Michael Hardner Posted October 16, 2012 Report Posted October 16, 2012 Fascinating article about the forces that acted upon a terrible rail disaster in China last year. In some circles, there's a kind admiration thrown around for China. The open question is whether a country that allows disasters like this will continue to thrive. Is this a bump in the road for China's peculiar system of governance, or is it proof that it will not sustain itself ? http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/10/22/121022fa_fact_osnos Quote Click to learn why Climate Change is caused by HUMANS Michael Hardner
Moonlight Graham Posted October 17, 2012 Report Posted October 17, 2012 Read the 1st page of the article but then realized it was 9 pages long lol. As horrible as it is to say, a death of 40 people or so in a country that huge isn't significant enough to derail (pun not intended) Chinese development or threaten the Chinese regime. The gov seems to have punished the officials responsible and blocked media coverage of the disaster so it seems like status quo China, this is a blip and they will move on full-steam ahead (again no pun intended!) until we're all bowing to them... [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKbFb6TPVEA][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKbFb6TPVEA[/url[/media] Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
August1991 Posted October 19, 2012 Report Posted October 19, 2012 (edited) Fascinating article about the forces that acted upon a terrible rail disaster in China last year.In some circles, there's a kind admiration thrown around for China. The open question is whether a country that allows disasters like this will continue to thrive. Is this a bump in the road for China's peculiar system of governance, or is it proof that it will not sustain itself ? 35 people were killed in this accident, in a country of over a billion.Now, think of this accident (in a country of about 3 million): March 12, 1857 – Desjardins Canal, Canada West: Ninety passengers board a Great Western Railway train from Toronto en route to Hamilton. As the train approaches its destination, the bridge spanning the Desjardins Canal collapses after the engine's front axle breaks. 59 people die from trauma or drowning after being thrown into the frozen canal. WikipediaMichael, your OP reminds me of an old SNL skit. To help the poor in Africa, Americans should send them their unused fondue sets. We in Canada today have champagne problems and IMV, this fact confuses the North American Left (ie. The New Yorker journalist). (In general, the European Left is not so foolish or naive.) Edited October 20, 2012 by August1991 Quote
Michael Hardner Posted October 20, 2012 Author Report Posted October 20, 2012 I suppose that is true, but there really is more to this. Quote Click to learn why Climate Change is caused by HUMANS Michael Hardner
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