This countryman of mine has been lynched high. There were more column meters published on the death of Princess Diana than there were on the invasion at Normanny. Soon there will be more column meters on this earlobe of the moai statute (1 out of 400-1000, the hungry media does not even know the number) than there are columns on the massive Buddha statutes annihilated by the Taleban regime!
A high-octan, adrenaline addict adventurer climbs on a top of a high and sacred monument. Bad enough. The Finn brokes the ear of this fragile lava type of stone. Worse enough. My countryman tries to hide it and runs away. Worst enough. (OK, Oll Korrect, he confessed what happened later on.) But this does not prove him a thief though the whole globe would shout and shoot so! It was the Easter week at the Easter Island. THe same week that the Finnish leaders of the Botnia pulp factory at the border river between Uruguay and Argentine were on trial in a South American court for "Planned damage". After Finnish flags had been burnt in the streets of Argentine for 3 years for this biggest investment ever to the poor country of Uruguay. Come on, guys! We have a classical scape goat and red herring here!
It is alarming that the raging majority of the Internet considers that 7 years in a local prison would be even too light a punishment for breaking the ear. Ear for an ear - and more. The command 'Thou shall not kill' is as often violated as any other command. Every time we call somebody a madman and shout at him, we are killing him in heart. We are oppressing his self esteem - and in my country suicide is a common tragedy. Where to get a justification for living upon accusations? The etymology of the word Satan is in "Accuser". The world already has enough of those. Do you want to join the ranks? An outrageous mob wanting to lynch a man is an old scene, only the internet phenomenon is new. A raging mob behaves irrationally when it goes out to lynch. The Unesco World Heritage was meant to do with true history and nobility of the native cultures. A juridical murder hanging high a possibly innocent solitary fellow hiking alone at the end of the world is in 180 degree opposition to the Unesco Heritage ethos!
Matthew 5:21-24: "Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire."
