"This is one of the dumbest, and yet most ominous, of recent headlines: Italian Seismologists Charged With Manslaughter for Not Predicting 2009 Quake.
The linked Fox story quotes a spokesman for the U.S. Geological Survey who says that Italy's criminal prosecution "has a medieval flavor to it." Actually, you would have to go back to a more primitive era to recapture the condition of childish dependence that this story reveals. Many Europeans, and a growing number of Americans, have abandoned any pretense of looking after themselves and believe that it is the duty of the authorities--whoever they may be in a particular instance--to protect them from all harm, if not all inconvenience."
[PowerLine]
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