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Zeus posted...

I don't think you understand how zealotry works and the general notion of the ends justifying the means. Terrorists can justify short-time harm under the auspice that it will stop long-term harm, thus making it alright.

Except in this case they would be causing an easily-repaired leak (since the actual line pipe is - barring unique situations like cased crossings, crowded pipeline corridors, or HDD bored pipes under waterbodies - the easiest and cheapest part of a pipeline to repair, compared to something like a facility or valve site) in exchange for a not insignificant environmental impact. Knocking out a pump station would be far easier (since there's no need to locate and excavate an underground line, which most eco-terrorists would not have the equipment to easily do, and taking out a pump station just requires some explosives or heavy machinery), the environmental impacts would be much lower, and the cost and down-time for the operator would be significantly higher.

Zeus posted...

It's fun to look at one metric and boil down all of politics to suggest it's the only metric that matters, isn't it? It allows you to overlook overlook all the other direct and indirect harms to the American people.

You claimed that voting democrat was voting against people's interest (an odd assertion for a self-proclaimed "left-leaning centrist", but let's roll with it) - I provided an example of why voting democrat has a better track record for national prosperity. Notably, that's one more example than what you have provided in this topic.

If you want people to take your talking points seriously, try backing them up with some actual arguments.
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