04-28-2016, 05:05 AM
Its only my opinion that all those monster observatories after the first one are rubber-stamped illegally.
For something to be illegal, it has to be against a legal statute in place at the time of the action. For instance, if a person drank alcohol before prohibition it was legal. After prohibition, illegal. After the repeal of prohibition, legal again.
It's not the act of drinking alcohol, or the opinion of drinkers or non-drinkers that makes it illegal, it's the law that's on the books.
Because a person doesn't like the observatories on Mauna Kea doesn't make them illegal, although that hasn't stop the Protectors from stating that repeatedly until some people start to believe it.
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." -Annie Dillard
For something to be illegal, it has to be against a legal statute in place at the time of the action. For instance, if a person drank alcohol before prohibition it was legal. After prohibition, illegal. After the repeal of prohibition, legal again.
It's not the act of drinking alcohol, or the opinion of drinkers or non-drinkers that makes it illegal, it's the law that's on the books.
Because a person doesn't like the observatories on Mauna Kea doesn't make them illegal, although that hasn't stop the Protectors from stating that repeatedly until some people start to believe it.
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." -Annie Dillard
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves