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Ear-for-Ear Justice for Statue Vandal?
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A Finnish tourist who was arrested after chipping an earlobe off a statue on Easter Island is being allowed to go home. Marko Kulju, right, paid a $17,000 fine, wrote a public apology and agreed not to return to the Chilean territory for three years. And he got to keep both of his ears -- which one Easter Island official wanted in retribution.
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jamosef 10:18:41 AM Apr 02 2008
Its so funny, to cut that ear off it must of taken him more then a day to do it! and know one else saw him cutting the ear off, know one said any thind to the police? that guy must have cool super powers! that stuiped rock is not small, it had to of taken weeks or months! He is very sneeky! Send him to iraq!
jazgatu 10:54:53 PM Mar 30 2008
Marko Kulju, it is a sad act, whether through ignorance or stupidity.
curleyqlinke 02:36:01 PM Mar 30 2008
Those things are hideous. Eyesores.lor should I say Earsores.lol
If they are so concerned about protecting them they should put up fences or enclosures like what was done for Plymouth Rock and stop their bitchin'.
prariwolf 09:38:18 PM Mar 29 2008
While they're sawing off his ear, they should peek in and see if this jerk has any brains.
rarosen65 05:53:12 PM Mar 29 2008
I think he should have his picture forever linked to the damage he did.
There is probably thousands of little pieces of those statues lying around on the ground there that would have been legal to pick up and take home.
When I was a kid my parents brought me a piece of marble from the same quarry used by Michelangelo and a small rock from the Aztec pyramids at Cichen Itza Mexico. Neither souvenir cost anything and broke no laws. This guy is just a jerk.
rarosen65 05:47:05 PM Mar 29 2008
Well well it appears that Americans are not always the rudest tourists in world...
I hope Europe is embarassed as that continent's population is constantly making negative comments about the US citizens who visit their countries.
jaspdohertylaw 04:54:01 PM Mar 29 2008
those freaking finns cause trouble wherever they go
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