L'Aquila quake: Italy scientists guilty of manslaughterThe prosecution argued that the scientists were "just too reassuring"
Jailing scientists for not giving sufficient warning of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake is a spectacularly stupid idea I agree with the Telegraph blog piece. This verdict is absolutely appalling in its stupidity. Obviously it'll
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You can't explain it!
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Ergo, ALIENS!
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Why's that?
We're jailing doctor for misjudgement if the patient dies because of it, ain't we?
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OK then.
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This is full of win on so many levels.
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That's why, in our modern world, we're supposed to have impartial judges and judidial systems to shield the innocent from the vagaries and passions of mob justice. The judge's job here was to say: "I know you're hurting. I know you want someone to blame, but this was an act of nature, and you cannot blame these scientists for not being able to exactly predict whether you should have fled or not." The judge failed, spectacularly.
Like astronomer Mike Brown said earlier in the week: "To my Italian asteroid searching friends: avert your eyes from the sky NOW, or risk going to jail at the next meteorite strike."
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