A painting of Lord Balfour housed at the University of Cambridge’s Trinity College was slashed by protest group Palestine Action.

The painting of Lord Balfour was made in 1914 by Philip Alexius de László inside Trinity College. The Palestine Action group specifically targeted the Lord Balfour painting, describing his declaration as the beginning of “ethnic cleansing of Palestine by promising the land away—which the British never had the right to do.”

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    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.

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      Anyone who loses sympathy for Palestinians after this probably didn’t have much to begin with.

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        If your goal is to stop the genocide then the concern from the people without much matters a lot.

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        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.

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          Oh don’t worry though all the edgy teens are for it and this will bring their vast resources to bear on the problem.

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        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.

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          How are people forgetting about him?

          I assume he has a wikipedia page which is still intact.

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            Tells me the wiki still up: “Look it up on the internet bro, do your own research.”

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                Nah, someone suggesting a Wikipedia page is still up is making the suggestion to look it up… it’s stupid.

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              What’s the point of Wikipedia if not to preserve history? I can get more information from a wiki than a painting

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          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!

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            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.

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          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.

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        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.