The prehistoric megalithic structure in England has been targeted by activists spraying orange powder paint, social media footage showed.

Environmental protesters sprayed paint on Stonehenge on Wednesday, with footage showing an orange powder covering some of the stones.

Two protesters dressed in white were seen running towards two of the megaliths, spraying paint, as another person attempted to stop them, in footage released by Just Stop Oil, an environmental activist group focused on the issue of human-caused climate change.

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    7 days ago

    Are you? Something just left outside for a long ass time will take more damage than even a spray of lead paint can do. And this is just corn starch, not even paint.

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      “They are sensitive and they are completely covered in prehistoric markings which remain to be fully studied,”

      https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/06/19/stonehenge-sprayed-with-orange-paint-on-the-day-before-summer-solstice/

      So the archeologists are worried but not you, since you, being the goddamn genius you are, are sure it’s all fine.

      I don’t even know why I start these arguments with the all-knowing wizards on Lemmy.

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          Just stop, for once in your life, admit that you don’t know what you’re talking about, just this instance.

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          Yes, it is, I just double-checked

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            Full context:

            The orange cornflour used to spray the monuments will be washed away by rain, said Just Stop Oil. However, according to the BBC, experts will need to assess the stones to see if lasting damage has been caused. “They are sensitive and they are completely covered in prehistoric markings which remain to be fully studied,” said Mike Pitts, archaeologist and author of How to Build Stonehenge, to the BBC.

            That doesn’t say they think there is damage, just that they haven’t been able to assess it yet.

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              So? I never said it’s permanently damaged (sure fucking hope not) I said the archeologists where worried it had been.

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                Nothing there indicates that the archeologists are actually worried, just that they haven’t assessed it yet.

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                  He says that the paintings are sensitive to damage, it’s in the quote, now stop wasting my time.