March 10, 2006

Laying An Easter Island Egg

The old story goes that the Easter Islanders, after enjoying a period of Eden-like bliss and harmony with nature, suddenly lost their senses and turned their island into a wasteland.

A sound eco-morality tale for all of us on this fragile Spaceship Earth, one might say.

Except that according to this piece, it may well turn out that Easter Island was wiped out by good, old-fashioned European exploitation and rats.

By my count, that would put the score at:

Victor Davis Hanson -1
Jarad Diamond - 0.

Yips! to Iain Murray.

Posted by Robert at March 10, 2006 12:52 PM | TrackBack
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