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Man, the fact that intelligent people on HN are still defending oil companies with such fervor makes me incredibly sad.
by junon 3y ago
Man, the fact that intelligent people on HN are still defending oil companies with such fervor makes me incredibly sad.
- Nasrudith 3y agoWilliam Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law! Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? William Roper: Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that! Sir Thomas More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!
- monsecchris 3y agoThis website defends big pharma to the death and they behave much worse with more and larger judgements against them.
- xyzelement 3y ago"makes me sad" says more about you then the topic. Clearly there's room for recognizing the value of gasoline and other fuels to our society and for trading off pros and cons of their use. Not having trucks to deliver food to my grocery store would make me "sad" personally.
- imtringued 3y agoCarbon taxes recognize the value of gasoline and other fuels. That is their entire point.
- junon 3y agoYou're putting an awful lot of words in my mouth.
- xyzelement 3y agoWhat did you mean that I misconstrued?