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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Hope on February 07, 2016, 09:43:30 PM

Title: Tainan earthquake aftermath
Post by: Hope on February 07, 2016, 09:43:30 PM: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35515749

Shocking, to be expected or what?
Title: Re: Tainan earthquake aftermath
Post by: Owlswing on February 07, 2016, 10:57:16 PM: Quote from: Hope on February 07, 2016, 09:43:30 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35515749

Shocking, to be expected or what?

What was to be expected? That a building re-inforced with tin cans would collapse in a earthquake?

This comes under the heading of bloody stupid questions that answer themselves.
Title: Re: Tainan earthquake aftermath
Post by: Maeght on February 07, 2016, 11:51:43 PM: Would think the question was about their use, not their effect.
Title: Re: Tainan earthquake aftermath
Post by: Owlswing on February 08, 2016, 12:32:26 AM: Quote from: Maeght on February 07, 2016, 11:51:43 PM
Would think the question was about their use, not their effect.

I would have said that the first was irresponsibly stupid and the second catastrophic.
Title: Re: Tainan earthquake aftermath
Post by: Maeght on February 08, 2016, 09:15:06 AM: Yes - but if Hope's question was about their use not their effect then was it still a bloody stupid questions that answers itself?
Title: Re: Tainan earthquake aftermath
Post by: Hope on February 08, 2016, 09:28:16 AM: Quote from: Maeght on February 08, 2016, 09:15:06 AM
Yes - but if Hope's question was about their use not their effect then was it still a bloody stupid questions that answers itself?
Whilst I'd agree that using tins likje this was stupid, there have been many instances of apparently stupid things that have turned out to be amazingly clever. The other thing is that, from the builder's point of view this would have been brilliant - replace expensive steel reinforcing with cheap tins and rake in the money!