Was there a sign at the park that states that? You assume there was. I doubt there was. In a national park; most specify if you can gather trees for firewood. It also specifies which areas are forbidden to chop down. I've hiked in some areas; where the national Forrest service will post a certain object cannot be touched. I watched this video and saw no sign. Sorry it's not criminal
I don't recall when I hiked to the top, seeing signs that say please don't build a dam and stop up Multnomah Falls. I think I'd get in trouble for doing it, however. You tend to do this a lot in your arguments mags where you bring up a whole bunch of other random fairly unrelated examples you think support your argument. Tearing down trees or an animal killing someone is't related at all. Sorry.
I remember somewhere in...Connell Washington (I think it was spelled Connell), there was the "Connell National Forest". You could see it off of 395, just a single tree out in a field. Some twerpy kid cut it down as a prank, and it pissed off the people of Connell. Not saying it was the same, or comparable, it just reminded me of this.
I visited Big Tree State Park in California earlier this year. There's the remains of a giant sequoia that was cut down a hundred years ago or so just for the purpose of providing a tourist attraction. The stump was around 20-25' across. As I recall, they had dance on it, a bar and bowling on the remains of the tree itself. I guess times change what's acceptable in the way of screwing with mother nature.
You maybe arrested; but I know for a fact I won't get in trouble with the law. My attorneys would have a field day. I didn't mean animals killing animals. I was talking about destroying wildlife; while building for progress. Even protected areas will need to cut down trees and kill wildlife; to build ranger stations and toilets.
So it's not criminal but if you saw someone do it you would play judge and jury, find them guilty and beat them up. Which you would be committing a crime if you did that. So according to you they're not guilty of committing a crime but you would commit a crime to punish them. Wouldn't it be easier just to let a judge sort it out?
Yes I would. Just like it's not criminal for a wife to cheat on me; but if I caught my wife; I would beat the fuck out of the guy cheating.
Ahhhh... Sorry I didn't understand. So you would beat up those guys for cheating you out of the fun of pushing over the rock yourself. I get it now.
Hate to break it to you, but yes, you would get in trouble with the law. The EPA would get on you, as would the Forest Service.
There's a clear double standard here. If that rock was gay, it would have been a hate crime. But no, a straight rock gets bullied, and it's "not criminal."
Yeah......I'm going to have to go ahead and sort of, disagree with you there. From the Goblin Valley State Park brochure: "Vandalism - It is unlawful to mutilate or deface any natural or constructed feature or structure." http://www.stateparks.utah.gov/sites/stateparks.utah.gov/files/GoblinValleyBrochure.pdf It's pretty common knowledge in State or National Parks that defacing any natural formation is illegal and therefore 'criminal'.
