A toxic waste disposal site has been proposed for the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Many tribal members oppose this plan, but some favor it because of the jobs and income it will bring to an area with 70 percent unemployment. If local people choose immediate survival over long term health, should we object or intervene?|||Basically, you have set up a false dichotomy.
The only equitable thing is to demand the same legal health safeguards for the Dakota as we would for a European tribe, use the law to make sure the waste company complies, and then let people decide for themselves.
BTW: Why is there 70% unemployment? And who are "we"?|||First, you are assuming these people aren't making an informed decision.
Second, you are assuming there will be negative health consequences worse than the ones caused by chronic unemployment.
Third, you are considering 'intervening' without telling us whether you even live in the area.
Seems pretty patronizing to me.|||Well, if I want to hit myself in the hand with a hammer, shouldn't it be my business?
If you don't survive past the immediate future, then what is the point of planning long term?
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