08-25-2016, 01:34 AM
In the coverage of this event, I've seen dozens or even hundreds of foot-thick concrete walls laying in ruins as rubble... and I have not seen the first bit of re-bar sticking out of the destroyed concrete. Are there no building codes in Italy, considering the potential for earthquakes there?
Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’