Green Peace damage Nazca Lines World Heritage Site

[rpanic]

http://io9.com/this-greenpeace-stunt-may-have-irreparably-damaged-peru-1669728616

Way to promote your cause, what a bunch of assholes.

 

[TwiceOver]

Fucking dicks.

 

[Brian Stirling]

http://io9.com/this-greenpeace-stunt-may-have-irreparably-damaged-peru-1669728616

Way to promote your cause, what a bunch of assholes.

Yeah, not too smart.

Fortunately they used cloth that can be removed and didn't use paint. OTH, if they staked the cloth that could have done damage.

This harms there cause and hurts others that promote alternative energy -- not good.


Brian

 

[PowerYoga]

To top it off they aren't sorry about desecrating the world heritage site at all, they're non-apologetic for the "moral offense" they caused.

 

[HN]

Fortunately they used cloth that can be removed and didn't use paint. OTH, if they staked the cloth that could have done damage.

the damage was done from walking on the grounds...

"They are absolutely fragile. They are black rocks on a white background. You walk there and the footprint is going to last hundreds or thousands of years," said the minister. "And the line that they have destroyed is the most visible and most recognized of all."

but hey, greenpeace said they're sorry so...it's all good homies.

 

[sourceninja]

Greenpeace is a terrible org. I can't imagine why people still support them.

 

[SunnyD]

Greenpeace is also sending its Executive Director Kumi Naidoo to Lima to apologize in person to the Peruvian government.

I hope Kumi is greeted at the airport with a shiny pair of bracelets.

 

[TwiceOver]

I hope Kumi is greeted at the airport with a shiny pair of bracelets.

Wouldn't it be crazy if an organization was held responsible for what it's people do?

 

[PowerYoga]

but hey, greenpeace said they're sorry so...it's all good homies.

no they didn't. Their apology essentially amounts to "Sorry you're so ugly" type of apology that grade school kids throw at each other.

 

[AdamantC]

Jesus jizz in a jacuzzi. Did the guy that got his dick stuck in a toaster come up with this idea?

 

[IronWing]

Great, now the aliens are going to crash into the ocean.

 

[Printer Bandit]

what is CX?

 

[dainthomas]

Great, now the aliens are going to crash into the ocean.

They probably changed the sign from saying "Please don't invade us" to "Please come eat our faces off".

Thanks, hippies.

 

[Berliner]

A publicity stunt that worked?

Lets see how low they have to go next time, to get news coverage for protecting the environment.

 

[Ruptga]

Footprints as irreparable damage? Does nobody else think they might be overstating their case? Greenpeace is a group of attention whores, but I don't think they're the only ones.

 

[IronWing]

Nazca lines, not NASCAR! Who cares?

 

[Pocatello]

I read wrongly, thought NASCAR site was damaged (wouldn't bring a tear to my eyes), but then I thought NASCAR and world heritage don't go together, unless you're a redneck. But this is wrong.

 

[HN]

Footprints as irreparable damage? Does nobody else think they might be overstating their case? Greenpeace is a group of attention whores, but I don't think they're the only ones.

in this case, most likely. think of it like it's the mona lisa of peru and some assholes trampled over it.

 

[TheVrolok]

Footprints as irreparable damage? Does nobody else think they might be overstating their case? Greenpeace is a group of attention whores, but I don't think they're the only ones.

By walking all over it they disrupted the background which is created by essentially a covering of black rocks on lighter sand. Think of a sandbox that was covered in a fine layer of gun powder. Then walk all over it. What you have is tons of white spots now.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Footprints as irreparable damage? Does nobody else think they might be overstating their case? Greenpeace is a group of attention whores, but I don't think they're the only ones.

The site is extraordinarily fragile. I'd say that it's the difference between stepping on someone's toe and their exposed brain.

I think the best apology would be jail time. Certainly no longer than the number of years since the lines were drawn, because we wouldn't want to be unfair.

 

[doubledeluxe]

Greenpeace is a terrible org. I can't imagine why people still support them.

I have a friend who works for them and oddly enough everything that I listed that I thought they did that was shitty was not them. They get pegged for a lot of things even when they don't do it.

 

[Matthiasa]

See next post for actual damage.
/ignore

Before:

After:

I somehow suspect that after it is/was removed it would be hard to tell they were ever there at least from the air.
No damage was done to the figure itself.

Still was stupid of them to do though.

 

[MrPickins]

Before:

After:

I somehow suspect that after it is/was removed it would be hard to tell they were ever there at least from the air.
No damage was done to the figure itself.

Still was stupid of them to do though.

No, this is the aftermath:

Fuck Greenpeace.


I'm glad they took filmed themselves doing it. Maybe it can be used to identify them for prosecution.

http://imgur.com/gallery/0WTMM

 

[Matthiasa]

I like how that image was not in the article... They probably should have used that one instead.

 

[Belegost]

No, this is the aftermath:

That is absolutely tragic.

I have never liked Greenpeace due to the methods they use to promote their agenda, and this is perhaps one of the worst results I've seen from their BS.