Current Events > Kid topples over 132,000 dollar statue, family gets the bill.

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http://6abc.com/family-on-the-hook-for-$132000-after-son-topples-statue/3606685/?sf191911873=1

Wow, that thing was worth that much?
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Two things here:

Why not secure the damn thing if it's so valuable?

Why did the parents let their kid run off and pull a statue down?
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Control your kids better tbh
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make him work it off
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Who the fuck doesn't have insurance on their incredibly valuable art
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yea that kid fucked up and the parents should have been attentive, but to completely destroy the lives of that entire family is beyond twisted

MC_BatCommander posted...

Who the fuck doesn't have insurance on their incredibly valuable art

also this
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The article says the statue toppled over on top of him. Couldn't they just sue the place?
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imagine not childproofing a $132k item on display.
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Reminds me of these "art" shops I hate that have all these too-delicate-and-expensive items just laying around for anyone to "accidentally" break, cause if you break it you buy it.
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AsucaHayashi posted...

imagine not childproofing a $132k item on display.

This. And it was in the main entry to a venue hosting several events where kids would be expected. Was there not so much as a rope around it? If this goes to court, hopefully the family countersues.
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Yeah, I'm not blaming the parents on this one. Assuming she's not outright lying, that statue was in the main walkway during a wedding reception.

And when I saw the price tag, I assumed it was going to be a full statue. How the hell is a 100k+ bust just sitting around a hallway in a "local community center?"
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The statue doesn't look like it's broken in pieces. It still exists.

Sounds like they're trying to charge them the full value of the statue. Just glue the pieces back together and charge them the cost of the work, plus a little penalty if it can't be repaired well. Otherwise I think they're being asked to pay way more than the actual damage that was caused.

I mean, if I drive my car through a garage door and cause damage to someone's house, I'm liable for damages because I damaged the house

But I shouldn't be on the hook for the entire value of the house! It makes no sense if the house is still standing!
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yeah it doesn't even look like it broke. just glue the fucking thing back on like a sitcom
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TrevorBlack79 posted...

AsucaHayashi posted...

imagine not childproofing a $132k item on display.

This. And it was in the main entry to a venue hosting several events where kids would be expected. Was there not so much as a rope around it? If this goes to court, hopefully the family countersues.

Apparently having common decency and respect for things around you doesn't exist in Kansas or on CE. Derp derp derp. It's art. You don't touch it. Everyone with half a brain knows that obvious fact.
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Better call saul
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Dead_jukester posted...

Apparently having common decency and respect for things around you doesn't exist in Kansas or on CE. Derp derp derp. It's art. You don't touch it. Everyone with half a brain knows that obvious fact.

The kid is a five-year-old.

He probably does have less than half an adult brain.
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Dead_jukester posted...

Apparently having common decency and respect for things around you doesn't exist in Kansas or on CE. Derp derp derp. It's art. You don't touch it. Everyone with half a brain knows that obvious fact.

So 5 year olds are completely capable of understanding the situation? No wonder you got the president you have.
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Dead_jukester posted...

TrevorBlack79 posted...

AsucaHayashi posted...

imagine not childproofing a $132k item on display.

This. And it was in the main entry to a venue hosting several events where kids would be expected. Was there not so much as a rope around it? If this goes to court, hopefully the family countersues.

Apparently having common decency and respect for things around you doesn't exist in Kansas or on CE. Derp derp derp. It's art. You don't touch it. Everyone with half a brain knows that obvious fact.

it's a 5 year old
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pegusus123456 posted...

Dead_jukester posted...

Apparently having common decency and respect for things around you doesn't exist in Kansas or on CE. Derp derp derp. It's art. You don't touch it. Everyone with half a brain knows that obvious fact.

The kid is a five-year-old.

He probably does have less than half an adult brain.

I vouch for this, I have a 5 year old nephew and he's a dumbass
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LordFarquad1312 posted...

Dead_jukester posted...

Apparently having common decency and respect for things around you doesn't exist in Kansas or on CE. Derp derp derp. It's art. You don't touch it. Everyone with half a brain knows that obvious fact.

So 5 year olds are completely capable of understanding the situation? No wonder you got the president you have.

You're legally liable if your dog bites someone. Same with the kid, they're under your supervision so you're on the hook if they do things like that.

I still think it's exaggerated to ask them to pay the full value of the statue, and I hope the amount is challenged in court.
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This is why I don't have kids

well, one of the 275,328 reasons, anyway
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Insurance companies are pieces of shit

Who knew?

You simply can't control children on a second by second basis and a second is all it takes for shit to go wrong

CE would know this if they spent time outside their mother's basement
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WilliamPorygon posted...

This is why I don't have kids

well, one of the 275,328 reasons, anyway

reason #2: MLP profile pic
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TrevorBlack79 posted...

AsucaHayashi posted...

imagine not childproofing a $132k item on display.

This. And it was in the main entry to a venue hosting several events where kids would be expected. Was there not so much as a rope around it? If this goes to court, hopefully the family countersues.

This too
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I don;t think the venue should be absolved of responsibility.

But then, i don't think any artwork has the inherent financal value others attribute to it, either.
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awesome999 posted...

Insurance companies are pieces of shit

Who knew?

You simply can't control children on a second by second basis and a second is all it takes for shit to go wrong

CE would know this if they spent time outside their mother's basement

insurance companies love to have hands out for money, but when a problem arise they don't want to hold their end of the deal to payout insurance costs. it's the big middle finger to the consumer.
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They should sue the community center. I was all ready to come here to complain about bad ass kids. But that was just the middle of everything it didn't have rope about it. It would be different it was in museum or something but it was in community center where they new families would be.
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Kid is going to declare bankruptcy anyways. Not like they can get anything.
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Like a rope is going to stop kids. Blame the parents or even the people sitting on the couch, watching these kids do it.
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kingdrake2 posted...

awesome999 posted...

Insurance companies are pieces of shit

Who knew?

You simply can't control children on a second by second basis and a second is all it takes for shit to go wrong

CE would know this if they spent time outside their mother's basement

insurance companies love to have hands out for money, but when a problem arise they don't want to hold their end of the deal to payout insurance costs. it's the big middle finger to the consumer.

Yeah, imagine taking someone's money with a promise to pay it back when they need it and having the balls to take it to court when it's time to pay up

Literally kicking people when they're down
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who valued it at 132k, the artist is some nobody lol
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bevan306 posted...

who valued it at 132k, the artist is some nobody lol

he's famous. 132k dollars he wont get back.
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kingdrake2 posted...

132k dollars he wont get back

Won't get back?
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kingdrake2 posted...

he's famous. 132k dollars he wont get back.

Dude probably paid more for the acid trip to envision it than the materials to make it. Aint no way he invested anything more than $50 and a day of fuckery into that crap.
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That's a load of shit, it doesn't even look like it was destroyed. How the fuck is the bill $132,000?

Also, yeah, it should have been protected better and insured.
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The city is a bunch of assholes.
Total opposite of how most galleries treat this type of stuff . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb9rjzIcPqE" data-time="
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they don't childproof precious paintings in museums either you know

parents are expected to keep their children close by and disciplined at all times
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

they don't childproof precious paintings in museums either you know

parents are expected to keep their children close by and disciplined at all times

There's a difference between a museum and a hallway in a community centers that can be reserved for parties.

CE often seems to think that you're meant to keep kids chained to you at all times.
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

they don't childproof precious paintings in museums either you know

parents are expected to keep their children close by and disciplined at all times

A museum is also quite different from a community center in terms of societal expectation.
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Solhdier posted...

Reminds me of these "art" shops I hate that have all these too-delicate-and-expensive items just laying around for anyone to "accidentally" break, cause if you break it you buy it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1xCqptlNcM" data-time="
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pegusus123456 posted...

CE often seems to think that you're meant to keep kids chained to you at all times.

They are. Thats how an innocent gorilla got killed. Keep an eye on your brats.
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frozenshock posted...

LordFarquad1312 posted...

Dead_jukester posted...

Apparently having common decency and respect for things around you doesn't exist in Kansas or on CE. Derp derp derp. It's art. You don't touch it. Everyone with half a brain knows that obvious fact.

So 5 year olds are completely capable of understanding the situation? No wonder you got the president you have.

You're legally liable if your dog bites someone. Same with the kid, they're under your supervision so you're on the hook if they do things like that.

I still think it's exaggerated to ask them to pay the full value of the statue, and I hope the amount is challenged in court.

this

regardless....i really hope the parents don't get off the hook completely, they should be forced to pay something.....otherwise i guess we can all just start breaking shit in a store and blame it on the kids and pay nothing.

The real objection is the price, not the fact the kid was wrong and the parents should be held liable.

I mean, if someone crashes into your Ford Fiesta they are responsible for damages, not buying you a new lambo. Shit otherwise I could draw some scribbles on a piece of paper and put a price tag of $6million and wait for someone to spill coffee on it, then bankrupt the family for the next 7 generations.
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LordFarquad1312 posted...

Dead_jukester posted...

Apparently having common decency and respect for things around you doesn't exist in Kansas or on CE. Derp derp derp. It's art. You don't touch it. Everyone with half a brain knows that obvious fact.

So 5 year olds are completely capable of understanding the situation? No wonder you got the president you have.

LOL I guess some of you weren't very well-behaved kids! I wouldn't have dared touched a piece of art as a 5 year old. I was able to understand how to play soccer, so controlling my hands and not touching everything, much less pushing it over?

Plus if the kid is five, where are his parents? What sort of parents let a kid, well-behaved or not, out of their supervision at age 5? That's terrible and the parents ARE liable for that reason.

SUPER FAIR. NEXT
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you didn't know how to play soccer at 5, you knew how to kick stuff
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Supervise your fucking kids and teach them to leave other people's shit alone.
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thronedfire2 posted...

you didn't know how to play soccer at 5, you knew how to kick stuff

lol just because you couldn't grasp it doesn't mean other kids couldn't. Sounds like someone was a bratty kid?
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Looking at the video, the parents are right in the sense. The bust looks like it was just sitting on top of a super thin pedestal waiting for this to happen. The museum is fucking dumb for not putting it in a case or something. It looks like a minor earthquake could have knocked it over.
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YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...

they don't childproof precious paintings in museums either you know

parents are expected to keep their children close by and disciplined at all times

There was that 12-year old kid a few years back in Taipei, he was near a painting and wasn't watching where he was walking, he stumbled into a little platform they had in front of it to keep people from getting too close (oh, wicked irony), put his hand out to catch himself...and punched right through it. It was like a $1.5 million dollar painting and the only one of that artist's works that he had signed.
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