These things are manned by people from the poorest countries in the world paid starvation wages. I'm not sure how you're supposed to distinguish incompetence from malice.
By treating it like malicious homicide by default.
After the Vaal Reefs mine disaster a law was passed that made mine owners automatically guilty of homicide without trial unless they could prove that they had taken all possible steps to prevent an accident. Depending on the country in South Africa this could either means 15 years/life sentence or death penalty by firing squad/hanging.
Suddenly BAM! State of the art safety systems and proper protocols put in place to greatly improve safety and working conditions for miners in Africa.
Things will change when CEOs and shareholders will be put to the sword rather than have a wrists slapped with a negligible fine.
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
The "it actually happens all the time but you weren't paying attention" excuse is starting to sound like cope to me.
I'm too jaded by this point, and these fuckers have used up all the good will to boot.
Once is enemy action. Twice is more evidence. Three times is certainty.
These things are manned by people from the poorest countries in the world paid starvation wages. I'm not sure how you're supposed to distinguish incompetence from malice.
By treating it like malicious homicide by default.
After the Vaal Reefs mine disaster a law was passed that made mine owners automatically guilty of homicide without trial unless they could prove that they had taken all possible steps to prevent an accident. Depending on the country in South Africa this could either means 15 years/life sentence or death penalty by firing squad/hanging.
Suddenly BAM! State of the art safety systems and proper protocols put in place to greatly improve safety and working conditions for miners in Africa.
Things will change when CEOs and shareholders will be put to the sword rather than have a wrists slapped with a negligible fine.
Yeah, but I was trying to highlight the difficulty of international regulation. Int'l shipping companies have the power here. Countries need them.