Just Stop Oil climate activists jailed after defacing Vincent van Gogh painting

Just Stop Oil activists who threw tomato soup at a Vincent van Gogh painting have been found guilty today of criminal damage.
The two climate activists, Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland, threw soup at van Gogh's Sunflowers before glueing their hands to a wall.
The protest happened at the National Gallery in central London in October, 2022.
Judge Christopher Hehir at Southwark Crown Court warned the activists to be “prepared in practical and emotional terms to go to prison”.
During Thursday's verdict, Judge Hehir stated the pair “came within the width of a pane of glass of destroying one of the most valuable artworks in the world”.
The judge also set bail conditions for the two 22-year-olds, which includes not carrying glue, paint or adhesive substances in public places.
Holland and Plummer are set to be sentenced on September 27 this year.

[@Gid-J]

Vandalism is not protesting.

[@JaSon-wc4pn]

Should have used oil based paints 😂

[@ZarkowsWorld]

It´s is a religious cult. It is all about creating an Us and Them feeling in the followers of the cult, to radicalize them further into violence.

[@anemone104]

It was when the Suffragettes did it...

[@StarshipTrooper2050]

The “stop oil” crew are brainless twats…

[@anarchostatist191]

@@anemone104 No, it was still just vandalism, and it still did absolutely nothing for the suffragettes. Also you're not a suffragette, stop ego tripping, child.

[@trixter252]

STOP CALLING THIS PROTESTING!

[@ginvr]

Absolutely, it is eco terrorism

[@patmcbride9853]

They are "protestturds".

[@bl8388]

Protest: To express a strong objection to (something). To participate in a public demonstration in opposition to (something): synonym: object They are vandals, too. They are hypocrites, too. But they are also protesters, tbh.

[@user-ff9dx3hq2g]

Let’s call a spade a spade they are cunts !

[@jonshadow4052]

​@@bl8388yea it's vandalism, end of

[@jamestan5105]

They're not protesting. They're damaging the property.

[@bl8388]

Both. Those aren't mutually exclusive.

[@longshot7601]

To deface priceless works of art isn't just vandalism, it is defacing true culture which is something we are losing.

[@bl8388]

@@longshot7601 Vandalism: Willful or malicious damage or destruction of the property of another. It can't be replaced but it's definitely vandalism.

[@kitt7459]

@@bl8388 Damaging property IS NOT PROTESTING! It is only H A T E F U L and DESTRUCTIVE

[@jonshadow4052]

​@@bl8388vandalism end of

[@slowturtle6745]

Climate "terrorists" not protesters...get it right.

[@user-bm8uw8oj4k]

Since when is the National Gallery in the oil business ...

[@mobiuspaw494]

Lock them up !

[@danutapolok6766]

Debile

[@bobcrane9945]

throwing tomato soup on a painting terrorizes exactly who? They are criminals but terrorists reallY?

[@MichaelB-xi1hk]

Violating art is vandalism not protest.

[@DGsa1661]

Exactly!!

[@JR-gl1nx]

Costing the government two years of legal expenses, that’ll help them afford to feed people 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@user-ol9vl7ul1s]

And when entire museums and the Art in them are destroyed by the Climate Crisis !

[@mr.e0311]

@@user-ol9vl7ul1s npc alert

[@romulus3345]

@@user-ol9vl7ul1s Climate crisis???? What climate crisis???? Do you mean the "Man makes the weather change" crisis?? Or the "Cow farts are causing climate change" crisis??

[@DreadedDormammu]

This is not a protest. This is vandalism. The idiots blocking traffic should be arrested and sentenced to prison as well.

[@user-xq8ye2lo2j]

If nobody was looking they would just be speed bumps

[@johnwheatley5641]

Thankfully those guys are also getting prison sentences too 😊

[@muninnseyes]

Exactly

[@John-gr5tx]

They were! Leader got 5 years the rest got 4 years each.

[@John-gr5tx]

​@@user-xq8ye2lo2j Up here we don't look!

[@wwiiinplastic4712]

They weren't jailed for truth-telling; they were jailed for vandalism. Get your facts straight, solicitor McFadden.

[@nedtaylor1983]

Losers that have nothing better to do. A scourge and an embarrassment to humanity.

[@mhep9367]

I mean look at the climate goblin, Ms. Thunberg, flying and sailing everywhere like a true climate concerned person...

[@tobree1]

Clearly an activist lawyer, surprise, surprise.

[@patriotjaneusa504]

She should go to jail with them! Darn enabler of criminal behavior!

[@nigden1]

Exactly, the smug self righteous attitude of these lunatics needs slapping down, some solicitor assuming everyone believes we are all going to fry sometime in the future, lecturing from that position how the world should be run. These JSO nutters are all exactly the same ilk, posh, rich pink headed workshy kids, or retired old fools with nothing better to do.

[@Phil85_37]

This painting is 136 years old. Just imagine what this painting survived. World War 2, rain, fire and I don't know what else. That's fucking crazy.

[@beautifulsydney]

Unfortunately it wasn't idiot proof 😔

[@ScorchLawson]

Weird how none of these "protests" to "stop oil" disrupt a single oil company, nor happen on any oil company's grounds.

[@videocee]

Imagine they try to do that. Think about for a second. They would need a boat to go to a rig, battle the starting 3 ( navy, marines, homeland) and then vandalize it. That is quite the side mission.

[@Dems.rizz.kids.in.libraries]

these are actors paid by large oil companies to influence the publics opinion on anti oil... don't be fooled as easily as sheep.

[@nicholasmorgan7609]

They're a mix of idiots and attention whores. Many of them are even both. Imagine if they went for an oil rig and having to deal with security. They wouldn't get far.

[@blackxrosary]

​@@videoceeor they could just get the money to spam adverts and donate to clean energy places or hold peaceful protests outside of buildings for oil companies or even host large gatherings where you clean up oil spills and show off the true damage it does. There are many many ways to protest oil and they chose the dumbest most ineffective one

[@AdaManny555]

Greenpeace have done it hundreds of times. 💪🏼💪🏼💚💚 These people, however, are retards.

[@biang1]

Keep them in prison for very long time per law!!!

[@mariaeugenia7599]

And make them pay. A whole life working just to pay for the damage. What a pair of idiots.

[@mariaeugenia7599]

And make them pay. A whole life working just to pay for the damage. What a pair of idiots.

[@thewintergardener2873]

The consequences to these 2 fools will reverberate for years.... Any future employer or anyone else doing a background check on them will see them as unhinged troublemakers

[@vivrowe2763]

Nothing is going to happen.

[@vivrowe2763]

@@thewintergardener2873 Employer, they won't ever work, they get paid to protest.

[@Valerius123]

They do this because they have absolutely no fear of any real consequences for their actions.

[@RabidPanda]

@@jameselliott9866 i hope they are shadow banned from living for life. the news should put their names in the reporting.

[@Claude-Eckel]

You know... that's exactly part of the definition of psychopathy. True story!

[@tonylarussa4046]

But here they are, facing consequences for their actions!!!

[@pleiadecca]

Exactly right.

[@lfcmike12]

​@@RabidPandaTheir names are in this vid towards the end 👍

[@ChicagoDB]

5 years in Prison and about 10,000 hours of community service cleaning graffiti and picking up rubbish along the motorway is about right.

[@binderfan436]

20 years is better. No parole.

[@billyt9987]

Don't forget the MASSIVE fine. That would get those Tards attention.

[@ui0ekim52]

That's much too lenient.

[@tobyrose6906]

They have continued to Disrupt. Etc. Not listened to Judge so hopefully Prison. 5 years ...minimum....

[@tobyrose6906]

​@@ui0ekim52Cut A hand off.... ....

[@Icasus]

You know what else is criminal? Taking 2 years to sentence these idiots. The only reason Just Stop Oil is a problem is because the justice system is broken.

[@joey8567]

And in 2 years, oil is still making their tags, coloring, hair products, ................

[@nicocourtney7260]

You defunately got that right! The system is in dire need of a major revamp

[@Dems.rizz.kids.in.libraries]

these are actors paid by large oil companies to influence the publics opinion on anti oil... don't be fooled as easily as sheep.🤣🤣

[@earleenthomas2572]

And the sentence is STILL not delivered! 😡

[@michellebarnhill5130]

It's also been given a pass because a billionaire funds it. It's his organization.

[@mrsw2923]

The world is not about you. I haven’t seen this much narcissism ever. I hope they give them 10 years.

[@colinmeehan791]

With hard labour.

[@crispinfornoff206]

Try 50

[@retroreview6178]

The prisoners are going to have a field day with them because they don’t have their affluent parents to save them lol

[@Blurb777]

They need to learn how to use oil paints in an intelligent manner - they must stay in prison until they can paint that Van Gogh painting themselves and they cannot leave prison until they paint it to perfection, exactly as the original. If they cannot - they need to make that prison their permanent address.

[@missmarvelle]

The mother of one of these nutters is now campaigning to get her 4 year sentence reduced, that makes me very angry I hope she fails just like she failed as a mother when she didn't teach her daughter to respect other people's property and rights.

[@croberts2358]

As they wear shoes that are made with oil and they hold a bottle of super glue that was made with oil all the ignorance of the young people

[@marksongbird7534]

Just proof of the power of hate propaganda

[@jimmieroan9881]

i agree completely, i hear these types in our country crying about the criminal oil industry but you don't see them walking places or wearing clothes made of bark or leaves.

[@Uzarran]

And waste a can of soup, which could have helped to feed a family of refugees.

[@MikeHarvey-ol7xr]

I'm assuming they didn't walk from their homes to the museum.

[@mikeauxbig]

@@Uzarran You mean illegals

[@jackyack7850]

Their sentence should be going to a colony where you live with no oil derived products or energy. No electronics, no synthetic fibers, no cosmetics, no shipped goods, cooking and heating by wood they gather themselves.

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

A bit of "Street Justice" is needed.

[@grdoreza]

A deserted remote island in the pacific

[@TonyKing-si2ns]

SPOT ON NO HEATING NO CLOTHES MADE FROM OIL . LET THEM GO BACK TO THE STONE AGE ASP IS WHAT I SAY . NO TV YOU CAN BET THAY WOULD BE CRYING THERE EYS OUT WITHIN A DAY OR TWO . THERE PARENTS HAVE A LOT TO ANSWER FOR AS WELL THAY HAVE NOT CONDEMNED THERE ACTION HAVE THAY .

[@rogercotton5134]

Good. That was a priceless painting. This group of cultist need to be disbanded.

[@valinorean4816]

per the video description, the painting was saved

[@StevenMilne-sm4fk]

@@valinorean4816yea still, come on man 🤡

[@nedtaylor1983]

@@valinorean4816 Hopefully the losers that defaced the painting will not be.

[@codernov]

Man I don't think they display the original painting. Exposure to UV, etc. Just a good copy and original I think is in storage.

[@nedtaylor1983]

@@codernov So you are just trying to make an assumption and turn it into a fact?

[@midnightaro]

Van Gogh’s art literally has nothing to do with what they’re trying to say. This is why nobody listens because they do it in such a dumb manner

[@michaellines2063]

Right! Oil paint comes from natural linseed oil, from a plant. They should glue themselves to a car instead.

[@interventor3507]

Nobody listens yet youre here clicking on the video

[@toneh154]

@@michaellines2063 Plummer won't even stop dying her hair, she says that we're in a critical time but puts her vanity first.

[@Glitteryfly]

Knowing Van gogh’s backstory makes me urk at the sight of this even more :(

[@liliana.6053]

I seriously doubt you've ever listened the 4 decades of more "polite" climate protests from before.

[@gitsurfer27]

It baffles me these 2 have been free to roam for 2 years without charges or so much as an ankle bracelet, and their only terms of bail are don't carry substances and don't go to museums. Why does it take 2 years to sentence them?

[@anemone104]

@@DM-ur8vc And another plus is that they can still have soup in a public place.

[@fredneecher1746]

@@anemone104 I thought it was a promo for Heinz.

[@anemone104]

@@fredneecher1746 At last! Somebody with a sense of humour.

[@zonked1200]

Didn't the one girl get arrested for plotting to do another crime? I hope they take that into account when sentencing her and make it longer.

[@paulgibbons2320]

​@DM-ur8vc what's the point though ? Can't sentencing be done sane day ? I've never got that tbh.

[@Princess_Jenah]

This is plain stupidity. You can protest in better ways. Defacing art does not prove your point.

[@daniellefavreau1275]

But they are so stupid … do not expect them to think 🤔 they have no brain .

[@akgypsy54]

I agree with you so here’s their point; But..but…your Honor!! It’s an OIL painting!! 🤯these two are products of indoctrination. Sad😞

[@tedunguent156]

This is NOT a "protest". It is violence. It is vandalism. They achieved NOTHING toward their goal but only got themselves taken to jail and court and to make people despise people like them for their antics. They gained no sympathy for their cause but only created animosity toward people like themselves.

[@joanr3189]

They don’t have a cause, but they don’t know it. Mummy and daddy have to sit down with them and deal with them. Take away their allowance? Restrict their cell phone use?

[@tonig2757]

That's so true. If someone says anything against oil-companies nowadays, it's easy to assume they belong to the same attention seeking extreme leftists.

[@darrenblack6240]

They would still be glued to the wall if i had anything to do with it.

[@agneslong2323]

By a completely different body part.

[@Cynicalasever]

I totally Agree, and I would further add, No food or water, and a screen around the wall and Painting, and eggs for people like me to throw at the two misfits

[@Uzarran]

@@Cynicalasever "We call this piece 'Two Idiots, One Braincell'. And it speaks to the worrying state of our youth, today."

[@bernarddelossantos8083]

@@Uzarran one braincell? i see not one braincell.

[@mikeslater6246]

​@@Uzarranit's not just the youth today. They're idiots in all age groups. Did you see the age of the people holding the signs at 1:45 and 3:15 into the video.

[@kyleb3754]

Solicitor McFadden needs to be in jail too, her comments are beyond stupid

[@agneslong2323]

Like she thought they should be allowed to make speeches in court. LOL

[@smiddysmidton8313]

Extremely immature. The stupid arguments have no legal scope.

[@sweeneytodd011]

​@@smiddysmidton8313 they have no practical scope either.

[@gd3design63]

Lawyers....some of the biggest criminals of all.

[@alandavies55]

I hope her law firm sacks her for damaging their reputation

[@codexena1]

They need a long prison term and fined for all the destruction they caused.

[@noneofyourbusiness5433]

Imagine being so arrogant that you think your ideas are important enough that you can destroy others property........

[@gvdschoot]

I am sure that they have learned the wrong things. They wanted to make an example. Let's give them that.

[@ChrisBarringer]

@@gvdschootthey are delusional

[@Capohanf1]

THAT IS THE LEFT FOR YOU!!!!!!!!

[@oracle7017]

Yes, It's normally billed as Communism.

[@nbgoodiscore1303]

​@@CoysMastersonYou wrote this post using oil and gas

[@TheCompleteGuitarist]

Privileged twots with too much time on their hands.

[@steyraug96]

And too many idle hands for the Devil's work. 😝

[@matthewbledsoe3506]

And glue

[@childofthe60s100]

And poorly educated too!

[@koolkat5217]

​@@matthewbledsoe3506you stole my thunder 😂

[@matthewbledsoe3506]

@@koolkat5217 great minds think alike

[@godblessamerica7048]

Vandalism is not peaceful; it's criminal.

[@JohnJeyaPratama]

vandalism is not a person.

[@EatSuck]

@@JohnJeyaPratamathey didn’t say it was. Think before you respond.

[@SweetPappyJones]

@@JohnJeyaPratamayou are not a person

[@cassandraknight8804]

IT GETS ATTENTION. Including yours

[@godblessamerica7048]

@@cassandraknight8804 It just proves that they are idiots!

[@arkadius2824]

Eco-terrorism does not constitute a legitimate form of protest. Perpetrators of such acts should be held legally accountable for the damage inflicted upon cultural and artistic heritage.

[@SteveBellinghamatHappyScience]

They should leave them glued to the wall and label them as a piece of art called 'foolishness.'

[@herpederpe4320]

They glued themselves to the benches in my countrys parliament. The guards just dragged them away, ripping the skin off.

[@suegibson8914]

Great idea. 👍🏻😃

[@FreeSp17]

​@@herpederpe4320 brutal but I like it, thats what they get for their entitlement.😂

[@johnossendorf9979]

Nice, you beat me to it 😊.

[@FindAReason-mi7go]

Modern art is nonsense, simply unique mediums of investment, that prize the death of the artist. The art world is a dictatorship not a democracy because most people hate modern art. But damaging other people's pretentious rubbish still is a crime.

[@dadanifit]

This crime is blatantly evidenced. Why is it taking so long for justice to put them in jail?

[@vincefont4765]

Rich parents

[@stephenmurray2851]

Background reports. They send them to social workers to see if they have depression, bad upbringing blah blah blah

[@andrewdalziel4006]

At one time they would have been arrested and would up in court the very next day. They videoed what they did, so the evidence against them would be overwhelming so it would be an open and shut case and the whole trial over in about 10 minutes. They would be on their way to jail immediately afterwards. That would be a proper deterrent.

[@anemone104]

@@andrewdalziel4006 When was that then? Just asking.

[@johnossendorf9979]

@@vincefont4765 Exactly ! Spot on !

[@ladyocculus3525]

If people were arrested, heavily fined and jailed, this would stop.

[@Thetache]

If the public very roughly stopped them doing it and law allowed that as "citizens defence" it would stop pretty sharply, same with people dragging them off the road and throwing them in the hedge, the law needs to stop protecting the law breakers from just consequences for being annoying bellends

[@user-xm7uw6uc7g]

​@@Thetache literally....you ever wonder why these sort of acts ONLY happen in completely westernised countries....In other countries people still have self respect and will fight THEMSELVES against the person destroying property infront of them

[@AndrewWhite-fu7bn]

I think they like to be arrested, fined and jailed. They think the publicity and outrage is good for the cause.

[@user-eq4sp6hn2x]

this is what happens when you never tell your children "no".

[@imonit4272]

And that’s what happens when single m0mmy-hood is enabled, condoned and celebrated.

[@jaymac7203]

These rich little narcissists really think they're doing something heroic don't they? 😤

[@marty01957]

Even more frightening is that they will reproduce!

[@RichardYu1983]

That should be a 10-year sentence minimum.

[@captainawasome8985]

I think they just bought the painting - break it and you bought it! Let them pay the full amount! If they can't pay they will have to work in jail until they have paid for it.

[@bingatos1879]

Calm down everyone !!!! IT WASN’T DAMAGED AT ALL !!!! It was behind A GLASS PANELS. So all you art lovers; who think a human life ( created by GOD) isn’t worth a “painting” created by a single one if GODS Creations ; USE YOUR BRAIN 🧠 , if you still have one. AS A JUDGE ; I would give them no more than 30 days community service and time served in detention. Let them just CLEAN UP the mess they created. Clean up the toilets 🚽 in the Museum. Maybe they meet some nice humans like you “Art Lovers” and you influence them with your caring & LOVE. ❤

[@TheRealWindlePoons]

They will probably only get a year or two but it should be "hard labour". That would certainly give them food for thought before re-offending.

[@a95569]

And a public flogging.

[@carefir]

Bullocks! I much prefer that they be sent to Afghanistan

[@gypsynasada7658]

That's a great idea.

[@mwallace2922]

Awesome 😎👍👍

[@samanthacrump1976]

North Korea

[@erikweiss769]

lol. That's totally not fair to the Afghanis

[@karlosiouk]

Coal polluting China

[@k.s.333]

This is why no one takes environmentalism seriously anymore

[@GAMERIN-rn6dj]

Out of every artist they chose Vincent van Gogh? The man who ate paint because he had no food

[@Monkey-fv2km]

He had no food because he chose to spend his money on paint…he certainly thought art was more important than food.

[@ZacTexC]

The irony is Vincent didn’t want recognition

[@Todd.T]

My buddy ate lead paint chips off his crib back in the day.

[@Cuz.im.batman]

​​@@Todd.T so did these 2 which was probably lead based paint, which is why there so messed up!

[@Todd.T]

@@Cuz.im.batman Yeah, when they got older and went to school, they were the ones the teacher sat in the corner, for eating the paste. Eventually they went to schools the rest of us never heard of via a short bus and were never seen again.

[@contrarian8870]

Number of people converted to their cause after this: ZERO

[@billb3673]

Number of "Deadly Emissions" stopped 0.... puppet boobs that don't think past their nose..

[@eucliduschaumeau8813]

Every time they do something like this, they turn the hatred towards them into the stratosphere.

[@jumpstar9000]

I've grown to appreciate them to be honest. They bring a little bit of colour to the world. As far as I know, nothing has been damaged beyond the superficial.

[@iamalphalim]

I think some have been deconverted and even more have been inoculated against their “cause”

[@TheRealWindlePoons]

"Number of people converted to their cause after this: ZERO" I honestly wonder if they are funded by the oil companies...

[@bluecollar58]

They should be banned from using anything petroleum based.

[@jazzywayz9773]

No use of smart phones nor laptops, think of all the plastics involved in their daily lives. Not to mention the paint on their "just stop oil" t shirts

[@JB-ti7bl]

Not even a bicycle. Petroleum tires, oiled chain, plastic cable housings...

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

No spectacles, no jewellery, no leather shoes, certain clothes.These posh girls have been indoctrinated by parents or teachers.

[@hhealy7199]

No heat in the winter.

[@sandraderoubaix734]

No cars, boats, planes or trains. No petroleum jelly based products. Nothing plastic or polyester including their shoes, clothes etc! Rather go clean a street or beach and be useful !

[@GreatExpectationsTravel]

Vandalizing one of the worlds greatest pieces of art is not a peaceful protest.

[@philsellers6003]

Sentence them to working multiple years on an oil rig in the North Sea.

[@joycemanning1254]

Good touch!

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Good one!

[@77trashman]

I'm down with that.

[@davidhendrie9455]

Spoilt middle class brats, not a days work in them!

[@mwallace2922]

👍👍👍

[@dogstar5927]

I implore these young climate activists to please go to the biggest petroleum producing countries in the world and protest freely. I highly recommend going to Saudi Arabia and the UAE first. I heard they are very understanding, supportive and accommodating of these activities. 😌

[@daddyrabbit835]

and China

[@thomasvanhede5771]

thsoe are cowards , they like taking 0 risk and act like they are heroes , if ppl were allowed to give slaps and protect culural materiall you won't see those around , bring back the good old mommy/daddy slap , i just imagine me young as those and do the same , i would not be afraid of the cops , i would be afraid of my dad retaliation. First a slap then he would offer the museum my free service as floor cleaner for my whole vacation, and the floor better be clean everyday !

[@julieinthenorthwest4594]

and India ... ah, well, ... the entire Asian and African continents where little to no carbon/clean air acts/regulation exist.

[@berner]

And the UN also voted Saudi Arabia #1 for Human Rights. They'll absolutely respect the wishes of young climate activists :D

[@tedunguent156]

@@berner Yeah, especially when they look like these two.

[@antman7673]

Also call them vandalists not activists.

[@fmcm7715]

Nope they’re just vandals pure and simple!

[@martinnewcombe6088]

Give them the maximum sentence possible to send a message that you do not have the right to damage a countries significant cultural heritage.

[@brucejedwabny3473]

1 year in jail for sitting in a road blocking traffic would be a nice law.

[@davidsivills3599]

Or even two

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

And allowing people who just want to go about their daily lives uninterrupted by these vermin to simply drive though.

[@user-fe6km7gw8m]

What about an emergency. ambulance, fire, etc and someone's life is lost while they're blocking the road's? This should be Life in prison for all involved! These kid's are not thinking of their future, they're thinking of their "popularity" on social media! Trying to be like Greta.

[@AezlyndWanderin]

@@user-fe6km7gw8myes they should get charges of intentional manslaughter at the very least and possibly murder since the child’s mother told them her baby was dying and begged them to let them through but they refused and ignored her.

[@MungoLouis]

Causing a road block for the peasants isn't the same as nearly destroying the assests of the elites.

[@jimpinney]

How does destroying a rare art piece change the climatic?

[@bingatos1879]

How does NOT DESTROYING IT, limit your stupidity ???!!! Calm down everyone !!!! IT WASN’T DAMAGED AT ALL !!!! It was behind A GLASS PANELS. So all you art lovers; who think a human life ( created by GOD) isn’t worth a “painting” created by a single one if GODS Creations ; USE YOUR BRAIN 🧠 , if you still have one. AS A JUDGE ; I would give them no more than 30 days community service and time served in detention. Let them just CLEAN UP the mess they created. Clean up the toilets 🚽 in the Museum. Maybe they meet some nice humans like you “Art Lovers” and you influence them with your caring & LOVE. ❤

[@Neil-Aspinall]

These type of 'persons' have issues of a delusional nature, James.

[@anemone104]

Not that rare when there are at least 5 versions painted by the artist, surely? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflowers_(Van_Gogh_series) And was it actually destroyed? Did they try to destroy it? Or did they just get it a bit soupy?

[@ZarkowsWorld]

It´s is a religious cult. It is all about creating an Us and Them feeling in the followers of the cult, to radicalize them further into violence.

[@PhilJonesIII]

@@anemone104 That's like saying murder or assault is OK because there are millions of people. They committed an act of vandalism to draw attention to a pointless cause.

[@RougeKirschen]

Not only jail time, they need to pay the cost to clean/restore the painting. No entry for museum and criminal charges recorded all over the world so they won’t be able to visit other countries for holidays or even for future work.

[@maiconkrueger2863]

Verdade concordo com você.

[@Cheshyre.]

The good thing is, this was most likely a replica. Most of the real art is tucked away from viewing because of this very thing.

[@SimplyJorgasmic]

They are stupid. Yes. But end any chance they have at being successful for throwing tomato soup at a painting? You're just as extreme as they are, except you want human beings to suffer.

[@Luragon9876]

Fortunately, the painting wasn't actually damaged, as it had a layer of protective glass.

[@not.likely]

What to do when you're going no where in life

[@carly8056]

Five years in jail. Zero pity. Enough is enough with this woke, idiotic crap!

[@The_huntress111]

Sucked on to them

[@jimcampbell8061]

As long as they serve the whole five.....Brits, Ozzies, Canooks all talk a tough line but are truly soft on crime and oblivious to the damage criminals do. Rehabilitation is only one pillar of justice but these governments are fixated and things like deterrence, punishment, and restitution are routinely ignored.

[@sharonhall6518]

@@jimcampbell8061o

[@allisonjames2923]

🙄 Enough with calling things “woke”. The anti-woke rhetoric is what truly needs to stop. But having said that, this action is vandalism, not a protest. We need to stop our reliance on fossil fuels because it’s causing irreparable damage to the environment. But this won’t do anything.

[@LRBerry]

I hope they get long prison sentences.

[@phantomstarlight1366]

Prison yes, but honestly, I don't know what I feel is the reasonable length. The fact is they went in there with malicious intent to vandalize and cause a disturbance. They didn't care how it would effect other people, they just wanted it to be loud. Protesting does NOT give you the right to commit crimes without consequence.

[@henrikaugustsson4041]

Forever should be long enough.

[@mikegohagan1257]

I hope they go to prison for a long, long time.

[@damien4969]

But not oil lobbyists who bribe the media into lying to get us in to wars for oil? Your priorities are insane

[@dalerorex1416]

Life no parole

[@damien4969]

@@dalerorex1416 but billionaire oil frackers who fund the media and bribe politicians into keeping us in forever wars in Middle East resulting in mass civilian casualties and generations of American’s coming home with ptsd should just walk free. But you’re more angry that kids threw food on a painting😅?

[@vivrowe2763]

Well they won't!

[@mikegohagan1257]

@@vivrowe2763 They're going to do some years.

[@lisao9486]

And what did this accomplish? Absolutely nothing

[@rogertull8888]

10 YEAR MINIMUM PRISON TERM, WITH NO CHANCE OF PAROLE. I'M SICK AND TIRED OF THESES CLIMATE TERRORISTS

[@bingatos1879]

Calm down everyone !!!! IT WASN’T DAMAGED AT ALL !!!! It was behind A GLASS PANELS. So all you art lovers; who think a human life ( created by GOD) isn’t worth a “painting” created by a single one if GODS Creations ; USE YOUR BRAIN 🧠 , if you still have one. AS A JUDGE ; I would give them no more than 30 days community service and time served in detention. Let them just CLEAN UP the mess they created. Clean up the toilets 🚽 in the Museum. Maybe they meet some nice humans like you “Art Lovers” and you influence them with your caring & LOVE. ❤

[@davidrpayton]

Yep, they need to make an example out of them.

[@user-ol9vl7ul1s]

The Greed drenched Climate Criminals destroying the Planet are the Terrorists !

[@stephenw2992]

1 year with no products that used oil in their production allowed in their lives would be a better punishment

[@tomb.524]

How old are you? 12? 10 years for this is ridiculous.

[@lukeclark7367]

This is not protesting this is straight up criminal acts. They protest oil but cant get a grip on the fact everthing around them is in some way connected to oil.

Someone's making profit of mental problems of young adults. Instead of giving them therapy money, put them to do this. And get jailtime.

[@piereandreturner2818]

Agree, by "stop oil," they probably meant stopping the petroleum industry, but petroleum is all around us. I mean naphta, cooking gas, paraffin, kerosene, wax, lubricant, bitumen, etc. There's a reason why petroleum producing countries are crazy rich despite the advent of electric and hydrogen car. We still doesn't have an electric or hydrogen fueled commercial and passenger aircraft, researchers estimate it would take another decade to make it a reality.

[@renegade-master29]

They'll be needing the lube oil in prison, lol

[@michaelwright8896]

This is 100% protesting the intention was to protest against fossil fuel consumption and government policies related to oil and gas, rather than to vandalize art for its own sake.

[@helmutschmacher2100]

The person who financed them probably doesnt even know they did that...and wouldnt give a damn anyway. Just stupid little puppets.

[@grueslayer]

So it only took 2 years to figure out that they're guilty with video evidence that the entire world saw immediately after they did it. What does justice even mean at this point?

[@FirstLast-sw1gx]

And they'll get a slap on the wrist and serve like 30 days. All of this court stuff is just a formality.

[@HalfEatenDimSim]

$

[@Marc.Martain]

“What is worth more, art or life? Is it worth more than food? Worth more than justice? “Are you more concerned about the protection of a painting, or the protection of our planet and people? The cost of living crisis is part of the cost of oil crisis.” "Phoebe Plummer"

[@someaussieguy140]

​@BenHermans-cv7re Why must the protection of our planet involve vandalising a painting? Instead of blocking traffic and vandalising things, why not go clean up a beach or something?

[@suntzu6122]

@@Marc.Martain Sorry why are you writing r3tard quotes?

[@CosmicCoyote]

2 years to hand down a sentence that could have been administered later that same week without wasting 10's of thousands of tax payers dollars. Put these destructive vandals in jail for a few years immediately after they attack something and this non sense will stop. Just another sign of how broken and pathetic justice is in western countries. Most likely whatever sentences they get will be watered down to be completely meaningless. No lessons learned and the cycle will repeat ad nauseam

[@joshuawells835]

Now jail the punks who attacked Stonehenge!

[@vicv.2720]

Round up their "solicitors" as well. They clearly condone these crimes, and should also be held libel.

[@pgreen8531]

Absolutely right ✅️

[@Gurzil-]

Give them 10 years

[@mobilephil244]

Life

[@Dogfacedbloke]

They will serve no more than 7 days.

[@theamerican7080]

In the front door, then right out the back 30 seconds later.

[@jerrymoto6249]

I'd find the leaders and go after them, not the young people that buy into this are likely idiots that are just well-meaning.

[@chrisb9960]

It took two years to get this far and they still haven’t been sentenced.

[@JerdMcLean]

And you're all delusional if you think these protected cult members will be held accountable by their cult.

[@gd3design63]

Remember, around half of our society are complete idiots that condone this stuff and are probably fighting against holding them accountable. We're probably lucky they were even arrested.

[@onurbsenutna1261]

This was performative activism, not protest! These people do this kind of stuff, because they are under the impression nothing really serious will happen to them. Their lives are never really at risk, and punishment is always lenient, and they get to act as martyrs and "freedom fighters" with a boosted ego

[@themusesquad8554]

Make them pay the full price of the painting as well as pay the owner for the damages.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Van Gogh’s flower pot is probably worth more than $100 Million. Somehow don’t think they could afford it!

[@themusesquad8554]

@sirrathersplendid4825 too bad they will have to work for their entire life and their children's life for it. That why they shouldn't have done it. Only this way they will learn. Just like with Browser case and thr Roms site

[@romanhrobot9347]

​@@themusesquad8554i doubdt they can do any work

[@iamphoenix6310]

​@@themusesquad8554I thought he was Bowser?

[@mrjones4249]

That is reasonable.

[@brynerjeremiah367]

why did it take THIS LONG to arrest these entitled criminals?

[@juiceymoojuice]

Probably a back log of criminal cases

[@samuelelliott8453]

​@@slyisdaname That's every law system for huge populations at this point

[@PurdyGood]

“Entitled criminals”, says the serial torrenter 😂😂😂

[@PurdyGood]

Your high horse smells as bad as your BO. Take a shower before pretending to care about a painting.

[@CosmicFrenzy]

They were already arrested. What took so long was the sentencing, as is the case with most countries. Courts aren't quick.

[@Hidoidragon]

Keep in mind, there is a really small gap beetween activism and terrorism.

[@theincantrix1144]

No, there isn't. Neither the Van Gogh painting, nor Van Gogh himself, add anything (using the money grifting term of "carbon footprint") to the fantasy idea of climate change.

[@brothermaynard3200]

And idealism and fanaticism.

[@jw70467]

No there really isn’t. One can achieve much in the world as an activist without coming anywhere close to being a terrorist.

[@nickd4363]

So horrible. Jail. Now.

[@phillipdavies9233]

Her solicitor, Katie McFadden also needs to be jailed for advocating for criminal behaviour.

[@cocodojo]

Right, if we keep only going after the small fries, but leaving the bigger fish that's directing and spawning more new brainwashed tools, then we'd never get anywhere.

[@Gatis_]

Agree 💯 %

[@clarkabeast8136]

And it took them this long to jail them. The Justice System is a joke 🙄

[@pianoman5586]

Life is a joke

[@broden4838]

How long would it take if the US law got involved?

[@StMeadMary]

Politicians bleed country dry so no money for justice system to enable swift courts action…plus they wanted them to be older to give harsher penalty

[@TruthGatherer2013]

The CRIMINAL Justice System = Justice for criminals

[@darkfoxxbunyip]

@@broden4838 It depends, it would be very quick indeed if they'd be a danger for the established government, like a political opponent like Trump. otherwise.... it'll take a while.

[@RottenAnimal]

I hope they get at least five years in prison with no chance of early release.

[@sggibson62]

Unfortunately that won’t happen .

[@TinasCrazyLife]

I'd hope for a solid 20 years.

[@gaborkovacs544]

I would give life time… that would maybe stop the next idiot

[@sggibson62]

@@TinasCrazyLife I'd like to know why these cases take so long when it's so clear cut .

[@JohnBeckman-bs1ky]

I hope go to jail for a very long time. They are not being sentenced for protesting. They being sentenced for Vandalism. Protest outside with signs or speeches. These people position is deeply flawed. Without fossil fuels the world starves. 8 billion people cannot be feed without fuel and fertilizer.

[@thevoiceofrevelationpodcast]

Judge..."The painting is considered priceless." "You will be in prison until the funds for it's restoration are collected and the restorstion attempted...if it cannot be restored, you will spend the rest of your lives in prision."

[@cbkqmom]

💯

[@primaveraitaly5002]

That will never happen. The British law is unbelievable. They will probably get their hands slapped a fine and told to be good girls😤

[@TJ-eq6dl]

@@primaveraitaly5002 not forgetting a self esteem holiday funded by us the tax payers!

[@swadlol]

It wasn’t destroyed. There was glass in front of it, but still they should face serious consequences.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@swadlol They also damaged the wall by glueing themselves to it, so there is additional criminal damage there.

[@rahn45]

In the grand scheme of things only two types of people: Those who can actually make things, and those who only destroy what others have built.

[@tristanbackup2536]

Three different types of trades have to make that wall. Those who make the wall structures, those who put plasta walls & those who paint & fill it. These rich urban kids don't know how much effort goes into making a simple wall.

[@eightsprites]

Very well said!

[@sebastiaodavila9747]

I love this phrase. Not only it's true but it's also beautiful. I'll write it in Latin to see if it looks great : ❛❛In magna rerum configuratione, duo ſunt genera perſonarum: ​​quæ conſtruere reapſe poſſunt & quæ ſolummodo deſtruunt quod alii ædificaverunt.❜❜ Beautiful, it should be written on a monument.

[@Opinionsrnotfacts574]

If only the media stopped covering these performative crimes these crimes would stop. Please don't give these people media coverage.

[@lifebetweenraindrops]

Or if the legal system would effectively deal with them

[@tagiscom]

If only the media stopped pushing this climate nonsense this would happen less.

[@Opinionsrnotfacts574]

@@lifebetweenraindrops I don't think they care about the punishment attached to the crime - that would not stop them in my opinion.

[@pointlessmanatee]

@@Opinionsrnotfacts574 bullshit they are doing this for money. I don't know who is paying them but if they thought there were actual repercussions I guaranfuckingtee it would stop immediately

[@ReikerForge]

@@Opinionsrnotfacts574 You can't change their minds about being degenerates, but concrete walls filled with guards and surrounded by barbed wire fencing are definitely good at stopping people like them from reoffending

[@stechuskaktus3577]

The vandals didn't destroy rome, they were merely peacefully protesting against civilization...

[@lostcrusader8053]

The same people who asked, “What’s more important? Art or life?” While throwing soup at a painting instead of giving to those who need to live another day. Irony at its finest

[@ChibiPanda8888]

All they do is spout useless garbage that makes you feel sorry for them and makes you feel guilty for not adhering to their agenda.

[@LatinGiudo817]

And the irony is that there's probably some kind of oil in Pinky's hair dye 🤦🏽

[@krashd]

@@LatinGiudo817 JSO are only against the use of oil in engines and power plants. You folks think you are being clever when you point out that "things are made of oil" but everyone over the age of five knows that things are made of oil and so everyone over the age of five should also be able to tell what JSO stand for. It's not rocket science, do better.

[@LatinGiudo817]

@@krashd So stopping traffic and vandalizing art is "stopping oil companies" rather than protesting near said oil companies? Any one over the age of 5 would see that there's no logic in that. Hell, 5 year olds would make more sense than that. Looks like you need to take your own advice JSO supporter.

[@DerekTJ]

"What's more valuable, food or art?" - throws food at art.

[@r_a_]

💯

[@Bobcatty]

No one was jailed for telling the truth. They were jailed for the crime of vandalism.

[@mimikurtz2162]

No one was jailed for ANYTHING yet. They were found guilty of the crime but have not yet been sentenced.

[@whitehead1187]

Ain't even the truth

[@mimikurtz2162]

@@whitehead1187 The truth about what? There were multiple points in those two comments. Are you denying one, some or all of them?

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

​@@mimikurtz2162 erm it isn't difficult, use your powers of deduction to decode what the person meant. It's all elementary Watson 😂

[@whitehead1187]

@@mimikurtz2162 Have you heard these people? Alot of them think we are going to burn alive in a few years. They are brainwashed nutters

[@uberredskn]

10 hrs without parole

[@robg521]

Glue the hands to the wall ?… they would do better to glue their mouth shut.

[@Monstervolging]

Funny how they NEVER desecrate modern art...

[@DavidPlayfair]

Would anyone notice that they had?

[@bingatos1879]

Because it ain’t worth SHIT 💩

[@vhagerty]

​@@DavidPlayfairI was thinking the same thing. Lol😊

[@gvdschoot]

Or demonstrate the Formula 1 at Silverstone for instance? It is because they are cowards and their group is very small. But most of them it's because they are cowards.

[@FreeSpeech101-pb3lg]

Excellent observation!

[@rogueyun9613]

The young and brainwashed...

[@mikeslater6246]

Just brainwashed, it's not just the youth. Look at 1:45 and 3:15 into the video and the age of the people holding those signs

[@rysev700x]

​@@mikeslater6246it's amazing some people hit 70+ yrs and remain brainwashed

[@dannynrny473]

rather brainless

[@00Kuja00]

@@rysev700x They probably were active during the 70s, so this like "round 2" for them.

[@gailmckay5551]

You have to have a brain to be brainwashed.

[@Thomas-vj1mf]

I would have removed the botches leaving thier hands attached to the wall.

[@Badge1122]

They would HATE their lives if there was no OIL.

[@user-nb2sq5hy5r]

Yes! Then they would whine about the things they used to have and how life is so hard.

[@spiderbloke1075]

What a bunch of narcissistic hypocrites!

[@krashd]

Then it's a good thing then that JSO don't want there to be "no oil".

[@AnthonyJ504]

​​@@krashd No, they just want an end to all oil, gas, and coal use by the year 2030. Which is a pipe dream. They would do better asking for a unicorn as a pet. It's an organization that preys on mostly naive youth who have almost no real world adult experience. Take pink hair in this video for example. A young woman who has admitted to never paying a bill in her life. Yet the world should listen to her and people like her? Yea, no thanks.

[@raewynwright5451]

Their clothes are probably made from oil ,the As for the judge it should wet the tissue paper so the sentence don't hurt them 1:34

[@johnJ3241]

Should throw McFadden in jail with them. Destroying whatever they want doesn't help climate cause. These people are nuts and belong in jail.

[@williammkydde]

This solicitor is not speaking as a professional, but as a militant. McFadden's objections are not even of legal nature.

[@richatlarge462]

I can tell many truths, but if I vandalize property, I'm still a criminal.

[@sonofburma]

If you are keep telling the truth, and nothing is being heard, then the direct action is warranted. Lol.

[@Dems.rizz.kids.in.libraries]

these are actors paid by large oil companies to influence the publics opinion on anti oil... don't be fooled as easily as sheep.

[@nava8167]

Committing a crime is a terrible way to get what you think is a truth out there. Everybody already knows about just stop oil and there reasons and people have their own opinions. They did not achieve anything so really they just committed a crime.

[@richatlarge462]

@@sonofburma No, not if the direct action is vandalism.

[@Zero-s7k]

God how I wish it was a real painting and they had to pay it all back lmao lol.

[@michaelmokotong]

This is so antisocial. Completely unacceptable.

[@rexstetson1717]

Apparently when you go to court, it’s a good idea to hire a lawyer who practices law if you want to stay out of jail instead of hiring another whack job activist.

[@4thinternational283]

I'd also consider hiring a barrister, rather than a solicitor, when appearing in crown court. Although, having said that they were bang to rights anyway, and their solicitor did them no favours whatsoever.

[@Ken-yf8zl]

But in this case, the offence is absolute. Get these two lunatics off the streets and put them where they belong.

[@MisterDutch93]

Sometimes you can tell people are annoying to be around just by looking at them. These two women look exactly like that.

[@hsss1]

A Ranger Goth.....

[@johnmarksbury1633]

I hope they both get the maximum sentence thrown at them and they spend every day of that sentence in jail.

[@consul6262]

Unfortunately whatever the sentence is, they we only do half. Which I have never understood.

[@watchhans]

If you destroy history and art, you destroy yourself.

[@louisdupuy2090]

That particular painting is worth 39.9 Million. The courts should make a mandatory sentence of making them work civil service jobs, to pay for the actual cost of the painting AND the cost to clean it. That should keep them as indentured servants for the rest of their lives. That will also stop all of the other nut jobs from doing the same thing.

[@brokenhanz-o4m]

That’s reasonable. History should be preserved. Defacing history should be considered an act of treason to humanity.

[@operator8014]

Well, the painting was behind a pane of glass, so the total damages were maybe $100.

[@FitnessGuru91]

The painting likely wasn't the real one. Just a good copy of it, also was behind glass. But stupid way of protesting or whatever bs they are doing.

[@JeffSherlock]

No. Just prison, for life.

[@BrayanCarmona-kr7vt]

​@@FitnessGuru91I work at one of these museums and the paintings are all real. The glass you don't see many times, because it's on camera but in person you will see it's tempered glass that can withstand many hits from even small caliber bullets like 9 mm. I work as a supervisor at one of the museums which I can't name due to security, but all I can say and share is that in case of a fire or anything catastrophic big none of the paintings or artwork would likely survive and since it's all insured it's got to be real and there for insurance companies to pay the owner of the museum etc. Yes some paintings might be swapped by a clone, fake or call it what you want, but we mostly only do that when repairs are being done on the actual painting. Most clones or fakes won't even stay I display for more than 3 days at a time lol

[@biang1]

This crime has convinced me their cause is evil and we need to raise and fight against the cause.

[@user-sh7yc3sx4o]

As a lesson, the museum should have closed. Leaving them guarded via camera & glued to the wall, ignored.

[@f.f.657]

Nah they would have destroyed more things. Just glue them in the basement and keep them there for the night lmao

[@neilbarnett3046]

Oh, just say "The solvent to release you from the wall is derived from oil, you won't want any of that, so you'll be there for a few weeks. And you won't want a potty, either, they are plastic, (derived from oil), so maybe I can get you a woolly pad to pee into and a wooden tampon?"

[@princestevenii.772]

They proved their point. People care more about a painting than the fact we are all going to die.

[@buddyboy2022]

These two young women will get a shock, and a criminal record when they are rightly sent to prison.

[@Hypernautz]

I dont know how committing a crime by vandalizing a timeless painting is gonna change climate. Just go to jail already.

[@jomon723]

but they use oil in many ways everyday ....Why don't THEY stop

[@Blurb777]

Exactly! All transportation takes oil. I wonder if they walked or rode their bikes to the museum. They need to be sentenced to live without any trace of oil in their day to day living - including polyester clothing, the water proof back packs, all plastics, shoes, etc.

[@RabidPanda]

these people are the biggest hypocrites. if you took everything that has oil apart of it from them. they would go even more insane and be put in an asylum.

[@chrisredfield4017]

They won't stop until everyday people take action and physically stop them.

[@RabidPanda]

@@chrisredfield4017 then the legal system throws you in jail. its so wrong.

[@SalPerez-io3mz]

They are liberals. Too lazy to actually do anything good, so they destroy whats good already. But they say nice words that make them think they have moral authority.

[@mcbridemotorsports5788]

Please bring back ASYLUMS! They're obviously needed!

[@Pomisher]

Let them become part of the exhibit. Keep them glued there.

[@larrycumba2741]

Agreed

[@Klaus293]

Yeah, I don’t know why they make such an effort to safely remove these glued idiots. Let them sit and that part will stop happening.

[@mteresastoa4896]

And duct tape their mouths

[@gilian2587]

They'd begin to stink before too terribly long. And they're more likely to deter visitors from the exhibition than attract them.

[@TG14159]

I've been saying this for a long time. Let them stay glued where they put themselves. If they end up fouling themselves after awhile, let the public see them. I'd think a day or two would be fine before taking them to jail.

[@Funkymanx]

This is vandalism stop sugar coating this atrocity

[@anemone104]

When is vandalism an atrocity? 9-11 was an atrocity.

[@Dang3rMouSe]

Why isn't Katie McFadden, their solicitor, facing prison time?

[@rushelm8101]

She appears to be part of the problem.

[@ginvr]

So you advocate for a system of kangaroo courts where an accused is not allowed legal council? Let's see how that pans out

[@luckymchl2074]

This is terrorism, and should have been treated as such. What a joke.