Brendan O’Regan
An earthquake survivor holding a child sits by a collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey, on February 10. Photo: OSV News/Umit Bektas, Reuters. One of the reasons I’d rage against war is that it is entirely man made. Natural disasters produce a different response, but human inadequacy or irresponsibility can make the outcome worse. The media coverage of the Turkey/Syria earthquake included suggestions that after the 1999 earthquake in the area, buildings were not subsequently erected to be…
