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Mafia Sinks Ships Containing Toxic Waste
Hugh Pickens writes "For years there have been rumors that the mafia was sinking ships with nuclear and other waste on board as part of a money-making racket. Now, BBC reports on a sunken vessel that has been found 30km off the coast of Italy. Murky pictures taken by a robot camera show the vessel intact, and alongside it are a number of yellow barrels with labels indicating the contents are toxic. The ship's location was revealed by Francesco Fonti, an ex-member of Calabria's feared 'Ndrangheta crime group, who confessed to using explosives to sink this vessel and two others as part of an illegal operation to bypass rules on the disposal of toxic waste. Experts are now examining samples taken from the wreck, and an official says that if the samples prove to be radioactive then a search for up to 30 other sunken vessels believed scuttled by the mafia would begin immediately. 'The Mediterranean is 0.7 percent of the world's seas. If in this tiny portion there are more than 30 (toxic waste) shipwrecks, imagine what there could be elsewhere,' says Silvestro Greco, head of Calabria's environment agency."
I have to totally agree with you. My wife and I went on a cruise for our honeymoon last year. Left from Barcelona, Spain, hit Canne, France as well as two ports in Italy (one close to Pisa, one close to Rome). Fark. Italy. I had the most wonderful time in France. The people were super-nice (we made attempts to speak French, the locals seem to warm up to you if you make at least an attempt) in Canne. We want to live there sometime for 3-6 months. Italy? The worst place I've been (from a tourist perspective). I'm going back once more to hit Rome, and then never again for the rest of my life. That. bad.
>>>when you're likely to act in your own self interest rather than the greater social good.
Like when I find someone in my garage, trying to steal my car, and I slice them with my samurai sword in order to protect myself from harm. To me that thief has forfeited his right to freedom the moment he tried to steal ~1 year worth of my life (the value of the car), and he's forfeited his right to life the moment he tried to attack me. And no I wouldn't feel any guilt. In 50 years he would have been dead anyway, and today's as a good a day as any to be his Last day.
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After years of living in New Jersey, most of these greaseballs are probably immune to pollution.
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