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

On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 22:01:35 -0700
The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>  wrote:
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On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 18:43:12 -0400, Rhino
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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.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBJ_cGVFKwg [8 minutes]

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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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

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I think you mistook my remark about their hearts being in the right
place as my genuine view of these people but it was pure acid sarcasm;
I was merely imagining the rationale the wokesters would concoct to
excuse them for their blatant cultural vandalism.