Darth Wong wrote:Are we arguing about whether Australia gave them the right to deny use of this land, or whether they should have given them the right to deny use of this land? It seems to me that most of this argument revolves around the latter question, not the former.
If 98% of the population supports banning climbers from it, then it's fairly apparent that the parks authority definetly should.
Considering that it's red color is the result of oxidation, and not intrinsic to the stone it's made of, thousands of rubber/plastic-soled feet polishing trails into it and the color off of it further leads to a conclusion that Parks Australia should ban climbers...that is, if minimizing impact and preventing the defacement resulting from human activity in a National Park is considered to be a worthwhile goal.
A lot of the protest smacks of "if I can't go there no one should! Wah! Mean old aborigines!"
First of all, it was never off limits to the natives, some of who did climb it in accordance with their customs. Frankly, I don't give two shits if some people think those customs, or the reason for them are stupid. Living in a civilized world means sometimes you put up with other peoples' stupidity. Grow up and deal with it. If you you want to do something some other people consider stupid - like, say, rock climbing - then YOU have to in turn tolerate other peoples' "stupidity".
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