Re: [OT] Eco-loons deface Stonehenge even though it has no part in generating carbon

On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 17:15:16 -0000 (UTC)
"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Rhino  <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 05:51:22 -0700
anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
 

The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote: 

On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 18:43:12 -0400, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
   

Leo Kearse gives some background on the loonies who splashed
Stonehenge,  World Heritage Site, with paint just before the
annual Summer Solstice celebration. He points out that Just
Stop Oil's principal backer is a multi-millionaire green energy
provider who is funding the incoming Labour government to
squash his competitors in the field of energy supply.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBJ_cGVFKwg [8 minutes]   

 
Nevertheless, I would be entirely happy with them spending
serious time in the Tower of London - and I don't mean in the
exhibition areas where the tourists go. (I'm thinking the
portion of the castle where Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard got
to stay)
 
Bottom line is that it's an appalling cultural crime - up there
with defiling the portion of the British Library where the most
important documents are held.
 
I would be utterly opposed to any scintilla of mercy in this
case - this is as clear a situation as I can imagine for the
proverbial book to be thrown at them.
   

I don't know if the "activists" have even been charged for their
vandalism let alone if they will face any consequences for it.
Other acts of cultural vandalism in Britain have been largely
ignored so it will be surprising if these clowns get even a mild
slap on the wrist.
 
The 80 species of rare lichen that live on Stonehenge may not
get away so lightly. Apparently, the stuff that the vandals
sprayed may be destructive to those life forms. But hey, that's
okay if your heart is in the right place, and the vandals are
sure they did right.   

 
Oh bull. Don't do the crime if you're unwilling to do the time.
   

 
And keep your eye on the sparrow!
 

I feel sure that's a reference to a line from a movie or TV series
but I must have missed that show because it's not ringing a bell.
Care to enlighten me? 

 
"Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow", music by Dave Grusin
 
I just looked it up. I thought it was written for Baretta. Instead, it
was written in 1975, covered by multiple singers, then a
semi-instrumental (subdued vocals) by Rhythm Heritage, then used as
the theme for Baretta with lyrics sung by Sammy Davis Jr added back
to the Rhythm Heritage instrumental version.
 
As sung by Sammy Davis Jr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jes-iZzy_Tk
 
Other people covered the song before Sammy.

Thanks for clearing up that minor mystery. I actually watched Baretta
back in the day (or at least the pilot) but it's a LONG time ago now
and I have no memory at all of the music used. Even if I did, I hardly
ever remember lyrics.

--
Rhino