Yet instead of looking at ways to prevent this occurence in the future, they turn to litigation, working for their own material gain as opposed to the public welfare.
Yes, the unnamed power company should discuss the issue with the pole-digger, but I'm sure the employee didn't maliciously cause the problem.
Isn't this somewhat similar to a fiber line being cut by a farmer, here in the states, awhile back? Perhaps making it so one single individual does not have the access to disrupt services on such a large scale would be a better solution.
Yes, but the sad fact is, most poor people are lacking in access to education, and so are not even aware that the rich are abusing them, at least not so directly. The majority seems to be slanting this case as saying that some private homes were taken, but that's okay, because now we can all have a large shopping center.
Very correct. This is my first slashdot post, and everything up till now hasn't seemed to warrant a response, this article changed that. This issue crept up awhile ago, a group of homeowners didn't want to sell to a private developer, so the local government decided they would sell the property to them, and named the selling price to boot. As repeated, the clause has stated "public use", not public good, public welfare, or "for real estate values to go up".
What concerns me about this topic however, is that none of the major news media outlets are reporting on this to the public in any semblance of responisble journalism. They should be outraged along with the rest of us concerned citizens. But more importantly, we, the younger generation, should be up in arms (as in protest) over this issue.
It seems that even though this site is tailored to technical news and discussion, there are articles posted such as these concerning a strong regard for our civil rights. I do not believe that the best course of action is too begin letter writing campaigns, but to organize in large numbered protests against these types of constitutional breaches. We youths cannot be ignored, especially when our voices also can drastically affect even the older generation. Your parents, your aunts and uncles, your grandparents, your parents' friends. Speak to them, inform about the issue at hand. The news outlets are certainly not going to do it for them.
I think it is high time that an organization be set up for students to act on these issues, because as far as I can see, there is nothing but apathy being spread around our communities, and this needs to change. So any fellow posters agree? And what are your suggestions to begin taking action?
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Yet instead of looking at ways to prevent this occurence in the future, they turn to litigation, working for their own material gain as opposed to the public welfare.
Yes, the unnamed power company should discuss the issue with the pole-digger, but I'm sure the employee didn't maliciously cause the problem.
Isn't this somewhat similar to a fiber line being cut by a farmer, here in the states, awhile back? Perhaps making it so one single individual does not have the access to disrupt services on such a large scale would be a better solution.
Yes, but the sad fact is, most poor people are lacking in access to education, and so are not even aware that the rich are abusing them, at least not so directly. The majority seems to be slanting this case as saying that some private homes were taken, but that's okay, because now we can all have a large shopping center.
Very correct. This is my first slashdot post, and everything up till now hasn't seemed to warrant a response, this article changed that. This issue crept up awhile ago, a group of homeowners didn't want to sell to a private developer, so the local government decided they would sell the property to them, and named the selling price to boot. As repeated, the clause has stated "public use", not public good, public welfare, or "for real estate values to go up".
What concerns me about this topic however, is that none of the major news media outlets are reporting on this to the public in any semblance of responisble journalism. They should be outraged along with the rest of us concerned citizens. But more importantly, we, the younger generation, should be up in arms (as in protest) over this issue.
It seems that even though this site is tailored to technical news and discussion, there are articles posted such as these concerning a strong regard for our civil rights. I do not believe that the best course of action is too begin letter writing campaigns, but to organize in large numbered protests against these types of constitutional breaches. We youths cannot be ignored, especially when our voices also can drastically affect even the older generation. Your parents, your aunts and uncles, your grandparents, your parents' friends. Speak to them, inform about the issue at hand. The news outlets are certainly not going to do it for them.
I think it is high time that an organization be set up for students to act on these issues, because as far as I can see, there is nothing but apathy being spread around our communities, and this needs to change. So any fellow posters agree? And what are your suggestions to begin taking action?