Re:Boring Company fined nearly $500K after it dumped drillin...
by hvb2 on Sunday November 09, 2025 @11:53AM
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Treating environmental law as a way to make money is, odd. If the financial Harm is minimal that implies that in your worldview it shouldn't be punished?
You must view jails and prisons as a terrible outcome, since you're essentially paying money to punish someone.
Re:Boring Company fined nearly $500K after it dumped drillin...
by charcircuit on Sunday November 09, 2025 @06:50PM
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>If the financial Harm is minimal that implies that in your worldview it shouldn't be punished?
Yes. If I step on a patch of grass technically that may damage the grass, but I don't think such an action should be punished since the amount of damage is very small.
>You must view jails and prisons as a terrible outcome, since you're essentially paying money to punish someone.
No, I view it as a positive outcome as it removes malicous actors from the system.
It's not weird. It would be bad if the government was unable to have the funds to clean up the damage. And when someone is charging you with >300% profit margins, that's a sign that you should find another way to solve the issue.
>Sure, you don't mind as long as they're fined a decent amount, right?
I would mind, but I would feel that I was made whole if they paid me >3x the damages to the house.