Yeah. Fire him from his government job so he can move on to a cushy job working for one of the company's he was supposed to be regulating. That'll teach him!
Seriously, I think there need to be more punitive repercussions for this kind of thing. What would happen to a doctor who told his patients to excede the recommended dosages on their medications, resulting in deaths from overdoses? A building inspector who granted exemptions to the normal earthquake safety codes, resulting in the collapse of a few office towers? A police chief who publicly announced he would no longer enforce speed limits on some highways, resulting in a series of multi-car pileups? Even if an individual has the authority to make such decisions, there's a point where "bad decisions" becomes blatant malpractice and need to be treated as such.
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Date: 2008-09-20 05:14 pm (UTC)Seriously, I think there need to be more punitive repercussions for this kind of thing. What would happen to a doctor who told his patients to excede the recommended dosages on their medications, resulting in deaths from overdoses? A building inspector who granted exemptions to the normal earthquake safety codes, resulting in the collapse of a few office towers? A police chief who publicly announced he would no longer enforce speed limits on some highways, resulting in a series of multi-car pileups? Even if an individual has the authority to make such decisions, there's a point where "bad decisions" becomes blatant malpractice and need to be treated as such.