Acts of God 2
Acts of God 2 : Natural disasters or freak accidents. (Birkland 1997, 2). "When society seems to have formed a consensus that the event was an 'act of God,' such as a natural disaster or freak accident, our attention turns to what we can do to help the victims. But when the disaster is the result of human failings - poor design, operator error, 'corporate greed,' or 'government neglect' - our attention turns to the voluntary acceptance of responsibility for an event or to the more coercive process of fixing blame. Boards of inquiry are formed, legislatures hold hearings, and reports are issued, all in hopes of 'learning something from this incident' to ensure that something similar does not happen again or in the case of 'unavoidable' disasters, in hopes of improving our preparation for and response to disasters" (Birkland 1997, 2)
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