Posted on 04/04/2017 7:54:02 AM PDT by rktman
An Indian court declared Himalayan glaciers “legal persons” under law in a bid to save them from global warming.
The court’s two judges claimed Indian law must gives glaciers “living entity” status to keep them from melting.
“The rights of these entities shall be equivalent to the rights of human beings and any injury or harm caused to these bodies shall be treated as injury or harm caused to human beings,” the highest court in Indian state of Uttarakhand ruled. “In other words, the entity acts like a natural person, but only through a designated person.”
“For a bigger thrust of socio-political-scientific development, evolution of a fictional personality to be a juristic person becomes inevitable,” the ruling stated. “This may be any entity, living inanimate, objects or things.”
The case was filed as public interest litigation by an environmentalist, and was not filed to address any specific harm to any individual.
The court also extended the status of “living entity” to other natural wonders, including waterfalls, meadows, lakes and forests. Environmentalists have embraced the decision and hope it will be more than just a symbolic gesture.
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Wow. Glaciers have more rights than a human being in the womb.
Lots of issues with this asinine ruling:
1-Is the glacier entirely within the confines of India or is the root in another country?
2-What happens if it does melt? Who is held accountable? Will there be a criminal investigation?
3-How do they intend to sustain the life of the glacier?
4-What happens when the glacier damages other entities that the Indian court has granted personhood to? Will they arrest the glacier?
5-Are they going to tax the damned thing?
I never knew India was such a Haven for Drugs.
How does this help frozen water ? It’s a good thing they never have a Winter like ours or maybe they should have a Winter like ours
In the womb? Those are apparently just irritating tissue masses.
“An Indian court declared Himalayan glaciers “legal persons””.........
That’s what happens when you sleep too close to glaciers, your brain freezes.
I have no problem with this, as long as they make it clear which bathroom they use.
Can a glacier identify as something other than a glacier?
Not crazy-like, but within reason... say, it identifies with being a peninsula, or a continental shelf?
Big ice cubes are human but not unborn humans.
I never knew Indian harbors had icebergs floating by.
AKA TP
Madness has enveloped the globe.
liberals would not understand how funny that is. Well done!
Well, if I see a glacier in the men’s room with my grandson there is gonna be hell to pay!
Can queer glaciers get married?
Women’s Rights are Human Rights and Human Rights are Women’s Rights.
Human Rights are Glacier Rights and Glacier Rights are Wonen’s Rights?
I’m confused.
Satire is impossible in the face of such madness.
Court gives glaciers human rights . . . now glaciers are allowed to marry each other.
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