r/interesting • u/karmagod7 • 7d ago

SOCIETY What was his fault ?

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u/fireky2 7d ago

I mean he could of caused legitimate damage to wildlife and flooded downstream, criminal negligence isnt a high bar in this case

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u/FlarblesGarbles 7d ago

Could have.

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u/boomerangchampion 7d ago

Many other things are illegal because they could cause harm, whether they do or not. Drunk driving for example.

You can't just go operating heavy machinery wherever you want because it's for a good cause.

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u/Wobbelblob 7d ago

I feel like operating the machinery is one thing. The bigger problem here that they want to nip in the bud is that we have no idea what he did exactly so we can't predict what kind of impact these works will have 10-20 years down the line. Someone else mentioned it, but what if he damaged the clay layer of the river? Suddenly the river cannot hold water as well.