[yetidog]

I would say the venue, participant worldview and laxity of enforcement had something to do with liberalism but that has nothing to do with the magnitude of tragedy and grief suffered.

[ExpatCanuck]

I’m not diminishing the magnitude and tragedy of the suffering. I could not imagine being one of the parents of the killed or missing. My focus was on the lax enforcement of safety regulations and how that may have been driven by ideology at the city government level.

[LydiaLong]

I would say the venue, participant worldview and laxity of enforcement had something to do with liberalism but that has nothing to do with the magnitude of tragedy and grief suffered.
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If you need law enforcement to tell you that you’re living in a death trap, maybe you shouldn’t plan on living to a ripe old age.

[arthurus]

You are making, as they say, a distinction without a difference. These infernos happen periodically, often with hundreds of casualties, and are usually in places that liberal bureaucrats keep hands off because they don’t want to upset liberals’ pets.