By Andy Spearman
It was wonderful on Friday to see Dominick’s Bridge open again and looking fantastic after its refurbishment by the Council.
Such an amazing transformation – the pedestrian only bridge has been paved, seating installed along with planters and shrubs.
I was down that way again this afternoon and was horrified to find some excuse for a human being had torn the shrubs out of their pots and thrown them in the river.
It’s difficult to understand why anyone would want to destroy something so attractive. Why waste their energy on destroying things?
“Mindless vandalism” is a term often used but I think it’s more than that. “Evil ba******s” might be closer to the mark.
What possible pleasure these people derive from this type of wanton destruction is beyond the understanding of right-thinking people.
Vandalism is not a new phenomenon – people of my vintage will remember the wonderful band stand that used to stand in Dominick’s Park.
That was vandalised so frequently, and park benches thrown in the river so often, that it was dismantled sometime in the seventies.
I doubt if they are, but if the person or persons responsible for this latest act of inane destruction are reading this, I have some advice.
I suggest that you do yourself a favour and own up to your crime. Just hand yourself in at the Garda station.
You are obviously not fully developed as a person yet but I’m sure the justice system can help you to climb a rung or two higher on the ladder to civilisation.
Perhaps a stint of voluntary community work would open your mind to better ways to burn off excess energy.
You have to understand that we humans are social creatures and our version of civilisation depends on people working together for the common good. Building up instead of knocking down.
Your actions betray a total lack of intelligence but, don’t worry, this can be corrected. You should enter into some sort of correctional programme as soon as you can because, if you don’t, the outlook for the rest of your life is pretty grim.
You can choose to continue living your life as an outcast or else to take the intelligent option of trying to mend your ways. You may dimly remember your schoolteachers telling you things like this but perhaps you weren’t listening that day either.
