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~~Lord Larehip~~ · 12-13-2014, 12:28 PM

BBC News - Greenpeace sorry for Nazca lines stunt in Peru

I'm sure most of you have heard about Greenpeace's stupid stunt in Peru outlined in the link above. If you don't, I'll give you a quick rundown: A bunch of self-important fanatics bent of saving the world from itself aka Greenpeace went to the Nazca lines in Peru and spread out a huge banner on the ground next to the hummingbird. The trouble is, they did not bother to ask for the Peruvian authorities' permission which is necessary not only out of respect to the hosts in whose country you are visiting but because the site is restricted access because without special footwear, you will leave permanent footprints all over the place. The very reason the lines have endured for 1500 years is the same reason why you can't just go walking around out there--because your footprints will endure as well.

At the Detroit Art Institute, they have a sculpture there that they invite people to touch. Everything else is off limits. A plaque on the sculpture points out the amount of wear the sculpture has already endured just from people touching it and points out that this is why none of the other art is allowed to be touched--it would be destroyed. In the American southwest, there was an ancient astronomical sight called the Anasazi sun-dagger. Once its secret was discovered, people trekked to see it. It was located on a sandstone butte which cannot handle that amount of traffic without severely eroding. Ten years after its discovery, the stone slabs that were carefully placed had slipped and the alignment was destroyed due to excessive foot traffic. Peru is trying to prevent the same thing from happening to the Nazca lines.

To make things worse, Greenpeace then issued the worst apology I've ever read. “We fully understand that this looks bad,” it said. That statement shows they are only interested in their image and not what damage they did to this World Heritage Site. Not since the Taliban blew up those 1700-year-old Buddha statues has a certain cult-like group done so much to convince the world what a bunch of humorless, self-righteous, bigoted as-sholes they are.

In the past Greenpeace generally only made asses of themselves in funny ways such as following Japanese whalers into the Antarctic trying to disrupt their whaling activities only to end up stranded for the night on a big chunk of pack ice in the middle of the ocean and having to be rescued by the same whaler they were harassing. Then they say, "But that won't deter us from continuing with our activities." Fine. Next time, I hope the whaler leaves you stranded out there. Then there was the time they ran their boat into path of a Japanese whaler, got run over and then accused the whaler of deliberately hitting them.

I ended up arguing with a bunch of these jerk-wads in some forum and they are hopeless. I told them Greenpeace has a lot of nerve to point the finger at Japan or the Inuits or the Makah Indians for hunting whale when it was the Yankee Quakers far and away that nearly drove the sperm whales extinct. And Greenpeace was founded by Quakers. How is that for hypocrisy? How about actually doing something for whales instead of pointing fingers at everybody else? I really got jumped on by everybody there--all loony lefties. Well, can you hear me now?

The difference between a conservative and liberal is that the liberals lie to themselves a bit more to maintain their worldview. "We care about the world and conservatives don't." Neither of them do. Both have a rock-solid belief in the righteousness of their cause and that any means justifies the end. Their messages matter more than culture or people or anything. Conservatives would just knock down an ancient site and build a strip mall over it and call anyone who objects a bunch of damn cry-babies. Liberals, in contrast, would destroy an ancient site by plastering it with banners telling everyone to conserve the environment. Conservatives and liberals are each other's reflection which both find utterly repulsive and for good reason. They are the same type of people cut from the same cloth.

With these types of people protecting our environment, you can see why the environment doesn't stand a chance.

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~~Lord Larehip~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 899	Greenpeace--liberalism at its worst BBC News - Greenpeace sorry for Nazca lines stunt in Peru I'm sure most of you have heard about Greenpeace's stupid stunt in Peru outlined in the link above. If you don't, I'll give you a quick rundown: A bunch of self-important fanatics bent of saving the world from itself aka Greenpeace went to the Nazca lines in Peru and spread out a huge banner on the ground next to the hummingbird. The trouble is, they did not bother to ask for the Peruvian authorities' permission which is necessary not only out of respect to the hosts in whose country you are visiting but because the site is restricted access because without special footwear, you will leave permanent footprints all over the place. The very reason the lines have endured for 1500 years is the same reason why you can't just go walking around out there--because your footprints will endure as well. At the Detroit Art Institute, they have a sculpture there that they invite people to touch. Everything else is off limits. A plaque on the sculpture points out the amount of wear the sculpture has already endured just from people touching it and points out that this is why none of the other art is allowed to be touched--it would be destroyed. In the American southwest, there was an ancient astronomical sight called the Anasazi sun-dagger. Once its secret was discovered, people trekked to see it. It was located on a sandstone butte which cannot handle that amount of traffic without severely eroding. Ten years after its discovery, the stone slabs that were carefully placed had slipped and the alignment was destroyed due to excessive foot traffic. Peru is trying to prevent the same thing from happening to the Nazca lines. To make things worse, Greenpeace then issued the worst apology I've ever read. “We fully understand that this looks bad,” it said. That statement shows they are only interested in their image and not what damage they did to this World Heritage Site. Not since the Taliban blew up those 1700-year-old Buddha statues has a certain cult-like group done so much to convince the world what a bunch of humorless, self-righteous, bigoted as-sholes they are. In the past Greenpeace generally only made asses of themselves in funny ways such as following Japanese whalers into the Antarctic trying to disrupt their whaling activities only to end up stranded for the night on a big chunk of pack ice in the middle of the ocean and having to be rescued by the same whaler they were harassing. Then they say, "But that won't deter us from continuing with our activities." Fine. Next time, I hope the whaler leaves you stranded out there. Then there was the time they ran their boat into path of a Japanese whaler, got run over and then accused the whaler of deliberately hitting them. I ended up arguing with a bunch of these jerk-wads in some forum and they are hopeless. I told them Greenpeace has a lot of nerve to point the finger at Japan or the Inuits or the Makah Indians for hunting whale when it was the Yankee Quakers far and away that nearly drove the sperm whales extinct. And Greenpeace was founded by Quakers. How is that for hypocrisy? How about actually doing something for whales instead of pointing fingers at everybody else? I really got jumped on by everybody there--all loony lefties. Well, can you hear me now? The difference between a conservative and liberal is that the liberals lie to themselves a bit more to maintain their worldview. "We care about the world and conservatives don't." Neither of them do. Both have a rock-solid belief in the righteousness of their cause and that any means justifies the end. Their messages matter more than culture or people or anything. Conservatives would just knock down an ancient site and build a strip mall over it and call anyone who objects a bunch of damn cry-babies. Liberals, in contrast, would destroy an ancient site by plastering it with banners telling everyone to conserve the environment. Conservatives and liberals are each other's reflection which both find utterly repulsive and for good reason. They are the same type of people cut from the same cloth. With these types of people protecting our environment, you can see why the environment doesn't stand a chance.