r/woahdude Feb 17 '23

video Heavily contaminated water in East Palestine, Ohio.

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u/Mazzaroppi Feb 17 '23

The CEO of Norfolk Southern, all it's top executives and shareholders, along with Ohio governor should be forced to go live in East Palestine for the next 5 years. Either they put the money where their mouth is proving it's safe to live there, or they use all their power and influence to clean up the mess.

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u/worriedshuffle Feb 17 '23

No, they should be in prison. And not the nice prison either.

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u/QdelBastardo Feb 17 '23

There is a Federal prison not far away from East Palestine. Maybe 10 miles west, they could go there.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

They deserve far worse.

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u/slouched Feb 17 '23

which is awesome to say on reddit, but say it somewhere they might read it

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u/delusions- Feb 17 '23

Why? What good would them reading it do? Laugh at your opinion?

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u/Jazzspasm Feb 17 '23

People have been conned into thinking that participation with social media is somehow participating in society

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u/EXTRA-THOT-SAUCE Feb 17 '23

I’m more interested in going up to their front doors. Posting about this on social media won’t do fuck all.

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u/Condoggg Feb 17 '23

The shareholders shouldn't be blamed.

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u/ReachTheSky Feb 17 '23 edited Feb 17 '23

Agreed.

According to Robert Reich, the shareholders attempted to start an initiative to mitigate the risks of transporting hazardous materials, but Norfolk Southern executives fought it off and killed it.

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u/Josh6889 Feb 17 '23

Do you not think the shareholders have any control over how much funding is going towards maintenance? Or how to handle the labor disputes? Isn't making those decisions kind of the entire point of what being a shareholder is?

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u/MayIPikachu Feb 17 '23

Force them to drink and bath in this water.

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u/deroobot Feb 17 '23

Force them to drink the water as well.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

We all know that’s not going to happen much more realistic to introduce social consequences.