have the great unwashed gone to far this time.... the AA grumpy column

[AA grumpy]

for those of you who read my column regularly you probably know how i feel about the liberal left.... hand wringing do gooders and tree hugging scruffy geldof great unwashed but this time they went too far.

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".

Best seen from the sky, the ancient lines are enormous drawings etched in the earth by pre-Inca Nazca civilizations sometime between 500BC and AD 500 They span some 200 square miles of the desert and have long intrigued archaeologists with the mystery of their size, their meticulously drawn figures and their abundance.

Some of the drawings depict living creatures, others stylised plants or fantastical beings, others geometric figures that stretch for miles.

Visitors to the Unesco World Heritage Site in southern Peru are normally banned from entering the area where the activists staged their stunt.

Even ministers and presidents have to seek special permission and wear special footwear to access the grounds.

Mr Castillo said: “ 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. And the line that they have destroyed is the most visible and most recognised of all.

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 The activists laid big yellow cloth letters reading: “Time for Change! The Future is Renewable. Greenpeace.

The message was timed to coincide with climate change talks taking place in the Peruvian capital Lima.

r Castillo said: “Peru has nothing against the message of Greenpeace. We are all concerned about climate change. But the means doesn’t justify the ends.

Greenpeace later said it apologised "without reservation" for the offence it has caused and said it was "deeply sorry".

A spokesman said: "We fully understand that this looks bad. Rather than relay an urgent message of hope and possibility to the leaders gathering at the Lima UN climate talks, we came across as careless and crass."

It said it welcomed any investigation into the consequences of its actions and was willing to face fair consequences for its actions.

It said that Kumi Naidoo, the International Executive Director of Greenpeace, would fly to Lima to personally apologise for the offence

Peru to press charges over Greenpeace Nazca lines stunt - Telegraph

AAG

as soon as this story broke the unwashed greenpeace activists

and thats not what i would call them.. would have been quickly and quietly spirited out of peru so they dont face 6 years in a peruvian jail for their crime but also the international executive director is going to fly to lima to apolgise on behalf of greenpeace

whoopy doo ! lets break out the cigars.

his words mean nothing the activists who would be popular with layabout college and university students and beard and sandals green voting teacher brigade have damaged a peruvian national heritage site as well as broken peruvian laws by accessing an area which people are banned from entering

thus damaging a delicate eco system and something that was done between 500 bc and 500 ad no wonder the peruvians are furious.

greenpeace has again shot itself in the foot but to be honest i cannot see anyone from greenpeace being sacrificed back to peru this will be swept under the carpet untill it all blows over... as politicans do.

but no doubt they will have the support of the green party and some mainstream politicians and dont forget their mates in the UAF who probably support their little stunt.

[Bruv]

Does anybody look for the reason why they did that stupid prank ?

Here it is.

[AnneBoleyn]

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