Yubel wrote:Moggy wrote:Squinty wrote:Ironhide wrote:While I agree with the message behind the protests, I think the acts of petty vandalism actively do damage to their cause by turning the general population against them.
I agree. You want to make people sympathetic to your cause. They aren't doing this.
People really care that much about some glass?
A Van Gogh painting - one of the most famous paintings in history - has nothing to do with this protest, surely. I don't care what their intentions are, that doesn't give you license to commit acts of vandalism.
EDIT: and additionally, even if the painting wasn't damaged, this is still anti-social behaviour worth condemning. We should be better than this.
The painting wasn't damaged.
You say "we" should be better than this. Who is "we"? I know you don't mean me and you personally, but do you really think all of humanity thinks/acts the same way? That all environmentalists agree on the correct way to protest?
Personally I wouldn't do anything like this, but it's not exactly a major crime that soup was poured on glass. It offends me far less than the way certain people refer to refugees.