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Historic Portrait of Lord Balfour Slashed by Pro-Palestine Protestors
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That will win them sympathy for the cause. As if people need more reason to see Palestine and their sympathisers as violent criminals.
Also now money will be spent on restauration that could have gone to planting trees, or something nice.. instead it will be a very expensive restauration, increased security.
Maybe these protesters could do something more usefull like doing a collection and charity run for the people in Gaza.
Anyone who loses sympathy for Palestinians after this probably didn't have much to begin with.
If your goal is to stop the genocide then the concern from the people without much matters a lot.
When did appeals to sympathy ever convince a fascist they were wrong?
When it was what you named an artillery shell.
The thing is, this takes away from the actual human disaster in Gaza. This lunatic made the discussion about the art, the vandalisation, her and her mental illness. And she is loathed because of this.
And then that loathing is transferred with her onto the cause.
Oh don’t worry though all the edgy teens are for it and this will bring their vast resources to bear on the problem.
Balfour doesn’t deserve a portrait
Sure, let's forget about history and the people that made it. Forgetting about people like Balefour will erase history and assure it will never be repeated.
Wonder why most people don't care about what's going on in gaza.? The people that fight for its plight as such insufferable c...s that manage to alienate whole swaths of the public with their stunts.
And the person in the video must be mentally ill, so I hope they find her a bed in a closed institution.
How are people forgetting about him?
I assume he has a wikipedia page which is still intact.
Perhaps the destruction of a reminder has something to do with it.
Tells me the wiki still up: "Look it up on the internet bro, do your own research."
You just crossed the line into obvious trollling.
You were doing good until then
He’s pantomiming the stupid attitude being displayed here.
Nah, someone suggesting a Wikipedia page is still up is making the suggestion to look it up.. it's stupid.
What's the point of Wikipedia if not to preserve history? I can get more information from a wiki than a painting
In that case, I think we should put up huge portraits of Hitler in my neighborhood. The old destroyed synagogue is just a few hundred meters away and it would be a shame, if we would forget who did that!
Yeah cause that is the same. A portrait in a museum and what you suggest. With advocates like you, the Palestinians don't need enemies.
I'm not advocating for Palestinians, I'm advocating against your argument.
Actually, I wouldn't have known about the history without this painting being destroyed. Balefour is now in the public consciousness, more so than he was a week ago.
What’s the money collected going to do when Israel isn’t letting aid in?
I don't know, smuggle it in?
A whole port is being constructed now. And in the mean time, refugees outside Gaza, already making sure aid is ready. All these choices...
Everything is about what others should do, but for this there is a defeatist attitude. Oh, and destroying paintings.
By the time the port is constructed half of Gaza will be dead.
But that’s hard. Swiping at a canvas with a razor is easy.