Take that, San Diego? (Earthquake?)

[Dinner]

building codes

Talk more about them please

Yeah, it is boring stuff but it is also why we ride out earthquakes with no damage while they die by the thousands.

[Asher]

I think it's thrilling stuff.

Then again, the smartest people don't ****ing build cities on fault lines, no?

[Dinner]

We're dozens and dozens of miles from the major fault. It's on the other side of the mountains and far out into the desert for christ's sake.

[SlowwHand]

You act like that's a good thing, Oerdin.

[Wezil]

See? When proper government regulations are in place so that building codes are strong even if you're hit with an earthquake nothing much of note happens. Compare that to Haiti, Iran, or China which lets anyone build however they want which results in hundreds of thousands dying in even minor quakes. Libertarians are retards.

Wow.

That's up there with Che's North Korea comment.

[Hauldren Collider]

Oerdin's also forgetting that building codes for earthquakes are pretty stupid when you live in a place that doesn't ever have earthquakes.

[MrFun]

Yeah, that earthquake in Haiti was nothing but a figment of people's imagination.

[MrFun]

See? When proper government regulations are in place so that building codes are strong even if you're hit with an earthquake nothing much of note happens. Compare that to Haiti, Iran, or China which lets anyone build however they want which results in hundreds of thousands dying in even minor quakes. Libertarians are retards.

None of these countries are libertarian governments.

[Hauldren Collider]

[MikeH]

Yes, Haiti, Iran and China are well-known for their libertarian governments...

QFT!

[MrFun]

Haiti earthquake

[Wezil]

One must never let facts interfere with a good rant.

[Hauldren Collider]

Haiti earthquake

I was confused because I'm not sure what the hell the Haiti earthquake has to do with it.

I was pointing out that in a place where you DON'T have earthquakes, requiring buildings to be able to withstand earthquakes is stupid. Are you disagreeing?

[MrFun]

I was confused because I'm not sure what the hell the Haiti earthquake has to do with it.

I was pointing out that in a place where you DON'T have earthquakes, requiring buildings to be able to withstand earthquakes is stupid. Are you disagreeing?

Oerdin included Haiti in his comments, then you responded that it's stupid to have earthquake building codes in countries where there are never earthquakes.

It's possible for people to think that you had forgotten about Haiti's earthquake in that context, in the heated moment of your rant.

[Wezil]

I don't believe we have earthquake building codes here.