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Volunteer Under Investigation for Cleaning Polluted River Without a License, Faces Two Years in Prison (futurism.com)

submitted 13 hours ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 100 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

I feel like this is only justifiable if the officials aren’t given time to act. It would be one thing if he fired off an email and ran out and did this the next day, but according to the article he spent years contacting officials before doing it himself. If they want to live by perfect world rules where stuff like this is overseen and coordinated with experts then they need to do it in a timely manner. It’s unreasonable to expect people to live in an area full of garbage for years and just do nothing about it.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 33 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I like this argument because there’s a right to petition the government, and to a timely trial.