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2008-06-16 China-Japan-Koreas

Chinese school shored up by principal, survived where others fell

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Posted by Pappy 2008-06-16 01:57|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 "Based on the fact that so many schools have collapsed, the standard is not good enough. The central government sets the standard."
Paging big-government liberals to the white courtesy phone! Decisions should be made at the lowest level possible. Centrally-planned economies/governments can't know all the necessary local conditions. Ergo, one rule for everyone and thousands die. What will it take for the lesson to be learned at home?

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-06-16 08:21|| 2008-06-16 08:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Right Spot. How about extreme local codes on building refineries or nuke plants, which for all intents are to prohibit their construction rather than real safety?

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-06-16 08:33|| 2008-06-16 08:33|| Front Page Top

#3 You can have all the standards in the world, if things are not built up to code and inspectors are non-existant or bribed to look the other way you will end up with tragedy.

I imagine someone will hang for this, someone should. I'm no fan of commies but I hope they get the right person and not some scape-goat.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-06-16 10:55|| 2008-06-16 10:55|| Front Page Top

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