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Yeah, I'm with KKK, now. You're getting fucking boring, Buckoo. Find a new tune, will ya? It can't be that hard.

 

I can't tell if you are joking but anyone who doesn't appreciate the role played by regulations and hazard management in keeping down the casualty count for a disaster of this magnitude in a hyper densely populated area is clueless.

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I'm usually joking, but not this time. Seriously, we could all use a break, and that goes out to both and the KKKster. If you've posted it once, that's good enough, eh?

 

Nope. No break in pointing out to fuckwits the logical consequences of their demagoguery. Without "big government" regulations, literally millions of Japanese would be dead this morning.

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Without "big government" regulations, literally millions of Japanese would be dead this morning.

 

Right, because consumers would never choose earthquake-proofed buildings on their own and create demand for such products in the free market. Especially in an area in which earthquakes are frequent and devastating.

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There is the basic principle that too much repetitious insult leads to being ignored, and being fresher and funnier communicating your points more effectively. Arguable in my case, perhaps, but at least I try to come up with new material now and then.

 

Hey, I tried.

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Right, because consumers would never choose earthquake-proofed buildings on their own and create demand for such products in the free market. Especially in an area in which earthquakes are frequent and devastating.

 

:laf:

 

Some are people are just more earthquake-proof than others...

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Without "big government" regulations, literally millions of Japanese would be dead this morning.

 

Right, because consumers would never choose earthquake-proofed buildings on their own and create demand for such products in the free market. Especially in an area in which earthquakes are frequent and devastating.

 

Actually, places with weak regulations have huge casualty counts during quakes (Turkey for example). It's the case for most natural hazard btw: people who live in LA burbs routinely buy expensive houses that were built right in the paths of debris flows. 30% of new shoreline properties will be gone in 50-100 years, etc

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Without "big government" regulations, literally millions of Japanese would be dead this morning.

 

Right, because consumers would never choose earthquake-proofed buildings on their own and create demand for such products in the free market. Especially in an area in which earthquakes are frequent and devastating.

 

Actually, places with weak regulations have huge casualty counts during quakes (Turkey for example). It's the case for most natural hazard btw: people who live in LA burbs routinely buy expensive houses that were built right in the paths of debris flows. 30% of new shoreline properties will be gone in 50-100 years, etc

 

Thanks, Cliff.

 

Pun intended.

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There is the basic principle that too much repetitious insult leads to being ignored, and being fresher and funnier communicating your points more effectively. Arguable in my case, perhaps, but at least I try to come up with new material now and then.

 

Hey, I tried.

 

who said we needed to come up with new material when the old material is more current than EVER, in my lifespan anyway?

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There is the basic principle that too much repetitious insult leads to being ignored, and being fresher and funnier communicating your points more effectively. Arguable in my case, perhaps, but at least I try to come up with new material now and then.

 

Hey, I tried.

 

who said we needed to come up with new material when the old material is more current than EVER, in my lifespan anyway?

 

Nevermind.

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There is the basic principle that too much repetitious insult leads to being ignored, and being fresher and funnier communicating your points more effectively. Arguable in my case, perhaps, but at least I try to come up with new material now and then.

 

Hey, I tried.

 

who said we needed to come up with new material when the old material is more current than EVER, in my lifespan anyway?

 

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Actually, places with weak regulations have huge casualty counts during quakes (Turkey for example). It's the case for most natural hazard btw: people who live in LA burbs routinely buy expensive houses that were built right in the paths of debris flows. 30% of new shoreline properties will be gone in 50-100 years, etc

 

Thanks, Cliff.

 

Due to the shape of the North American elk's esophagus, even if it could speak, it could not pronounce the word 'lasagna.'

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Actually, places with weak regulations have huge casualty counts during quakes (Turkey for example).

 

Actually, places with less surplus wealth available for earth-quake proofing homes and other buildings have huge casualty counts during earthquakes. All the regulations in the world won't help anybody if they simply can't afford to comply with the regulations. So your example of Turkey kinda falls flat, just like the mud brick huts they can barely afford to build...

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Actually, that's false because many buildings that failed in the last major Turkey earthquake were new constructions when contractors had used too much sand in concrete because it's cheaper.

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Same thing happened in Italy last year when shoddy new constructions failed because contractors shirked on cost to make bigger profits.

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