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Scientists on trial
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They haven't a leg to stand on.
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From the procedural standpoint, this trial is frivolous as it was the local officials who gave the all-clear signal before the quake struck.
As such, they're responsible. Unless, of course, the weatherman can indeed be held liable for predicting the future. Which boggles the mind how such a legal contortion can exist. Slave to the Patriarchy no more
It smacks of an inquisition circa the 15th Century. There has to be an ulterior motive. Insurance companies? Mob investments? This is FUBAR.
Trying to update my sig ...
In a way, this trial bespeaks a public mentality where one implicitly assumes a risk through certain action, like choosing to live in a quake zone, yet seek to pettily and vindictively take a pound of flesh from someone else when the predictable consequences comes knocking. We Americans shouldn't find this to abhorrent lest we abhor ourselves.
Not just Americans Chuck.
Same drama here...people choose to live in a High-risk Bush-Fire Zone and then complain bitterly when their houses get burnt down and people get hurt or killed. Sometimes I just don't understand the rationale of some people. "The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
Bob: "Hey, our house got demolished by a hurricane the last two years in a row."
Betty: "I have a great idea for rebuilding this time!" Bob: "What?" Betty: "How about we rebuild exactly where our last two houses were." Bob: "Great idea!"  
H0ary H0bbit Religious Views: “Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.” - Edgar Allan Poe
We spend a lot of money on prediction systems. They save lives when they work, they are not infallible. Prosecute the imperfection: ridiculous.
 (September 20, 2011 at 11:47 pm)Epimethean Wrote: Curious what you all think of this trial. I think it's pretty fucked from go. Yeah, it's the dumbest fucking thing I've ever seen, being tried for manslaughter for failing to predict something that is inherently unpredictable... A bunch of scientists from here are being flown over to testify on the behalf of their Italian colleagues. Italian authorities are all fucking stupid and corrupt, so this is hardly surprising.
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 (September 25, 2011 at 5:19 am)R-e-n-n-a-t Wrote: Bob: "Hey, our house got demolished by a hurricane the last two years in a row." How long have people been living in Tornado alley in the midwest? And do they build tornado proof houses when their first house gets blown away? No, they just go and rebuild exactly the same way. ![[Image: mybannerglitter06eee094.gif]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i118.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo112%2Fpussinboots_photos%2FBikes%2Fmybannerglitter06eee094.gif) If you're not supposed to ride faster than your guardian angel can fly then mine had better get a bloody SR-71. RE: Scientists on trial
September 25, 2011 at 7:55 pm
(This post was last modified: September 25, 2011 at 7:56 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 25, 2011 at 6:14 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Prosecute the imperfection: ridiculous. ................................................ 
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