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Seems like clear cut retaliation.

• rightbyte 8y ago
  Heh, yeah. It's not like he have made calculation of bridge steel welds or something without proper legal papers. He complained over the yellow light timing ...
  • deogeo 8y ago
    > It's not like he have made calculation of bridge steel welds or something without proper legal papers. Suppose he had. Suppose he found a bridge suspicious, did some calculations, and told a newspaper/transport safety agency about it. Should that be illegal, because the state of Oregon didn't give him permission? Is it okay to very literally fine someone for 'unlicensed use of math'? Thankfully the ruling very strongly implies 'no'. It's important to be precise, or regulation of engineering can become regulation of speech.
    • rightbyte 8y ago
      I agree. I meant a calculations for building a bridge, and having responsibility for it.
      • village-idiot 8y ago
        Indeed. I believe that there should be no licensing requirement to look at these things as a civilian, but the state has a compelling reason to keep unlicensed engineers from telling construction crews on how to build a bridge. Different levels of risk.