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Just Stop Oil supporters, including 82-year-old priest, smash glass surrounding Britain’s historic Magna Carta
CNN, MSN ^ | 5/10/24 | Catherine Nicholls

Posted on 05/10/2024 9:41:28 AM PDT by DallasBiff

Two supporters of the climate activism group Just Stop Oil have smashed the glass protecting the Magna Carta, an iconic British manuscript from the 13th century, on Friday.

According to Just Stop Oil, Reverend Dr. Sue Parfitt, 82, an active Anglican priest and author, and Judy Bruce, 85, a retired biology teacher, entered the British Library in London on Friday morning and “smashed the glass enclosure that surrounds the Magna Carta.”

After this, the pair glued themselves to the document’s enclosure and held up a sign that said “The government is breaking the law,” Just Stop Oil said.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; magnacarta; middleages; oil; uk; vandalism
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To: Bshaw
You come in to destroy, you get shot.

Now that's some performance art I could understand. Then leave the bullet-riddled corpses mounted on the walls by their superglued hands.

41 posted on 05/10/2024 5:42:06 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: DallasBiff

We have to make destroying national monuments and historical works that shaped history a federal offense with a mandatory prison sentence.

“22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all form of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to “eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings,” substituting shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms.”


42 posted on 05/11/2024 3:56:44 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Give the Anti-Israel Protesters a one way ticket to fight with Hamas. )
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To: DallasBiff

We have to make destroying national monuments and historical works that shaped history a federal offense with a mandatory prison sentence.

“22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all form of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to “eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings,” substituting shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms.”


43 posted on 05/11/2024 3:59:09 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Give the Anti-Israel Protesters a one way ticket to fight with Hamas. )
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44 posted on 05/11/2024 9:32:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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45 posted on 05/11/2024 9:33:54 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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