Peru to press charges over Greenpeace Nazca lines stunt

UK Telegraph ^ | December 10, 2014 | Emily Gosden

[C19fan]

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.”

[C19fan]

A bunch of privilege gringos trampled on the Nazca lines so they unfurl a enviro message that can be seen from the air. The losers violated Peruvian law, one needs a special permit to access the Nazca lines on foot, and they damaged these sensitive historic landmarks. I hope the spend some time in a nasty Peruvian jail.

[a fool in paradise]

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Allow the indigenous people there to sacrifice them to the sun god.

[Red Badger]

Like Joran Van Der Sloot?.............

[eyeamok]

Isn’t this proof that they are in fact a Terrorist Organization? Shouldn’t Congress declare them so?

[C19fan]

I do not see any fundamental difference, only a matter of degree, between this and the Islamic fundamentalists blowing up historic sites. Both claim it is for a greater cause.

[albie]

Woo Hoo! Where do I donate?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Cue up “Tied to the Whipping Post.”

[Red Badger]

A$$HOLES!.............................

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“Like Joran Van Der Sloot?”

Now known as Urine In Der Chute

[Red Badger]

To whom? Greenpeace or the Peruvian prosecutors office?................

[Red Badger]

Ben Dover Sloot...................

[fatima]

:)

[Red Badger]

Mr Castillo said the Peruvian government was seeking to prevent those responsible from leaving the country and was asking prosecutors to file charges of attacking archaeological monuments, a crime punishable by up to six years in prison.

Throw the book at them!..............

[Kackikat]

I have found out from various sources over the years, that environmentalist wackos, climate change activists, and those who think they understand our planet better than those of us raised on a farm, are just suburban or urban idiots, who can’t take care of themselves...these taxpayer grants that support these people are a form of WELFARE.
Those degrees from leftist colleges are based on politics.

[Old Sarge]

Nothing will happen to them, because “their intentions were good”...

[JRandomFreeper]

Seems more like a crime than a stunt.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

Seems more like a crime than a stunt.

/johnny

[FourtySeven]

When I saw that picture on the Latest Posts page I thought it was photoshopped and this would be an article from the Onion.

The stupidity on display here is astounding.

[pepsi_junkie]

The Nazca lines look like they are painted on or something. They are not. My understanding is that the plateau is covered with a fine layer of dust because it basically never rains there and for some reason there is no wind I guess. Anyway, the figures were created by indians scraping away the dust in a strategic way. Now walk in with hiking boots and you leave more or less permanent footprints in that same dust.

[C19fan]

Exactly. From what I understand the lines are very shallow trenches.