A large-ish part of me is looking forward to the day when we just run out of oil and all the gas companies are forced out of business. The more rational part of me is aware that running out of oil could spark world war and everything could just get real awful real fast; it's just difficult not to desire some sort of punishment for all the gas companies that get away with so much. This article describes a still open case over Chevron's pollution of the Amazon rainforest- in the 1970s and 80s! The most recent development is bad news for Chevron, but I'm appalled that pollution that was done over thirty years ago has still gone unpunished and uncorrected.
It seems as if Troy Davis will be executed tomorrow, despite much evidence pointing to Davis's innocence, or at least showing that the case is deeply flawed. I am firmly against the death penalty (as previously discussed!), and to me, this case represents a lot of what is wrong with the capital punishment system. What is his death going to achieve? If it is possible to keep a criminal safely away from the rest of the population, I see no reason for capital punishment, especially when there is a question of the individual's guilt.
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