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To: Father Terrence who wrote (49281)	8/5/1999 9:24:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

I'm curious to see how you will react to a little local tale, illustrating what happens when Government fails in its regulatory responsibilities. There's been a huge building boom around Manila in the last decade, with subdivisions popping up everywhere. There are rules about site preparation and engineering standards, but they are not well enforced; it's well understood that developers need to make a buck, and regulation just gets in the way of progress. We've had heavy rain lately, and the other day a steep and totally unstabilized slope that had been cut away during the development of a residential tract gave way, sliding onto the neighborhood. Last time I looked there were 16 dead and 47 missing. Investigations are promised, but precedent suggests that nothing will come of them. Would you agree that the only reason that this generally does not happen in the US is that those "alphabet soup" regulatory agencies make and enforce rules? What happens when they stop making and enforcing rules? All very well to say we can petition the courts for redress of grievances, but that's tough to do when you're dead.