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The court
called the Van Gogh painting a "cultural
". He said it could have been "seriously damaged or
destroyed". The judge told the
: "You couldn't have cared less if the painting was damaged or
. You had no right to do what you did….You
think your beliefs give you the right to commit
when you feel like it." In their
, the protestors said that before throwing the soup, they checked to see if the painting was protected by glass. Museum
worried the soup could have dripped through the
.