Italy is Lynching Their Scientists

I think Italy is descending into complete leftist moonbattery. The surest sign is the government is allowing citizens to put scientists on trial for failing to predict natural disasters. In this case, several geologists are on trial for manslaughter for failing to predict an earthquake- something science will likely never be able to do- in a country that is very seismically active and has active volcanoes.

From Fox here:

A group of Italian scientists went on trial Tuesday for failing to predict an earthquake that killed more than 300 people in central Italy in 2009 despite signs of increased seismic activity in the area.
The seven defendants — six scientists and one government official — are accused of manslaughter in a case that some see as an unfair indictment of science.

Prosecutors say residents around the city of L’Aquila in the mountainous Abruzzo region should have been warned to flee their homes in the days before the quake.

“We simply want justice,” L’Aquila prosecutor Alfredo Rossini said. The injured parties are asking for €50 million ($68 million) in damages.

The defendants were members of a panel that had met six days before the earthquake to assess risks after hundreds of tremors had shaken the medieval university city. At that meeting, a committee analyzed data from the low-magnitude tremors and determined that the activity was not a prelude to a major earthquake.

That does it for Italian science. There will never again be a single person that will go into the field of geology in Italy if this trial goes forward, and especially if there is a conviction. If their life is on the line for failing to predict acts of God, would it be worth it to enter the field?

Italy is famous for having its earthquakes and volcanoes wipe out thousands of people! Vesuvius, Etna, Stromboli and even Vulcano are all active volcanoes in the region. But thanks to a bunch of leftists, scientists in Italy will now be “Going Galt.”