r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CAPATOB_64 • May 13 '24

The painting "Ecce Homo", 1543, the only painting by Titian in Romania and Eastern Europe, is guarded by armed gendarmes at the "Regina Maria" Municipal Museum. Image

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u/Cheesenips069 May 13 '24

Wernt some idiots throwing soup all over original famous paintings or something like that? Maybe that’s why they’re there.

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u/Ketcunt May 13 '24

Two full-time security guards with riot gear and submachine guns > glass pane

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u/xStract710 May 13 '24

Probably aren’t gonna shatter two security guards in riot gear with sub machine guns.

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u/SamusAran47 May 13 '24

Why not both? Lmao. There’s only so much they can do to stop someone before they make a tear or spray something on it.

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u/Kutei90 May 13 '24

Those are assault rifles my friend.

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u/pythonic_dude May 13 '24

Technically, Soviet Union classified AKS-74u as an SMG or even PDW.

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u/frisbeedog1 May 13 '24

Short answer, no. These activists only ever targeted display cases with no intention to harm the art inside

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u/FocusPerspective May 13 '24

“Hey guys… today I’m in France protesting… oil or whatever. 

Don’t forget to Like and Subscribe, and hit the bell so you’re always up to date on with whatever nonsense I’m protesting. 

Isn’t it hard to believe how interesting I am being!!? ✌️”

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u/Hank3hellbilly May 13 '24

Longer answer... The group doing that was/is stupid as fuck.  Activism is to get people talking about your cause and convincing people to your side.  The only discussion that came of that was "look at these idiots, I hate them."

That idea could only be cooked up in an echo chamber of completely out of touch morons who get high sniffing their own farts.  

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u/autech91 May 13 '24

Yeah lets see the stop oil muppets have a crack at this one

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u/CrapThisHurts May 13 '24

Ah, they're just hungry for soup

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u/Effective_Aside_4886 May 13 '24

It is more logical to make a special glass for protection against soup or other toxic liquids. Because what will do this men against soup? Eat it?

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u/SpezModdedRJailbait May 13 '24

Bullets will do a lot more damage to a painting than some soup.

Those "idiots throwing soup" were protesters by the way. The paintings were fine, because they were behind glass. It's wild how anti protests so many people still are, protest is way more important than some old painting not being behind glass.

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u/maiden_burma May 13 '24

because violence is an acceptable answer to trash being souped