Stonehenge sprayed with paint by environmental protesters – DW – 06/19/2024
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The prehistoric megalithic structure in England has been targeted by activists spraying orange powder paint, social media footage showed.

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.

  • FluffyPotatoEnglish
    8713·
    5 months ago

    In this case it’s actually dyed corn starch so this would literally wash off from the first rain. And yea, this actually gets attention, when they spray painted car dealerships of some of the heaviest polluters, protested oil companies and when a guy set himself on fire to protest climate change it gets almost no coverage.

    • MurvelEnglish
      1430·
      5 months ago

      Bullshit. It’s an archeological site. The now faded ancient paintings risks being ruined as a result of this idiocy.

      • FluffyPotatoEnglish
        308·
        5 months ago

        If dyed cornstarch could destroy anything on the stonehenge then it already would have been. You know it’s outside, right?

        • MurvelEnglish
          1025·
          5 months ago

          Paint and ‘being outside’ are two very different things.

          You slow or something?

          • FluffyPotatoEnglish
            208·
            5 months 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.

            • MurvelEnglish
              619·
              5 months ago

              “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.

                • MurvelEnglish
                  417·
                  5 months ago

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

                • MurvelEnglish
                  43·
                  5 months ago

                  Yes, it is, I just double-checked

                  • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
                    9·
                    5 months ago

                    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.