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These vandals should be blinded in one eye for destroying cultural heritage works that belong to all of humanity. It's in the same league as the Taliban who ble
by simonblack 4y ago
These vandals should be blinded in one eye for destroying cultural heritage works that belong to all of humanity. It's in the same league as the Taliban who blew up carved stone Buddhas that were hundreds of years old.
Calling them 'activists' is a poor excuse for their actions. Let the punishments fit the crime. Deface something irreplaceable permanently, let them also be defaced permanently.
- jagraff 4y agoAs far as I know none of the activists doing this have damaged any art. It was all protected by glass.
- toss1 4y agoAgree if that is what they were doing. But it is not; the paintings are shielded by glass, and it appears that the "protesters" are specifically selecting artworks with such protection for their stunts. That said, while I feel very strongly about the need to fix anthropogenic climate change, I can hardly think of anything more stupid and counter-productive. I have no idea how this is supposed actually change anyone's mind or even get the attention of anyone to the issues of climate. Sure, it makes headlines, and there's the adage that any publicity is good publicity. But that's not true, e.g., while 'everyone knows that sex sells', actual research showed that if the adverts were too sexy, people did remember the advert just fine, but couldn't remember the product at all. Similarly here, it's a shocking crime and puts "climate" in the headline, but all anyone remembers is the awful behavior of these people, so it is a 99% distraction from their intended point.