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On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 08:30:02 -0700, Rhino wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 22:01:35 -0700
> 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.
>
> 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.