Kids Win the Right to Sue the US Government Over Climate Change

Re:Kids Win the Right to Sue the US Government Over Climate ... by croon on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @06:43AM (#12966170)

> We need more people doing and less people complaining. Some may consider it stupid to sue, but if this is the only solution, why not?

Some may consider it stupid to elect Trump, but obviously tens of millions of people felt it was the only solution.

I actually agree with you. Whatever you think of this suit or this election, I think we can agree that there are some situations in which you have no "good" recourse, and have to resort to whatever is there to make your point/stand.

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Re:Kids Win the Right to Sue the US Government Over Climate ... by TheCoelacanth on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @10:30AM (#12967760)

> Some may consider it stupid to elect Trump, but obviously tens of millions of people felt it was the only solution.

Mostly people who will be dead before climate change becomes a problem.

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Re:Kids Win the Right to Sue the US Government Over Climate ... by eli_gottlieb on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @10:46AM (#12967954)

>Some may consider it stupid to elect Trump, but obviously tens of millions of people felt it was the only solution.

But most people thought that was stupid, and legitimacy rests with the majority.

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Re:Kids Win the Right to Sue the US Government Over Climate ... by mc32 on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @10:50AM (#12968008)

Both major candidates optimized for the electoral college. If the election were on popularity they would have optimized for such --what the result would have been is unknown, it may have been the same or it might have changed the outcome, but we do know that the campaigns would have been vastly different.

Also, one candidate spent twice the amount on advertising. If the winner had outspent the loser by 2x, I'm sure there'd be an outcry about the amount of money used in the campaign.

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