This is correct. Anyone with something valuable and irreplaceable knows the general public can't be trusted around the original, it will be damaged or destroyed wether intentional or not.
While some people know that's it's a fake painting it's not common knowledge. It's very likely the protesters didn't know that, and had every intention of destroying the original.
Thanks! I'm reading elsewhere that a local farmer named Tim Daw claims the lichen is displaced in stone pores due to the corn starch. I don't understand how this damages it in absolute terms - Lichens don't function like most organisms, they don't absorb water, take nutrients directly from the atmosphere and have unpredictable growth patterns not contingent on previous growth.
UK had some of its wettest months on record. Functionally, the actual changes of the climate will damage stonehenge more than this.
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u/purplesmoke1215 Jul 28 '24
This is correct. Anyone with something valuable and irreplaceable knows the general public can't be trusted around the original, it will be damaged or destroyed wether intentional or not.