hell was the police when all this vandalism was going on and why the hell did this woman have to deal with this crap for two years????

And then there's the fact that this supposed ringleader of this gang of thugs didn't know what the monument was for and that it meant nothing to him. That shows the utter perversity of British society (though American society isn't far behind). When the sacrifices of your own fellow-citizens means nothing to you...

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."