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Old 01-24-2017, 02:56 PM   #757
Flamenspiel
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How much of it has been replaced and rebuilt? So? The problem with these things is you build them and wait for them to fail. That is why the protests are going on. No one wants an oil pipe on their lands waiting for it to fail. Not people who rely on their lands and their traditions are tied to the land. Another example of Trump being a moron. He believes he can just negotiate away their culture and their traditions. This protest has been going on for years. It ain't about negotiation. It's about NIMBY.
You sound like Jane Fonda, and very naive. People get paid to have energy infrastructure on their land, and that includes first nations. If you don't want to sell or lease the land they go around it.
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