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The worst thing about Italian earthquake...
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 (August 27, 2016 at 4:11 pm)abaris Wrote:(August 27, 2016 at 4:10 pm)Expired Wrote: It's humanity's loss. I was not directly affected, but Arsebaris I can have an opinion. Sorry for calling you Arsebaris, that was lowlife bickering. 
Lol, you called him Arsebaris upthread?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
 (August 26, 2016 at 8:22 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(August 26, 2016 at 7:02 pm)Cato Wrote: Wonder if Italians will convict and jail seismologists again? Holy fucking shit, that is insane. Earthquakes are not that predictable just yet. Japan studies them more than anyone and even they cant get much beyond a few seconds or minute warning. If anyone is to blame it would be the country's lack of enforcing improving building codes and funding them.
Yes, the treatment of those scientists was a farce of the first order.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
 (August 27, 2016 at 5:31 pm)Brian37 Wrote: If anyone is to blame it would be the country's lack of enforcing improving building codes and funding them. Which isn't as easy as, say, in the USA or Japan. We're talking about buildings that are centuries old. Grown villages that in many cases go back to the Middle Ages and even earlier. Have you taken a look at what these villages looked like before the earthquake hit? ![[Image: italy-earthquake.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=static.independent.co.uk%2Fs3fs-public%2Fstyles%2Fstory_medium%2Fpublic%2Fthumbnails%2Fimage%2F2016%2F08%2F24%2F13%2Fitaly-earthquake.jpg)
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 RE: The worst thing about Italian earthquake...
August 28, 2016 at 5:39 am
(This post was last modified: August 28, 2016 at 5:41 am by Lucanus.)
I'll just chime in and say that even though a lot of our buildings are really, really old, it often turns out that some construction companies build new stuff with no regard to antiseismic regulations. Why spend more money for safety when you can just bribe your way to a new earthquake, and a new wave of sand houses to build?
ETA: I'm ok btw
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped. Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses. Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder. Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids." 
Glad you're OK Luc.
Disclaimer: I am only responsible for what I say, not what you choose to understand.
To reiterate points already made: Not everything that happens should be viewed as a chance to bash religion. Try not to behave like an opportunistic cunt and focus on the fact that lives have been destroyed.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
Well said Boru.
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