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2004-02-28

Two killed, 10 injured in Turkish mosque collapse

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Posted by Fred 2004-02-28 11:02|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "The casualties included the 83-year-old architect of the mosque"

sounds like the Code of Hamurabbi is in effect

Posted by Frank G 2004-2-28 11:04:36 AM|| 2004-2-28 11:04:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The cause of the collapse was not immediately known

Does the Koran mention gravity?

Posted by phil_b 2004-2-28 11:18:44 AM|| 2004-2-28 11:18:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Scaffolding? We don' need no steenkin' scaffolding!

Posted by PBMcL 2004-2-28 12:39:58 PM|| 2004-2-28 12:39:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 LOL. Frank... A dome for a dome?

Posted by Shipman 2004-2-28 1:18:57 PM|| 2004-2-28 1:18:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually, Ship, there's a section in the Code of Hamurabbi that states - while I can't quote it exactly - that a man who builds a building, and that building is flawed so that it collapses, the man who built it shall be placed in one of his own buildings, and it shall be pulled down around him, killing him.

Hamurabbi was pretty strict about that, given all they had to work with at the time was mud bricks, mud and _straw_ bricks, and the occasional stone blocks that had to be imported.

Ed.

Posted by Ed Becerra 2004-2-28 5:06:02 PM|| 2004-2-28 5:06:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Damn Ed, this Hamurabbi would have had a tough time in Jersey.

Posted by Shipman 2004-2-28 6:38:08 PM|| 2004-2-28 6:38:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Hey... construction! Sounds like they ain't too good at that either.

Posted by tu3031 2004-2-28 7:40:21 PM|| 2004-2-28 7:40:21 PM|| Front Page Top

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