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Re:Let Forest Fires Burn by falcolas on Monday August 07, 2017 @08:32PM (#14952473)
Rich, poor, farmers, ranchers, middle class; all kinds have property in forests. And firefighters work to protect them all pretty much equally.

As for your last sentence, that could apply evenly to any natural disaster. The [ocean|tectonic plates|flood plains|super cells] were there first. Let's stop protecting [hurricane|tornado|tsunami|earthquake] victims from loss due to their poor decisions.

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Re:Let Forest Fires Burn by coryrc on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @02:15AM (#14954932)
Nobody tries to stop hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunami, or earthquakes because there's no way to stop them. Fire needs to happen and forests are being destroyed by the lack of it.

And, no, we shouldn't be bailing out people who build stick-built homes in flood plains. There are house designs built to withstand occasional flooding; you don't want to spend for that, then you shouldn't be bailed out.

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Re:Let Forest Fires Burn by cakedoggie on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:52PM (#14954038)
> Rich, poor, farmers, ranchers, middle class; all kinds have property in forests.

And none of them should.

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Re:Let Forest Fires Burn by Gustomaximus on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:00AM (#14954092)
Why? Have you spent time living outside a city?
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Re:Let Forest Fires Burn by cakedoggie on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:17AM (#14954620)
Yes, but so? We shouldn't just be indiscriminately building anywhere we want, and risking lives.
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Re:Let Forest Fires Burn by jonknee on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @03:51AM (#14955475)
Well then we should get rid of a lot of our cities because they are disasters waiting to happen. California has many millions of people living near fault lines. Talk about risking lives!
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