Related: The thing people forget about Ghostbusters is that Walter Peck was right. https://twitter.com/AmazonChique/status/1244303149151600641

Boy, the replies to this one turned into a pickup game of "Spot the libertarian."

The folks who whine about Peck just shutting down the containment and being an ass about it seem to forget his point of contact was Venkman.

Peter Venkman, who violated every ethical science study guideline in the name of sexually harassing coeds. https://twitter.com/PhantasticGeek/status/1244332251460091904

Imagine if you will that you find out Bill Maher runs a company that builds strange, unregulated devices sucking up massive amounts of power.

And when you confront him, he tells you it's to keep the earth in orbit.

But he's very Bill Maher about it.

Would you believe him?

You show up at a business, try to do your job of regulation and oversight, and are confronted by a slimy charlatan who to every appearance is fleecing the bereaved out of huge sums of money by claiming to "get rid of ghosts."

Fuck yeah I'm shutting the prick down.

What, that an obviously corrupt con artist was actually telling the truth about the supernatural, something no one else in the history of humanity could definitively prove?

I'm not even a lawyer and I'd take that case. Fuck, I'd *win* that case. https://twitter.com/rjm_fnglhr/status/1244335986328440833

"Yes, but your honor, you see, we HAD to build nuclear accelerators and a giant laser containment unit connected to the city's power grid, because we were the only ones who could stop the ghosts."

"And did you bring your evidence to the government?"

"... um."

Quite a lot, actually.

Remember, before they went into business for themselves, before the entire catastrophe began they went to ONE authority - the university - and gave up after being rejected.

What about NASA? What about the military? https://twitter.com/rjm_fnglhr/status/1244337812834574341

But no, they only went to government authorities *after* the disaster ... which, like it or not, they bear some responsibility for.

They were improperly stockpiling gasoline. Doesn't matter who lit the match.

Damn right no one wanted to hear from them again.