Re:Did Insurance Fire Brigades let uninsured buildings burn?
by munificent on Monday December 19, 2022 @06:30PM
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> making sure people don't spread out too thin.
Or you could just let people live where they want to live and make sure they are aware of and agree to the consequences of that choice, which it sounds like they were in this case.
> If our forebears had such sensible foresight and collective responsibility, then why not America today?
Seems like you're generalizing an awful lot from one random news article that is news largely by virtue of the fact that what it describes is unusual.
Or you could just let people live where they want to live and make sure they are aware of and agree to the consequences of that choice, which it sounds like they were in this case.
> If our forebears had such sensible foresight and collective responsibility, then why not America today?
Seems like you're generalizing an awful lot from one random news article that is news largely by virtue of the fact that what it describes is unusual.