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Re:$580M undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby... by lukan on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @02:02PM (#49262102)
Where is the big damage in putting stones on a spot? So sure, that spot and the area around will be in use, so sensitive life won't prosper there, but apart from that?
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Re:$580M undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby... by ceejayoz on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @02:33PM (#49262562)
> Where is the big damage in putting stones on a spot?

I think that's a question for the ecologists.

My guess, though, would be that part of the concern is people visiting the site on an ongoing basis as a tourist location, which won't happen with a buried power line.

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Re:$580M undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby... by wrongdumbass on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @08:43PM (#49266452)
> I think that's a question for the ecologists.

Now ask the ecologists if bulldozing and paving over hundreds of square miles of forest to make a city is ecologically sound. You might be shocked to learn that your entire so-called "civilization" is a pox on the planet.

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Re:$580M undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby... by ceejayoz on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @09:40AM (#49272267)
"Louisiana is an impoverished shithole populated by violent negroids."

I think I'll take my critiques from people who don't have shit like this in their comment history. Thanks!

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