10-25-2012, 08:49 AM
(10-25-2012, 08:35 AM)Rhydderch Hael Wrote: Actually, the takeaway from here is that, if you're a seismologist standing to conflict of interest with civic and national agencies who have no inclination to re-work ancient infrastructure to make it safe for habitation— get the Hell of of Dodge, because they're going to find someone to blame. And that will likely be the ones with the least legal support.
What I am very positive about is that this court in Italy apparantly thinks that scientists can predict things. So they don't any longer believe earthquakes are punishments from God.....because f they did they could of course never find these people guilty.
That is of course the reason why in the US this would never happen.....half of every jury believes natural disasters are punishments from God.
Seriously this is a very...but it might very well have to do with protecting all the criminal building companies that used inferior cement and Berlusconi who made a mess of the help efforts after the earthquake.