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submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage in connection with the felling of the 300-year-old Sycamore Gap tree in the north of England.

Officers arrested the teenager amid an outpouring of sadness over the destruction of the landmark, which has been a feature of the site at Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland for hundreds of years. The boy is in custody and assisting officers with their inquiries, Northumbria police said on Thursday.

Locals and national park authorities said they were “struggling to see the logic” in the destruction of a sycamore which had long become “part of this area’s DNA” and had gone through thousands of changes of seasons.

The tree, believed to have been about 300 years old, was made famous when it appeared in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, starring Kevin Costner.

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[-] 520@kbin.social 42 points 11 months ago

That's because they learned where being an asshole gets them.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Some don’t. And, the people around them suffer. If this kid gets a slap on the hand, it sends a message: “you can do whatever you want with no consequences.”

[-] 520@kbin.social 15 points 11 months ago

This kid will not be getting a mere slap, no matter what police do. This kid will be shunned almost completely from the local community.

[-] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago
[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

He can move and never hear about it again.

[-] 520@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

His idiocy made national news. Where's he going to go to avoid it? Gibraltar?

The kid is stuck on that island where everyone knows his name for the wrong reasons. It's not like the rest of Europe where freedom of travel is a thing. Not to mention a Brit isn't going to last long in a state European school.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago
[-] 520@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

That and a lack of language tuition. European countries overwhelmingly do their schooling in their native languages, something English schools aren't good at teaching.

[-] Lols@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

you consider having to move as "no consequences"?

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I’ve moved many times. It’s not a big deal. If I commit a crime and “moving” is my punishment, I’m gonna murder a lot of billionaires.

[-] Lols@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

im putting 10 bucks on that not actually being the universal experience, especially to a different town

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

As an 18 year old it was a blessing when I could finally move out. And I wanted it for years at that point.

[-] Lols@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

im putting 10 bucks on that not actually being the universal experience, especially to a different town

[-] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Sadly, some people never learn. I know a 53 year old man who never made it past 15, emotionally. He thinks cruelty is funny, and constantly tries to provoke everyone around him for attention. It's extremely annoying.

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