kristinawood.com ~ View topic

Forum Admin Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Posts: 3670

No offense to those in Italy of course.

But...
I was reading these articles in the news about Six Scientists in Italy got convicted of murder because they can't predict earth quakes accurately.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/22/us-italy-earthquake-court-idUSBRE89L13V20121022

This is just rather disturbing news and I fear for those who live in Italy. If that is the court system they have and the type of politics/government its a real shame.

Just imagine if you were a scientist, you'd be afraid to give any opinion or even a hint of information that may have a chance of failure. I would definitely not want to work in their Disaster Department.

And that's what happened. Head of the Disaster Body quits:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9628248/Italy-earthquake-decision-head-of-disaster-body-quits-in-protest-at-LAquila-ruling.html

/discuss

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

Geez, seismology is not a precise science and its not like you can accurately predict when an earthquake can occur. That form of justice is etchy at best.