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Environmentalists in attack mode

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Nadjeschda replied on Thu, Nov 11 2010 11:42 AM

I am not talking about Utopia when I am afraid that the legal system might cease to "work". If for example 90% of murder could not been detected and proofed anymore I foresee havy damage to society. As people can get killed by environmental degradation this is not as far fetched an example as it sounds.

I already stated that I don't see how the state can solve the problem either. But because nobody has found a solution yet -state of free market - the problem can't be ignored by labelling a save environment an utopia.

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Nadjeschda replied on Thu, Nov 11 2010 11:57 AM

Now you stretch the term "implicit" a bit. Where do I have used the term "always"? I have run into quite a lot of people who presented panaceas - etatist and free market supports - but where did I claim that they are all the same?

I do not personally dislike lawyers or environmental experts; I dislike the idea of a technocracy. If large parts of our affairs become dependent on legal and scientific experts, and if disputes can only be settled by expert assessments (instead of a logic which all people can follow) than there is a lot of room for corruption and for instrumentalizing environmental problems.

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Wibee replied on Fri, Nov 12 2010 5:41 PM

Water flows in a river.  so, he is not polluting your water.  poisoning your fish gives you rights to restitution.  placing your fish farm in a river does expose it to undue risk.  A makeshift pond may be more managable. 

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