# Some more tasteful words about the earthquake in Iran..

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 30, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-more-tasteful-words-about-the-earthquake-in-iran/221850 "2003-12-30T22:48:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-more-tasteful-words-about-the-earthquake-in-iran/221850/21 "2004-01-01T06:50:45Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Master Wang-Ka \*  
> \*\*Why do they continue to build in this manner? \*\*

Probably for the same reason people live on trailer parks on the Tornado Alley; they don´t think nature is going to smite them.

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**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-more-tasteful-words-about-the-earthquake-in-iran/221850/22 "2004-01-01T08:17:22Z")

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> \*Originally posted by gobear \*  
> \*\*The fundie boards I read (yes, I’m a masochist) have been positively chortling over this sign of God’s vengeance on the Muslims. One thing you can always count on from fundies is _schadenfreude_ (a word I am certain they do not know) and smug self-satisfaction when non-Christians suffer.
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> Ah, Christian love and compassion! \*\*

Thats truly awful. Could you please provide a cite for the chortling so that I can indulge in some masochism myself?

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