Prince Harry & Afgan blood protest at St Paul’s Cathedral

[SnottyLottie]

A sculpture (a coat of royal arms) filled with Afghan blood is going to be projected on to St Paul’s Cathedral along with footage of Prince Harry in a protest over Prince Harry's controversial remarks about the number of people he killed in Afghanistan.

Molodkin told Sky News that Harry's remarks had made him "very, very angry" and the idea of his project "is to drench St Paul's Cathedral in the blood of Afghani people. They read they are just 'chess figures'... for some prince hunting by helicopter," he said. "It looked like a safari situation."How he told it, for him it's like a computer game."

Source: https://news.sky.com/story/prince-harry-sculpture-filled-with-human-blood-to-be-projected-on-to-st-pauls-cathedral-after-dukes-kill-claim-12841125

How he told it, for him it's like a computer game."

What a load of shit. That’s not how he wrote about it. At all. Wtf do people think happens at war?

Who is paying for this?
Did he get a grant from the Royal Foundation?

sounds like a legitimate and harmless protest

Agree. Arguably he should have kept it to himself as some people think it's taboo to go into such details. But protest for what? He was describing his experience at war

Its not a protest, it is a piece of art as protest. Someone will be paying for this.

Looks like Russian funded propaganda. Putin loves things like this.

Yes. He said this. He didn't write this in his book. But he said in a interview.

Erm, considering the artist has done a similar stunt with a sculpture of Putin and filled it with the blood of Ukrainians I find this doubtful.

In fact in the article I posted he states
“Now I can't go back to Russia," he told Sky News. He believes he would face jail for his artwork if he returns to his home country under its current laws. "I can't go there while [Putin] still has power but I truly believe it's not possible to continue like this,"

Ridiculous! - As @SnottyLottie says, the artist is a dissident who has produced work critical of both the current Ukrainian invasion and the Chechen war..

At least somebody is finally making a public stand against Harry's insensitive and idiotic opinions.
It is easy to target Asian people because they don't often mobilise and protest loudly and others are slow to do it on their behalf. Nothing about what he said was okay.

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Nothing about what he said was okay.

What are you talking about? His experience of war?

Wonder what this artist's motivation is, he seems to 'protest' on behalf on other people, using their blood, a lot, his "trademark".

Fair enough though, there's always room for protest in my book. But far better to protest against the Taliban themselves for killing their own people, especially the women and girls. That's who PH (and the army) was targeting, not the innocent Afghanis.

But far better to protest against the Taliban themselves for killing their own people, especially the women and girls.

indeed.

100%. Let's ignore the talibans actions to millions of innocent civilians and get outraged at Prince Harry instead. Would fully support a protest of the former but this is misguided

What a load of shit. That’s not how he wrote about it. At all.

It's not shit.

He said it in a 2013 BBC interview.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/22/afghanistan-taliban-response-prince-harry I was gobsmacked he resurrected it in Waaaagh having pretty much escaped his stupidity at the time.

Well, I think Harry is a bit of a plonker generally and I think the comments he made about his Taliban kills were very badly misjudged and have put him, his family and the UK at risk.

However, I think this protest is a really bad idea. I get the artist is angry - so am I and lots of others. BUT this protest is going to stir up trouble. It will ignite hatred and it will put further lives at risk. I'm normally a big fan of protest, but in this case I think this gentleman is missing the mark and this protest will only do harm. I hope he doesn't go through with it

There is a real lack of understanding of the reality of war coming through among the posters trying to defend Harry. Friendly fire and so-called targeted bombing tactics typically wipes out entire villages of civilians at a time. It is not as simple as saying "I'm here to fight the enemy. I only got in because I'm royal but hey-ho. Look at me playing a hero. Aren't I a big boy killing the baddies! Now I can go back to my palace and try and make a few philosophical sounding comments about it in order to flog a book!"

Inevitably, Harry and most others will have killed civilians but bona fide vets wouldn't address it publicly by effectively denying it because it is in very bad taste indeed. He did not have the mindset to be allowed in that role, even though the kid gloves were kept firmly on. The man is a total idiot.

but bona fide vets wouldn't address it publicly except many have and many have supported Harry and called out the public for trying to silence veterans from talking about their reality.

Whilst Harry's comments about his time in Afghanistan were bloody stupid given the ongoing terrorist problems, I saw it as the military dehumanising the enemy.
In WW1 & WW2, the Allies referred to the Germans as Jerry.
It was far easier to shoot down a Jerry plane than think that you'd shot down a pilot, like yourself, who was defending his country & might have a family back home.

It says a lot about the relationship between the royal family and the military. The military should never have been used as a means of packing off the non-intelligent members of the family to make them feel useful. It has happened over several generations and should really stop. Somebody like Harry should never have been in charge of a fighter plane in the first place.

Somebody like Harry like what? What is he ‘like’? What a disgusting thing to say. Unintelligent? Gross. Just because people don’t go to university doesn’t mean they lack intelligence

When he spoke in 2013 (not mentioning either numbers nor chess) there was no condemnation.

It's not really a problem that he chose to speak out on this (as welcomed by other veterans). The problem is with how he chose to do it this time round. And including certain details doesn't really have much support.

He didn't pilot a fighter plane. He really did reach the full standard required for the helicopter role.

Oh he does have support from other veterans though, you’re just not seeing it in the British tabloids. I found the way he wrote about it really insightful and very honest, it was my favourite section of the book all his war stories. It clearly had a huge impact on him and what he does for injured veterans is amazing.

I can assure you that I don't look at tabloids as a source of assessing mood of the military (part and present)!