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Re:Young Australians just won a human rights case against an... by taneq on Saturday November 26, 2022 @11:28PM (#33760368)
I'm curious how they balanced the rights of potential future humans vs. the rights of currently existing humans whose lives would be improved by the coal potentially mined here. I'm assuming the coal miner's side tried this sort of argument?
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Re:Young Australians just won a human rights case against an... by brutusborn on Sunday November 27, 2022 @01:17AM (#33760846)
They don't, the judgement only considers harms to human rights from the project going ahead, it ignores any downside from cancelling it.
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Re:Young Australians just won a human rights case against an... by somishere on Sunday November 27, 2022 @04:00AM (#33761544)
I would suggest this is a false dichotomy and so am not sure there would be much to balance in this regard (even if it were up for consideration)
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