Peru to press charges over Greenpeace Nazca lines stunt

[Baclava]

Activists allegedly damaged the millennia-old Nazca lines during a protest to draw attention to climate talks



Peru has vowed to prosecute Greenpeace activists after they allegedly damaged the world-famous Nazca lines during an environmental publicity stunt.

Activists from the group unfurled cloth letters spelling out a green energy slogan at the millennia-old site on Monday, adjacent to where the figure of a hummingbird is etched into the ground. Peru has said the activists damaged the ground by leaving footprints, which could last for thousands of years.

“It’s a true slap in the face at everything Peruvians consider sacred,” Luis Jaime Castillo, the deputy culture minister, said.

In a statement, the Peruvian culture ministry said: "After the illegal, premeditated action by environmental defense group Greenpeace, the zone has been seriously affected.” It described the stunt as an “attack on the cultural heritage of all Peruvians and all humanity".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/11286570/Peru-to-press-charges-over-Greenpeace-Nazca-lines-stunt.html

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Who the fuck ever thought this was a good idea?

[jberryhill]

1. Maybe it's the signal the aliens have been waiting for

[Baclava]

4. you scoff...but their hu-man hybridization program is coming along nicely

"We are more different genetically from people living 5,000 years ago than they were different from Neanderthals."

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/10/the-past-5000-years-mark-a-new-epoch-in-human-evolution-the-weekend-feature.html

[HappyMe]

2. How stupid of them.

Seriously fuck up a sacred site that is part of the environment to proclaim that they are all about the environment. Dumbasses.

[Baclava]

7. Seriously - can't take Americans anywhere n/t

[former9thward]

9. Greenpeace is an international organization.

Nothing at the link about the nationalities involved.

[Baclava]

14. I know - I used to be a member - here's some pics of them

'Officials say the Greenpeace activists entered a "strictly prohibited" area around the Nazca Lines...charges of “attacking archaeological monuments” would be pursued – these could potentially result in six years imprisonment for the activists involved'

[BubbaFett]

3. Why does this remind me of something Jello Biafra once said?

dunno.

[Baclava]

5. "If you love god, burn a church"?

I dunno

[2naSalit]

6. GONG!!!

[Iggo]

8. Footprints?

[former9thward]

10. Laughing at archaeological destruction.

The term 'Ugly American' comes to mind.

[jberryhill]

11. It's an arid environment. Footprints don't just "go away"

What is it that is so rolling on the floor funny to you about this?

[HappyMe]

12. What is funny about this?

It isn't as if the damage they did will just go away.

On the other hand, I suppose it is funny that environmentalists don't give a crap about that environment.

[NaturalHigh]

13. What a bunch of dumbasses.

[Octafish]

15. Greenpeace crossed the line. Lots of places in the world to make a message.

No reason to deface one of the world's cultural treasures.