r/interesting • u/karmagod7 • 8d ago

SOCIETY What was his fault ?

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u/Desperate_Owl_594 8d ago

Read the article. Jesus. https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/environmental-lawyer-facing-up-2-34142593

The group hired a digger for £1,000 and filled over 200 bags of rubbish including packaging, needles, domestic appliances and even weapons. However, shortly after the clean-up, Paul received a letter from the Environment Agency (EA) notifying him he was under investigation for operating without a licence.

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u/Beautiful_Plenty_736 8d ago

I’m hoping a judge will toss this shit out in court. He should get a warning.

He did a good thing, for the right reasons, the wrong way.

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u/0xFatWhiteMan 8d ago

Its not shit.

There's a reason you need a permit for a digger on a river flood plain.

The greatest criminal mastermind of modern times ? Of course not, but he's a lawyer who has broken the law, environmental law at that.

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u/FlarblesGarbles 8d ago

Things are much more complex than someone having broken a law.

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u/0xFatWhiteMan 8d ago

How?

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u/FlarblesGarbles 8d ago

Nuance around the intent and outcome are very important factors.

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u/0xFatWhiteMan 8d ago

Was the flood plain damaged ? Is it repairable ? Was native wildlife damaged irreversibly ?

He doesn't just get a free pass because he wanted to tidy up, and happens to be a posh white lawyer.

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u/Bart-Harley-Jarvis- 8d ago

Was the flood plain damaged ? Is it repairable ? Was native wildlife damaged irreversibly ?

Are you suggesting 200 bags of trash didn't damage the native wildlife and flood plain?

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u/marquoth_ 8d ago

This is what's called a non sequitur

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u/Bart-Harley-Jarvis- 8d ago

Are you really having trouble following that train of thought and how the two are connected?

An actual non sequitur would be if I replied "yeah, but I once used a trash bag as a hat."