Minneapolis Bridge Collapse (3 Viewers)
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Fine. Let's take the whole of Western Europe. Show me a case where a bridge collapsed and let's say 10 people died in the last 10 years due to a construction error.
Besides, you're not even making a point. It's not because there are more bridges that they shouldn't be up to par. This comes down to saying: hey, there are loads of Americans, so what if one dies occasionally?
Besides, you're not even making a point. It's not because there are more bridges that they shouldn't be up to par. This comes down to saying: hey, there are loads of Americans, so what if one dies occasionally?
I've attacked my government before and I will attack them again. Bush dropped the ball with the Katrina debacle, as well as local and state authorities. Anybody can see that.
I'm just tired of dealing with nonsensical notions such as everything Americans do is inferior to those across the pond. In all honesty, that's the only issue, along with Bush, you ever go on about. And frankly, it's tiring.
I'm just tired of dealing with nonsensical notions such as everything Americans do is inferior to those across the pond. In all honesty, that's the only issue, along with Bush, you ever go on about. And frankly, it's tiring.
There's huge difference between "the best" and "the only".
Gotta side with Andy's civil engineering comments on this one, Seven. This is that classic issue of transposing your environment everywhere else in the world.
People point fingers at the abject poverty of people living in grass homes along the Mekong delta -- having an arrogant and ethnocentric view of their situation. Yes, certainly they could live at a higher standard somewhere else if given the option. But their society optimized the living conditions of frequent flooding by favoring more temporary structures.
At some level, this is like someone from Chicago laughing at people in Holland because their houses have no basements for storage.
After the weather, stock market report, and before sports, we have the daily bridge collapse news on TV here in America. How did you know?
Congratulations. You have fully achieved hubris. Now join George Bush and the rest of the pre-9/11 deniers in Washington DC.
I put some on my pancakes a few days ago.
Gotta side with Andy's civil engineering comments on this one, Seven. This is that classic issue of transposing your environment everywhere else in the world.
People point fingers at the abject poverty of people living in grass homes along the Mekong delta -- having an arrogant and ethnocentric view of their situation. Yes, certainly they could live at a higher standard somewhere else if given the option. But their society optimized the living conditions of frequent flooding by favoring more temporary structures.
At some level, this is like someone from Chicago laughing at people in Holland because their houses have no basements for storage.
After the weather, stock market report, and before sports, we have the daily bridge collapse news on TV here in America. How did you know?
Congratulations. You have fully achieved hubris. Now join George Bush and the rest of the pre-9/11 deniers in Washington DC.
I put some on my pancakes a few days ago.
Simple statistics. The more planes in the air, the more cars on the road, the more bridges that are built, the more chance of a problem occuring. I don't know how many bridges are laced across Europe or the United States, but it is easier to manage them if you have fewer. That's not an excuse though.
Will somebody here hedge my risk of going out drinking tonight?
Will somebody here hedge my risk of going out drinking tonight?
