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Nobody could have foreseen this.
by noja 7y ago
Nobody could have foreseen this.
- einpoklum 7y agoThat's right, nobody except everybody...
- specialist 7y agoAh, the Condoleezza Rice Defense. (PS- I know you're being sarcastic. Just naming the tactic. Mostly out of anger.)
- dboreham 7y agoI have relatives who live very close to this pipe spill. That these pipes leak was well known to everyone locally back when it was laid.
- mac01021 7y agoAnd no lawsuit emerged from that knowledge?
- cannonedhamster 7y agoSituation normal. Corps run America including all the means of justice. I'm sure they were involuntary forced into an arbitration agreement by having the oil fall on their land and not putting it back into the pipe.
- dboreham 7y agoYeah the farmers were pretty much forced to sell the land to the pipeline company. There wasn't a practical choice. The best you could do is to hold out for a somewhat better offer than the first one.
- dboreham 7y agoNot sure I understand the question. Everyone in the local area knew that pipes like this leak. Hence it leaking is not a surprise.
- SN76477 7y agoThe bright side could be that it is a good side for democracy. That thing we were protesting happened in the worst way, maybe you will pay attention now?
- cmiles74 7y agoThe next time they roll out a new pipeline, we might see few or no protesters at all. States have passed (or are working to pass) laws that make protesting pipelines like this a felony. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/08/wave-of-new-laws-aim-to-stifle-anti-pipeline-protests-activists-say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/08/wave-of-...
- SN76477 7y agoWhich is horrible and probably against the first amendment.