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Coming to the defense of those whose greed and neglect led to this tragedy may be even more distasteful.
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Are you suggesting that I’m providing any cover for their actions?
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In a word, yes. In a post entitled London fire: just last year, Tory landlord-MPs rejected Labour’s tenant safety law, the topic of discussion might naturally explore the politics of landlord responsibilities and tenant rights, the greater access to political clout that landlord-MPs might have than their tenants, perhaps even how the lust for money might be the root of failures to address human health and safety issues in an economic landscape riddled with inequalities.
Should we engage in that discussion, that obviously political discussion? Especially after the 2nd comment in this thread, that is, yours:
Would you prefer that we wait for a less distasteful moment to discuss the issues, for propriety’s sake? How long should we wait, a week or two, maybe three? (Of course by then, this thread will be closed.) And in that time, no landlord-MPs would be so distasteful as to use their greater access to the political process, the law, and the press to solidify their gains, shape the conversation, or shift blame, surely!
