Phoebe Plummer, 23, receives two-year prison term while Anna Holland, 22, given 20-month sentence over incident

This was the one soup-throwing which did any damage at all; in this case to the frame.

The penalty is appreciably worse than for minor violent attacks.

  • november@lemmy.vgEnglish
    16·
    2 months ago

    What’s the point of preserving artifacts if there’s no one to look at them anymore?

      • stormesp@lemm.eeEnglish
        18·
        2 months ago

        Which artifact was damaged? Because even in your link the article says:

        "The New York Times’ ran an article titled “Climate Activists Throw Mashed Potatoes on Monet Painting,” further describing it in the subtitle as “the latest attack on widely admired art.” However, it is not until the fifth paragraph that the article notes that “the food did not cause any damage to the piece.” This raises the question, does the public differentiate between “damaging pieces of art” and “pretending to damage pieces of art” in their views of these non-violent, disruptive protests?

        Also comparing having to make people understand the degree of damage we get from climate change vs christianity, its just an amazing analogy lol, what can i even say after that?. Have a nice day, i think you really need it.

        • Telorand@reddthat.com
          6·
          2 months ago

          However, it is not until the fifth paragraph that the article notes that “the food did not cause any damage to the piece.” This raises the question, does the public differentiate between “damaging pieces of art” and “pretending to damage pieces of art” in their views of these non-violent, disruptive protests?

          That’s the thing. Did they know for a fact that what they did was not going to cause damage. I suspect they didn’t care, and the fact that they didn’t cause damage is likely in spite of their tactics.

          As for my analogy, like all analogies, it is imperfect. The point is that the effort to “inform people” isn’t enough anymore. Virtually everyone has heard the message that Big Oil is bad and climate change is happening; whether they choose to accept it is a different matter, and on that front JSO is making no headway, as evidenced by that study.

          People need a goal and a path to get there, and defacing public art isn’t something average people will follow.

          Also, thank you for the well-wishes. I hope you have a lovely day, too.