Four kids & mom of Catholic family die in a house fire.

[Jehanne]

A lot of religious conservatives were (or still are) Ron Paul supporters; they believe that they don't need any type of government assistance at all.  It's not at all surprising to me to see these types of people believing that they don't need smoke alarms in their homes.  What a pity!

And the connection between  not wanting government assistance and not having a smoke detectors is?

As a family, we went through financial hardship a few years ago, and our local government installed smoke detectors in our home free of charge.

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It's not at all surprising to me to see these types of people believing that they don't need smoke alarms in their homes.  What a pity!

Well, that's not the case in this story, because Massachusetts law requires smoke and CO² detectors in all residences.

But hey, don't let that get in the way of your generalizing.

Stayed tuned; there will be a report from a Massachusetts fire inspector.  Let's see what that says!  If Dad was in violation of the law, he should at least feel worse than he does, if not prosecuted.

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It's not at all surprising to me to see these types of people believing that they don't need smoke alarms in their homes.  What a pity!

You know there's that anecdote about the french queen Marie Antoinette. Once she got news about the peasants not having bread. She was confused and asked, if they haven't got bread, why don't they eat cake?

That's what your reply on smoke detectors reminds me of.

Apples & Oranges.  The First Estate in France cared very little about the well-being of the Third Estate.

P.S. Do a compare sometime between the Republic of today and the Monarchy prior to the Revolution. I will promise to read it.