it seems to me you are advocating handing out 'serious jail time' to people who carried out legitimate business activities, regulated by the government and for

it seems to me you are advocating handing out 'serious jail time' to people who carried out legitimate business activities, regulated by the government and for which they obtained legal licenses. No, I'm saying that high-risk industrial activities shouldn't merely be "regulated"; they should be banned out right. It's when you violate the ban that you get handed a jail sentence.