Scientists on trial for not warning strongly enough
Ignorami vincet or Panem et circenses
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 by DrJBHL | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
From Italy:
"Six Italian scientists and one government official are set to go to trial today in Italy (Sept. 20) on charges of manslaughter for not warning the public aggressively enough of an impending earthquake that killed more than 300 people in 2009."
- http://www.livescience.com/16132-italian-earthquake-prediction-manslaughter-trial.html
It seems that scientists can now predict where, when and how strong earthquakes will be.
In fact, warnings were issued:
"Enzo Boschi, the then-president of Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology and now a defendant in the case, seemed to allude to this uncertainty in a March 31, 2009, meeting in L'Aquila, a medieval city in Abruzzo. Comparing the situation to a large quake that struck L'Aquila in 1703, Boschi said, "It is unlikely that an earthquake like the one in 1703 could occur in the short term, but the possibility cannot be totally excluded.
In a press conference after the meeting, however, Department of Civil Protection official Bernardo De Bernardinis, also a defendant in the case, struck a more soothing tone, saying that the situation posed "no danger" and urging residents to relax.
Less than a week later, on April 6, a 6.3-magnitude quake struck in Abruzzo. L'Aquila's medieval buildings crumbled, killing 309 people and injuring more than 1,500." - http://www.livescience.com/16132-italian-earthquake-prediction-manslaughter-trial.html
Seems ridiculous to me, in this day and age that finger pointers should be able to put scientists on trial for not having crystal balls. I can see the civil official perhaps being lax in in telling everyone there "to relax" if that is indeed true and not just another instance of people hearing what they wanted and then being angry when it didn't turn out that way.
When will people understand that some things are still beyond science and stop believing the "special effects" are real?
"Panem et circenses".
When will people stop the finger pointing and blame game and just grow up?
Reply #42 Thursday, September 22, 2011 1:00 PM
Reply #44 Thursday, September 22, 2011 3:03 PM
No no no.....you're supposed to use a spoon. Ain't I learned you nuttin'?
Castration is too humane. They do that to animals. Its called neutering or being spayed. I say tying their family jewels, not the fake glass ones ut the real deal, to a string. Like this.
One very large fellow has an argument with a very small fellow. It gets a bit heated and the very large fellow bops the very small fellow on the head causing immediate brain damage. The very big fellow goes home not even thinking about his encounter with the very small fellow. Then, in the wee hours the very large fellow feels discomfort while trying to sleep. He wakes to find a very heavy weight on his chest, a mqanhole cover of all things. Now the very large fellow is also very strong so he lifts the weight off his chest and walks it over to an open window, He tosses it out. As it turns over there is a note taped to its underside. It reads: You have ten seconds to untie this from your nuts! Have a nice day.
Reply #45 Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:10 PM
Scientists that can't read the future in the stars. I'm appalled.
Reply #46 Friday, September 23, 2011 2:50 AM
reply 35
I suppose it wouldn't matter if we had a few blunt and rusty knife wielders and dispensed with the anaesthetic so as not to slow things down.
Edited the quote. Much better.
I was going to mention blunt and rusty knives, but thought better of it as didn't want to upset the professionals at the Gonad Removal Society. But bugger 'em I say... so how about cold and rusty old butter knives with jagged edges?
So was I at first, but then it dawned on me that seismologists are unlikely to be carrying 'The Prophet's Universal Guide to Astrology: the definitive handbook for predicting cataclysmic events.' Yup, that would have been so important at the time. I mean, how would thy have known the difference without it, between a seismic event and what may have been hunger pangs... bellies growling because the spaghetti bog was long overdue. Sure they could have looked up their horoscope in the daily papers, but without the handbook for predicting cataclysmic events they had absolutely no hope at all of understanding the severity of the situation
Reply #47 Sunday, September 25, 2011 1:07 PM
Now everyone is saying Einstein is wrong.
What da hell, is the world coming to...
Reply #48 Sunday, September 25, 2011 4:14 PM
What da hell, is the world coming to..
And who the frick are we gonna put on trial for not emphatically warning us about that a lot sooner?
Bloody scientists!!! Always getting it wrong... and no freakin' apologies NOOOOO!!!
Eibstein might be dead, but he at least could have written out an apology to be read out posthumously.
And what about all these twerps with the global warming thing... are we gonna get apologies from that crowd when it's proven they're wrong?
Of course not, the bastards will blame their computer modeling software and say the IT people are responsible for the greatest hoax in history.
So while were at it.... prosecuting Italian scientists, that is, we ought to get all these global warming/climate change imbeciles before the courts as well.
There again, bugger it! There's more than enough evidence to dispense with that rigmaroll and just lock 'em up. And throw away the key, I say, throw it as far as it can possibly go, I say.
Next up, I reckon we drag the Hollywood Producers before the courts.... for not warning us strongly enough about the crap they've been serving up recently
I mean, when will they learn... that no movie is better than a bad movie.... and frankly, most over the last couple of years have been bloody woeful, to say the least.
And don't think you're getting away with it, bankers.... you're next [insert evil laugh here]
Reply #51 Sunday, September 25, 2011 9:34 PM
Quoting Starcandy,
reply 39
if we had a few blunt and rusty knife wielders Just to clarify, are the knives blunt and rusty or the knife wielders the blunt and rusty ones? I ask because both may apply in this case.
Probably 'needs' to be "wielders of blunt and rusty knives"....
or perhaps....
"blunt and rusty knife-wielders...."
No, that's worse....go with option one. ... 
Reply #52 Sunday, September 25, 2011 11:22 PM
To avoid possible misunderstanding, just buy and use a spoon. They are naturally blunt.
Reply #54 Monday, September 26, 2011 3:13 AM
Yeah, I think it's because I was an over-protected child and wrapped up in cotton wool.
Of course I'm gonna have issues after that, then entering the real world only to find there are more bastards and bullies than there are nice guys.
By the time you add up all the politicians; corporate bigwigs; bankers; economists; scientists; movie moguls; advertisers and Google execs, there's a much smaller percentage of the population left to be the good guys and gals.
No wonder I have trouble sleeping. All of the above give me the eebie jeebies and nighmares.
Hmmmmm! While I thank my parents for my charmed and idyllic childhood in the pleasant countryside of dear old Devon, it actually disadvantaged me because it in no way prepared me for the manic mongrels and Google execs of this world.
In fact, it should be compulsory learning at school, recognising big bastards and the evil of Google, to prepare the young and vulnerable for the real world.
Another thing that should be compulsory education, is a day trip to parliament/whatever in the US, so that kids can see first-hand how childish and immature our politicians are... in the hope all the petty and childish bickering will dissuade them from voting in the future and electing imbeciles.
Reply #55 Monday, September 26, 2011 3:27 AM
So, Doc, being a member of the medical profession n' all, would it be unethical to perform a gonad removal using a spoon? I mean, would doctors perform this kind of procedure, or would we have to look elsewhere - say to a vet or a butcher - to deknackerise a banker or a politician with a rusty old spoon [that hasn't been sanitised or sterilised]?
The trouble is, and I can see it now, we'll have the usual do-gooders protesting the procedure and calling it barbaric. Geez, how I hate do-gooders [add them to the list as well]. Yup, they'll come up with some 'chemical castration' solution [ a painless injection or something] and take all the fun out of it.
Reply #56 Monday, September 26, 2011 5:31 AM
You can always give them ten inches of string and a manhole cover. Tie one end to their jewels and the other to the manhole cover and make them carry it. Don't drop it though. BIG OUCH!
Reply #57 Monday, September 26, 2011 10:54 AM
Alternatively, tightly tie one end of 20 - 30 feet of string to the offending parts [another way of saying mongrels like that shouldn't be allowed to breed] and the other end to a large concrete block, then take them to a high mountain pass where a bridge looks down on the white water rapids 300 feet below, where you stand them on the guard rail then throw the concrete block over the side.
Hehe, they can either opt to plunge to their demise or simply stand there and lose the wedding tackle.
Reply #58 Monday, September 26, 2011 7:14 PM
It would be interesting to see how any would just stand there thinking, I can survive this. I can suuurrrrrrvvviiiiiiiiiiiiive..........................splat!
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Reply #41 Thursday, September 22, 2011 12:56 PM
For some people I could use Starkers' rusty knife...