Post #369398 by croe67 on Wed, Mar 26, 2008 7:09 AM

On 2008-03-26 06:41, The Gnomon wrote:
That's why they had to put Plymouth Rock in a cage. When I grew up in Connecticut you could walk right up to the thing. But people kept chipping off souvenirs, so eventually they had to cage it off. Imagine the same problem with hundreds of ancient relics in a place that is less defensible. The tourism business there actually hurts the island rather than stimulating the economy to better protect its monuments. The place needs huge grants to preserve these priceless artifacts, not tourist money.

Hmph. English is just my first language.

[ Edited by: The Gnomon 2008-03-26 06:59 ]

Stonehenge is barely worth seeing these days because of the fence put up to avoid this type of crap.
Would be awful for the same to happen on Rapa Nui!!!

if you want to help preservation on Rapa Nui, here's a great place to start giving to:
http://www.islandheritage.org/