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Originally Posted by i'va biggen
Boy scout leaders topple monument in Utah's goblin Vally then high five one another. They lead for dipshit of the year award.
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Monument? Really? The rock is about as big as an ottoman or small sofa chair. It fell down about 5 or 6 feet from its narrow perch.
Was there something special about this rock as opposed to all the other rocks around it? Or are they all "special"?
Frankly, as easily as that thing toppled over, maybe it is for the best they toppled it. They were right about that thing being capable of crushing anybody it fell on accidentally.
Maybe I am missing something, but I don't see the tragedy here. Yeah, it is wrong to be doing it. But in the misdemeanor sense, not the major felony sense.
If they don't want humans modifying the place in anyway, don't let the public into the park in the first place.
Go to any famous park and you will always find rock walls with spray paint on them. Or chisel marks from rock climbers.
Those rock walls are 200 million years old, too.
Killing an endangered animal is one thing. Toppling over a chunk of rock that was probably going to fall over in the next century is not in the same category. If they have any earthquakes in that area, I don't think that rock would have made it through the next one.