Extreme environmental movements

 Over a week ago a group promoting stopping the use of oil raised a big controversy. Two teenagers threw canned tomato soup at Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" in the National Gallery in London. The painting which is priced at almost 100 milion dollars fortunately didn't take any damage thanks to a protective layer of glass on the painting. They spilled soup then glued themselves to the gallery wall using quick-drying glue and started shouting phrases about saving the environment. A couple months ago a similar incident happened in the Louvre in Paris. A man dressed as an old disabled woman threw cake all over Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and then also started saying a message. 

I personally think that these kind of protests are good for spreading the message but at a cost. By targeting something which is high valued and known they can get a lot of media coverage on the movement but that also shows the organisations as extreme and maybe even dangerous to the world. By promoting something using destruction they won't get very positive opinions from people and that might result in not supporting what they do even if it's good for the enivronmnet.

Articles:

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/15/oil-protesters-appear-in-court-threw-soup-van-gogh-painting.html

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/14/just-stop-oil-activists-throw-soup-at-van-goghs-sunflowers

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61635822

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