[riffraff]

I think the point is they had no authority to do that.

Michaelangelo's Last Judgment had exposed genitals that were covered with draperies by Daniele da Volterra later.

Then at some point they were removed again to restore the original, but some remain.

It would not be reasonable for _me_ to step up and erase the remaining ones, even if it would be a restoration.

[bluebarbet]

To which the obvious rejoinder is that Maestri had no authority to put them there in the first place.

[margalabargala]

To which the obvious rejoinder is that two wrongs do not make a right.

At the end of the day, it's sort of a "might makes right" situation. If someone with the means and inclination to add bolts exists, it is hard to stop them. If someone with the means and inclination to remove bolts exists, it is hard to stop them.

At the end of the day, climb your own climb. If you take actions that affect how others climb, what you're calling ethics is in fact ego.

[butlike]

The bottom line is the mountain didn't have bolts from the get-go. You're still free to climb it, and if you can't; you won't.

[margalabargala]

Unless you opt to be the next person to hike a 150kg gas compressor up there to install them.

[bluebarbet]

>what you're calling ethics

I wasn't calling anything anything. I was just putting the obvious counter-argument on the table. You make a fair point.

[margalabargala]

Sorry, the "you" there (and really my whole last paragraph) is addressed at the climbers with strong opinions about how other people climb, not you personally.