O no, not more waste!

[Philip Davies]

Waste.
We all encounter it. We all make it. Sometimes we deplore it. Especially if it’s others’ waste.
I’m a bit sad today because a solid mahogany wardrobe, antique, got broken up. What a shame!
It was donated by the charity’s founder, before he downsized and moved away. The guys promptly broke the mirror. Well, accidents happen, I certainly can’t criticize other for their mishaps. So I measured the size, gave it to the boss, and said I’d fix it if they got another. Then it sat in the warehouse for two years, in the way but useful for putting stuff in. I considered buying a mirror out of my own pocket, out of respect. Then six weeks back, they took it to the shop, because, I thought, someone might purchase it as a restoration project.
Today I was at the shop and looked round for it, finding the base, without its drawer.
What happened? “I broke it up.”
That was SOLID MAHOGANY. FIGURED mahogany. Unobtainable from timber merchants. Only available as reclaim, which we have sold in the past, on the Net.
I looked through the off-topic posts, but the only other entry I found was about walnut trees. Also a lovely wood.

[Toolmaker51]

Not unlike destruction of public statues; by those unaware of what certain things mean. A statue might indicate something now thought inappropriate [often loudly, but a minority]. Valuable products are disregarded by those without appreciation of quality, rarity, or just plain beauty.

[Frank S]

Not unlike destruction of public statues; by those unaware of what certain things mean. A statue might indicate something now thought inappropriate [often loudly, but a minority]. Valuable products are disregarded by those without appreciation of quality, rarity, or just plain beauty.

What both of you are referring to is that today's so called woke culture, me-too movement, Antifa, BLM. and the other monikers people want to tag themselves with. is nothing but a philistine society. or to put it another way a society of philistines, created by being poorly educated or wrongly educated by zealots pushing an agenda. augmented and enhanced by power mongers

[Toolmaker51]

What both of you are referring to is that today's so called woke culture, me-too movement, Antifa, BLM. and the other monikers people want to tag themselves with. is nothing but a philistine society. or to put it another way a society of philistines, created by being poorly educated or wrongly educated by zealots pushing an agenda augmented and enhanced by power mongers

Regardless how many group members, it's unlikely they're so organized or sufficiently funded internally to wreak so many incidents. I'd bet the real leverage is those very same power mongers who ARE the zealots with the agenda.
I sincerely hope they are found, tried, denounced, deported to where they belong.

[Philip Davies]

Ah, power-mongers. The power of a long purse, to evade justice!
Being “woke”.
If I was accused of being woke (which I think I should be), I would be as offended as being accused of being reactionary (which I am). What is irritating about wokeness is its holier than thou attitude, that people have to PROVE that they’re liberal.
You and I are expected to repudiate the values our parents instilled in us in the fifties, or sixties. I conscientiously re-examine my attitudes, recognise that there is latent racism and sexism, but would be very embarrassed if that were apparent in my behaviour.
White, educated, middle-class, privileged. That’s me. That’s not threatened. But Christian? That is threatened. But we were told to expect that!

I should not have moaned about an old wardrobe. The very worst waste of all is young lives lost in conflicts.

[Frank S]

Regardless how many group members, it's unlikely they're so organized or sufficiently funded internally to wreak so many incidents. I'd bet the real leverage is those very same power mongers who ARE the zealots with the agenda.
I sincerely hope they are found, tried, denounced, deported to where they belong.

The only problem with that is deporting them will still allow them to wreck their havoc on the world, even the USA. Besides it is not at all for certain the power mongers are even in the USA. They may not be individuals at all but large corporations or even coalitions of countries such as the new world order. and the signatories of that organization. But of course in my mind there can be only one punishment which does not include their continued breathing. but that's just my opinion, there may be alternatives even more suitable

[Toolmaker51]

How about I correct "where they belong" to the only place that accepts such as them. Immaterial whether a single entity, board of a corporation, or other. Nefarious deeds occur where ever an umbrella of too much power is in place.