Queue on 19/10/2013 at 19:54
So the hick morons (also known as Scout Leaders) that toppled some ancient rock formation in Utah are now, apparently, receiving death-threats from pissed off on-line morons. (
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/19/boy-scout-leaders-get-death-threats-after-video-of-them-toppling-massive-170-million-year-old-rock-goes-viral/) Story
While a part of me truly believes that
any individual that is this stupid (i.e. pushing over something that's been perched there for, I don't know, 170-million-years, because that individual believes it'll suddenly fall on a child... and WTF, by being in the position of a Scout Leader, wouldn't you have a tiny bit of knowledge that the fucking thing has been there for probably 170-MILLION-FUCKING-YEARS and isn't likely to suddenly come tumbling down anytime soon without some fat fuck levering at it) shouldn't be allowed to continue using up precious water and oxygen, this nonsense of making 'death threats' (if such threats truly exist, and aren't some lame cry to garner sympathy for being irrevocably stupid) anonymously on-line is completely inexcusable.
Sure, these fat, gung-ho, Kumbaya singing, shit-for-brains, monkey fuckers don't deserve to live in a reasonable society. But, making death threats against someone you don't know, while hiding safely behind your monitor, is far beyond a 'reasonable' response--and is completely pussy.
So, what do you think, TLLG. Who's right, who's wrong? What's your thoughts?
Did they make a correct assumption that this rock formation was in eminent danger of collapsing and killing a child, so they heave-hoed to save the day? Or, were they just looking to make a really "great" Youtube video?
And, does their utter stupidity deserve a jihad, or should people fucking mind their manners because they are truly the ones making matters worse?
Here's the video....
[video=youtube;EHgpiMp1JqA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHgpiMp1JqA[/video]
Muzman on 19/10/2013 at 20:37
Hilarious. Yeah: death threats - no. Spectacular idiots? Most assuredly. Fine them lots and bar them from all national parks and reserves forever, revoke whatever licenses they had to get to call themselves "scout leaders".
"The rock might fall and crush some kid!". Yeah, maybe don't walk near it then. So safety conscious about epoch old rocks yet I bet they drove there in a car.
Telliamed on 19/10/2013 at 21:57
Take nothing but photographs. Leave nothing but footprints.
Fuck 'em. I got no sympathy.
june gloom on 20/10/2013 at 03:48
Who actually gets intimidated by internet death threats? These guys are tools.
Dia on 20/10/2013 at 13:11
Morons. The whole 'danger of killing a child' was so obviously an afterthought. They don't deserve death threats, but they do deserve to be locked up for a month or two, heavily fined, then banned from all national parks in this country. While you're at it, fire them as Scout leaders; these idiots have no business setting themselves up as role models for anyone's kids. These are the type of jerks I think of whenever I hear the term 'Ugly American'. Shit-for-brains is right.
Kolya on 20/10/2013 at 20:32
Yesterday morning I kicked away a small rounded stone before starting for the supermarket. I have no idea how long it's been lying there. What if it was the same pebble that Gaius Julius Caesar stepped on shortly after crossing the river Rhine? God, I hope the internet doesn't find out about this.
Kolya on 20/10/2013 at 20:44
There are bigger threats to nature than this. And no one gets riled up about it, because it's not as immediately accessible as a youtube video about some hillbillies pushing over a stone. The stuff we keep our attention busy with inevitably seems to be the kind of thing we can easily get emotional about. When used that way emotions become a whorehouse, where we go and pick one, because we want to feel a certain way, like smug.
Muzman on 20/10/2013 at 20:52
Quote Posted by Kolya
Yesterday morning I kicked away a small rounded stone before starting for the supermarket. I have no idea how long it's been lying there. What if it was the same pebble that Gaius Julius Caesar stepped on shortly after crossing the river Rhine? God, I hope the internet doesn't find out about this.
I'm guessing this stone wasn't found in a nature reserve especially set up to protect it from people kicking it over so other people could go look at.
Nuth on 20/10/2013 at 21:41
Goblin Valley has thousands of similar formations and nothing in Goblin Valley is off-limits. People climb around on them all the time. Maybe it was a hazard, but it wasn't those doofuses' responsibility to do something about it. I hope they get fined for it, but I wouldn't be surprised if they get off with just a warning.
Kolya on 20/10/2013 at 22:06
@Muzman: Of course not. :) And yes, I dislike those hicks as much as the next internet user. Still the reaction is way out of proportion with people sending threats even from other countries, incl. New Zealand and Germany. Surely not everyone of them planned to visit this nature reserve? So why do they care? I tried to think about it and found a few different points:
1. One thing is technical accessibility, as mentioned.
2. Another is how we all can understand and relate to this minor event. It's not as complicated as the economy.
3. One can let out aggression and even feel good about it, because clearly these people did wrong.
4. And this aggression will have no consequences. Not just because it's anonymous, but also because: What are the chances we could be in their situation?
Yeah, what are the chances? I once was visiting Cornwall and specifically a sort of park with an entry fee, exotic trees and hanging bridges. I was 17 I guess and I had brought my ghetto blaster with me. And I listened to the music with a friend while walking through this beautiful park. I was a punk.
When suddenly a very British couple stopped in front of me and asked me in the most wonderful English accent (I was very much in love with British accents these days!) what I thought I was doing. And when I couldn't immediately come up with an equally nicely sounding reply, the woman asked: "Where do you come from?"
I answered truthfully: "We're from Germany!" and smiled the friendliest smile. Whereupon this woman started into a racist tirade until her husband embarrassedly pulled her away.
So yeah, I was a stupid brat and did a stupid thing. But did I deserve to be called a German bastard? Please don't answer that. The point is, everyone does stupid things. The way we react to it, when it's someone else who does the stupid, says more about us. Especially when we react to some stupid shit a million miles away that doesn't faze us in the least.
