This is SO not COOL!

[ianuk]

I hate greenpeace and now they may have damaged one of my favorite places on earth!
Greenpeace Defaces Mt. Rushmore!

Comments

[cowboy-r.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of on the fence about Greenpeace.

On the one hand, yes, they go too far much of the time.

On the other hand, I kind of agree with their goals and positions a lot of the time, and one thing you can not fault them for is courage! Those are some crazy-ass sumbitches, y'know?

And at least they did have this to say:
Greenpeace acknowledged the protest is illegal and dangerous, but said it does not believe the sign will damage the solid granite structure.

[raventhourne.livejournal.com]

Most people really have no idea how fragile that monument is...any new anchor could cause issues with the rapid freeze and thaw issues that happen. The Black Hills holds the record for the quickest temperature drop and I've experienced this.

They "don't believe the sign will damage" but they didn't know for sure. Not something I'd risk to a symbol of America.

Course I do have to say, why didn't the rangers shoot them? They have guns and ammo...but the sensors on the mountain caught them..it just takes time to get to them.

[bertana.livejournal.com]

Many people would be happy if that monument fell off the sacred hills into which it was carved.

Not that I'm condoning Green Peace's action. I'm just sayin', that's all.

[raventhourne.livejournal.com]

hmm, really?

I guess I'm a bit biased having grown up so near it. I hate the current park setup but I love the mountain.

[cowboy-r.livejournal.com]

Yeah. The mountain was sacred to the indigenous people, and they were pretty upset when the portraits of a bunch of white guys got carved into it.

[raventhourne.livejournal.com]

Ah, the native population...thats a completely different topic that is a different thing. The Native American's in SD are a special breed...ask us about it sometime.

[scribe-ari.livejournal.com]

WTF!
Someone should hammer an anchor or two into their heads and put them through a freeze thaw cycle.

Frikkin idiots.

[public-shaylan.livejournal.com]

Um, ya.
Solid Granite surface my left **&*%%$#%^^@.

Fragile.

[fibergeek.livejournal.com]

$#^@$%^%$ Eco-terrorists! The best we can hope for is that they get their buts locked up for a good ammount of time.

[ecogryff.livejournal.com]

ugh, what a bunch of idiots. i really don't get the "we can do whatever we want because we're activists" thing. or whatever their logic is.