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340 killed in inferno (Customers locked into burning supermarket)
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| 2 August 2004
| Chris Millar
Posted on 08/02/2004 8:01:29 AM PDT by Grig
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To: conservator
I can hear the liberals now "Those dirty greedy store owners!" In this case, they are correct.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
We should send a bunch of our trial lawyers to Uraguay. You can send all of them, and with my blessing, but the fire took place in Paraguay.
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:25:25 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
('Hey, maybe "Jihadists For Kerry" is what "JFK" really stands for.' --Blood of Tyrants)
To: Grig
Shades of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911. The owner had locked all the exits to prevent employee pilferage. That plus inadequate fire escapes and fire equipment, killed 146, mostly young girls working as seamstresses.
Triangle Fire
I guess these folks are just about 100 years behind the times.
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:27:41 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: GVgirl
unless you work at a chicken processing plant in arkansas as happened a few years ago
To: Grig
security staff locked doors to prevent customers from running out without payingOkay, so you prevent customers from taking merchandise that was burned up anyway. Nice. Enjoy the flames in Hell.
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:28:34 AM PDT
by
JOAT
To: OXENinFLA
"Paging Mr. Edwards!....Paging Mr. Edwards!....Mr. John Edwards....white courtesy telephone, please!"
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:28:34 AM PDT
by
albee
(yes!!)
To: GVgirl
"Well, what I meant was things like doors on public buildings opening outwardly"
Not locking the doors after the fire broke out would've helped, too.
To: Grig
I wonder if they got the bills paid?
What a bunch of lunatics. Put this one in the same class as that story about the Saudi girls who burned to death in their school because they couldn't appear outside without a veil.
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:45:58 AM PDT
by
ZULU
To: GVgirl
Thank goodnes for the public safety standards we employ in this country.Very, very true. In some business's I've owned it's been expensive to comply with well thought out codes, but they are worth it. These two had their eye on the Peso, rather than their customers and their store, now they have lost all three.
I wonder when Latin America will ever get its act together. I fear it will be a long wait.
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:45:58 AM PDT
by
elbucko
(A Feral Republican)
To: AnAmericanMother
Shades of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911. The owner had locked all the exits to prevent employee pilferage. That plus inadequate fire escapes and fire equipment, killed 146, mostly young girls working as seamstresses.
My great-grandmother worked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. She left her employment when she got married - just a few months before the fire. She lost a lot of friends in it.
Maven
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:50:20 AM PDT
by
Maven
To: McGavin999
Think of the kind of greed.....Just think about that for a minute.It's amazing isn't it? It's the only reason I use the term "Regulated Capitalism" to describe my business philosophy. In any country, any society, there really are people this greedy. However, it has been my personal experience that these same sort of people are usually Democrats.
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:56:36 AM PDT
by
elbucko
(A Feral Republican)
To: Grig
Revolutions have started because of things like this. I can't think of a more horrific way to die.
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:59:17 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: Joe_October
Sort of makes what is happening in Iraq with the Terrorists chump change. Well....I wouldn't go that far...
;-)
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posted on
08/02/2004 8:59:28 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(It depends on what the meaning of "is" is......)
To: GVgirl
Well, what I meant was things like doors on public buildings opening outwardly so that more people can get out quickly in the case of an emergency, well-equipped fire departments, and building codes that require adequate pathways. Yes, and all this stems from respect for human life. Which is why religion, especially Christianity as it is more numerous, should be protected from attacks by the atheists. You may be surprised hearing this from a Jew, but I do believe that attacks on my fellow Christian Americans are allowed to continue, this country too will lose its goodness. We should never take this for granted: public policy is never better than the people that adopt it.
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:07:51 AM PDT
by
TopQuark
To: Maven
OMG - that's awful. She must have felt badly - that eternal question, why is one spared and others lost?
(You realize that 100 years from now somebody will be saying the same thing to somebody who lost or nearly lost a relative on 9-11 - and the response will be the same.)
Did you know your g-grandmother? I only knew one of mine, she lived to age 97.
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:09:06 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: TopQuark
You may be surprised hearing this from a Jew . . . I'm not. We're in this together. You are the children of the Lord by birthright - we're only children by adoption. And the Lord doesn't break his covenants. We owe you the respect that we owe our older brothers and sisters, even if we disagree on some points. ;-) And like family, when a murderous outsider attacks, we all stand together.
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:13:32 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: JOAT
Okay, so you prevent customers from taking merchandise that was burned up anyway. Nice. Enjoy the flames in Hell.Indeed.
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:16:48 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
To: elbucko
They will get their act together manana...what's the hurry, gringo? ;)
To: AnAmericanMother
Thank you for your wise words, AmericanMother. And you may be sure that you have my deepest respect, too. Hopefully, we'll overcome the threat that faces us all. Now, how can we convince the atheists that they too sould worry and support us?
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:24:41 AM PDT
by
TopQuark
To: Grig
God rest their souls. My God also take care of the owner.
This reminds me of the 1942 Coconut Grove fire in Boston. There were lots of mistakes, but a couple of exit doors were bolted shut so people couldn't skip out on their bill. They had always been shut, even before the fire. Over 500 people died. The fire changed fire laws across the country. For example, many bodies were found piled at the entrance glass revolving doors as it had stopped working. Any time those door are in use today, there has to be a regular door on each side. Also, there were all sorts of flammable decorations to create the 'Coconut Grove' theme. Lots of straw, plastic, fake trees, etc. The fire started in a lounge when a 16-year old busboy was changing a lightbulb on the satin covered ceiling which caught fire and spread very quickly. He used a match because it was dark. Unfortunately, that ceiling was the dance floor for the club's upper level. People were dancing as the flames shot through the floor.
The Coconut Grove fire was responsible for revamping fire laws everywhere.
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posted on
08/02/2004 9:31:02 AM PDT
by
Jenya
(Gore, he's a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land, making all his nowhere plans for nobody)
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