Reply #11: True enough :-) [View All]

> analogies are inherently incomplete

I appreciated your analogy but think we just have two different
opinions on the polluters:

> ... the polluters will only be defensive and they will continue to stymie
> solutions to save their own side of the lawsuits. but if the emphasis
> is on "what do we do about it", then this gives them a way to do the
> right thing going forward without having to plead guilty to having
> caused the whole mess in the first place.

I view the polluters as having no conscience whatsoever, as having powerful
enough lawyers to not only continue delaying actions but actively attacking
the environmentalists, as caring about nothing other than their profits
and ways to maximise same.

I just think that softening the attack will let them get away with more
rather than encouraging them to do the right thing. Still, there's more
than one way to skin a cat and, at this stage, I think we need to try a
lot of different tactics rather than relying on a single one.

:hi: