05-06-2017, 10:31 AM
by Eric 1600: Can you kill an ocean or lake? Can you really injure a river? Those are all very subjective ideas...
Hope I have not taken this out of context, but the answer is clearly that you can kill or damage a river or a lake. (Ocean damage is infinitely harder.) Such as by dumping poison in them. Or setting off an A-bomb.
This is not subjective at all. It is purely factual.
I agree that the question of how much TMT would damage the environment is subjective. There is physical damage, i.e., modification of the site in preparation for building, but beyond that the facts are open to dispute and interpretation. Subjectivity arises.
The Hawaiians' case is mostly religious. Such as abortion, existence of God, death penalty, etc. Religious debates are generally futile.
Hope I have not taken this out of context, but the answer is clearly that you can kill or damage a river or a lake. (Ocean damage is infinitely harder.) Such as by dumping poison in them. Or setting off an A-bomb.
This is not subjective at all. It is purely factual.
I agree that the question of how much TMT would damage the environment is subjective. There is physical damage, i.e., modification of the site in preparation for building, but beyond that the facts are open to dispute and interpretation. Subjectivity arises.
The Hawaiians' case is mostly religious. Such as abortion, existence of God, death penalty, etc. Religious debates are generally futile.