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"These imbeciles enjoy spreading false news."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/06/italy-earthquake-predicted
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1889644,00.html
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http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/06/1935246&art_pos=2
I find it incredible that the Italian Government can censor posts on the internet. Does this country have no concept of free speech?
An Italian scientist who predicted a major earthquake near L'Aquila a few weeks ago was forced to remove warnings from the internet after being reported to the police, it emerged today.
Giampaolo Giuliani, a researcher at the National Physical Laboratory of Gran Sasso, based his forecast on emissions of radon gas coming from the ground in seismically active areas.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/06/italy-earthquake-predicted
The researcher had said that a "disastrous" earthquake would strike on March 29, but when it didn't, Guido Bertolaso, head of Italy's Civil Protection Agency, officially denounced Giuliani in court last week for "false alarm." "These imbeciles enjoy spreading false news," Bertolaso was quoted as saying. "Everyone knows that you can't predict earthquakes."
Using a method that measures gasses emitted by small tremors, Giuliani, it turns out, was partially right. A much smaller seismic shift struck on the day he said it would, with the truly disastrous one arriving just one week later. "Someone owes me an apology," Giuliani, who is also a resident of L'Aquila, told reporters on Monday. "The situation here is dramatic. I am devastated but also angry."
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1889644,00.html
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http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/06/1935246&art_pos=2
I find it incredible that the Italian Government can censor posts on the internet. Does this country have no concept of free speech?
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