See http://www.telegraph...rs-in-jail.html
Seems a harsh judgement to me!
Scientists jailed for not predicting an earthquake
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Martyn Sadler
, Oct 23 2012 09:12 AM
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Posted 23 October 2012 - 09:16 AM
Unbelievable. Anyway, aren't quakes deemed to be 'acts of God', so why haven't they felt Pope Benny's collar instead?
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
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Posted 23 October 2012 - 09:31 AM
Ludicrous judgement.
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Posted 23 October 2012 - 09:39 AM
I bet they weren't as shocked as the victims.
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Posted 23 October 2012 - 09:59 AM
AIUI they weren't charged with failing to predict it so much as not telling people about it.
"The view from L'Aquila, however, is quite different. Prosecutors and the
families of victims alike say that the trial has nothing to do with the ability
to predict earthquakes, and everything to do with the failure of
government-appointed scientists serving on an advisory panel to adequately
evaluate, and then communicate, the potential risk to the local population. The
charges, detailed in a 224-page document filed by Picuti, allege that members of
the National Commission for Forecasting and Predicting Great Risks, who held a
special meeting in L'Aquila the week before the earthquake, provided
"incomplete, imprecise, and contradictory information" to a public that had been
unnerved by months of persistent, low-level tremors. Picuti says that the
commission was more interested in pacifying the local population than in giving
clear advice about earthquake preparedness."
http://www.nature.co...ll/477264a.html
"The view from L'Aquila, however, is quite different. Prosecutors and the
families of victims alike say that the trial has nothing to do with the ability
to predict earthquakes, and everything to do with the failure of
government-appointed scientists serving on an advisory panel to adequately
evaluate, and then communicate, the potential risk to the local population. The
charges, detailed in a 224-page document filed by Picuti, allege that members of
the National Commission for Forecasting and Predicting Great Risks, who held a
special meeting in L'Aquila the week before the earthquake, provided
"incomplete, imprecise, and contradictory information" to a public that had been
unnerved by months of persistent, low-level tremors. Picuti says that the
commission was more interested in pacifying the local population than in giving
clear advice about earthquake preparedness."
http://www.nature.co...ll/477264a.html
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Posted 25 October 2012 - 04:44 PM
Ahem, gods only take credit for the good stuff... Unless somebody is being smitten...Unbelievable. Anyway, aren't quakes deemed to be 'acts of God', so why haven't they felt Pope Benny's collar instead?
The last government were convinced that we were there to do their bidding. They wasted vast quantities of our money in order to spy on us, intimidate us and needlessly over regulate us, whilst gold plating their own pensions and expenses. Their behind the scenes encouragement of, and turning a blind eye to, the kettling and harrassment tactics of the Police are a shameful episode in our history which we need to remember and address urgently. - Haloman
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Posted 25 October 2012 - 05:22 PM
I'm sure I read somewhere on here that Scientists don't believe in GodUnbelievable. Anyway, aren't quakes deemed to be 'acts of God', so why haven't they felt Pope Benny's collar instead?
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Posted 25 October 2012 - 07:37 PM
All of them?I'm sure I read somewhere on here that Scientists don't believe in God
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 08:31 AM
All of them?
Most people don't believe in all the gods so scientists are no different.
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 12:58 PM
Blasphemy! There is only one godMost people don't believe in all the gods so scientists are no different.
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 01:17 PM
Blasphemy! There is only one god
He must get lonely.
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Posted 27 October 2012 - 05:32 AM
Yeah, to relieve the boredom he passes his time by giving Aids to children in Africa.He must get lonely.
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