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Subject: Re: [OT] Eco-loons deface Stonehenge even though it has no part in
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Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 11:31:21 -0400
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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?


-- 
Rhino