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BBC News - Stonehenge covered in powder paint by Just Stop Oil (www.bbc.com)
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[–] rah@feddit.uk 43 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak condemned the incident as a “disgraceful act of vandalism”.

Not as disgraceful as awarding oil drilling licenses to companies your family is invested in.

Leader of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer said the damage

There is no damage: 'Just Stop Oil said the orange powder paint was cornflour and it would "wash away with rain".'

was "outrageous"

Not as outrageous as forcefully replacing local Labour candidates with your own choices.

and described Just Stop Oil as "pathetic"

Not as pathetic as Labour's climate policies.

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[–] Dendr0@fedia.io 22 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Because defacing an ancient site has a clear connection to the environment... bunch of fucking self-centered attention-whores.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 7 points 5 months ago

Any publicity is good publicity, it's paint, it can be cleaned up. But drilling for fossil fuels, burning shit to get energy, etc. That will leave a mark on the planet for generations, it might even kill us in the long enough run.

[–] araneae 5 points 4 months ago

They are rocks my friend. Rocks. Birds shit on them daily and have for thoudands of years. But go ahead and be mad about the rocks getting cornflower on them. Very good little reactionary Brit.

Ever play a Civilization game where Stone Henge ends up underwater because of the sea rising? Yeah. Thats all our art. All our society.

One thousand shits on Mona Lisa for one saved human life. But we will choose to protect the symbols of capital and status quo.

Enjoying the Gulf Stream collapsing further this summer?

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[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 10 points 5 months ago

"They are sensitive and they are completely covered in prehistoric markings which remain to be fully studied and any surface damage to the stones is hugely concerning.

“A rich garden of life has grow on the megaliths, an exceptional lichen garden has grown. So it’s potentially quite concerning.”

This is important - they aren't just a bunch of old rocks, they develop a "varnish" and an ecosystem that can protect them.

They say it's just cornflour and will wash off in the rain but people tend not to coat ancient monuments in cornflour, so we don't really know what the effect might be.

[–] kralk@lemm.ee 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The Tories want to destroy Stonehenge to build a motorway so let's not pretend it's sacrosanct now

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 points 5 months ago

Is this hyperbole or literally true?

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You might have to state your sources there.

[–] kralk@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm aware of the tunnel and at no point would it "destroy Stonehenge". There are concerns that construction might harm as yet undiscovered parts of the wider ritual landscape.

[–] kralk@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh so you DIDN'T want a source, you just wanted to argue about it?

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

I wanted a source that backed up what you said.

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 7 points 5 months ago

They’re going to be fucking annoyed when they’re told there’s no oil there.

[–] blackluster117@possumpat.io 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't it come out a while back that Just Stop Oil is actually bankrolled by some oil company and is essentially meant to create a false narrative against actual climate protestors? Am I misremembering?

[–] kralk@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

No, that's totally made up 🤣 where did you hear it?