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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.
Its 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
(62,444 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/10/the-past-5000-years-mark-a-new-epoch-in-human-evolution-the-weekend-feature.html
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Seriously fuck up a sacred site that is part of the environment to proclaim that they are all about the environment. Dumbasses.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)former9thward
(32,077 posts)Nothing at the link about the nationalities involved.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)'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
(361 posts)dunno.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)I dunno
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)Iggo
(47,565 posts)former9thward
(32,077 posts)The term 'Ugly American' comes to mind.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)What is it that is so rolling on the floor funny to you about this?
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)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
(12,778 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)No reason to deface one of the world's cultural treasures.