Path: ...!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:22:21 +0000 Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:22:21 -0700 From: Pluted Pup Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Hogwasher/5.24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <0001HW.2C2E1D9D000F11CD30D7BA38F@news.giganews.com> Subject: Re: [OT] Eco-loons deface Stonehenge even though it has no part in generating carbon Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <20240621184312.000070ac@example.com> <20240622113002.00000b2f@example.com> Lines: 53 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-0zFsQcDBsH/RM2XaGUgk4KG4oXHOtHZIGe3LNhcpkWdDbu5TYzaKTQrMequ6dc4owARgHS5pdxs0l22!ESRNYZ+Mjz0EJiN3AJRmtGbusvABK0QWEHTHY0x2ApWgZvv+CjTqcBX3CMO4apHWNAuFa0faKUgS!LHup X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3580 On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 08:30:02 -0700, Rhino wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 22:01:35 -0700 > The Horny Goat wrote: > > > On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 18:43:12 -0400, Rhino > > 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. > > 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. The (paid for?) vandals were engaging in anti-British activism. Their deeds are their motivation.