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“Your harm is at category 1, which means extreme harm to society … The action you took was … criminally idiotic given the risks involved…”

– Judge Christopher Hehir, Southwark Crown Court, while sentencing the heads of Shell and ExxonMobil to 2 years in prison on Friday for their role in exacerbating the climate crisis.

Oh, I’m sorry, I meant while sentencing two climate activists for throwing soup on a painting to draw attention to the climate crisis.

juststopoil.org/2024/09/27/sen

Just Stop Oil – No More Oil and Gas · Sent down for throwing soup? Judge Hehir turns state repression into an art form – Just Stop OilTwo Just Stop Oil supporters who threw tomato soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 2 years by Judge Christopher Hehir at Southwark Crown Court today. [1] Phoebe Plummer was jailed for 2 years for the soup throwing plus 3 months for a S7 offence, while Anna Holland
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@aral
Criminal, yes. Idiotic, maybe. But extreme harm? To whom?
@Walrus