Massive Skyscraper Blaze in Hong Kong: At Least 44 Dead

[Moses]

5 hours ago, PeterRS said:

has still not responded to my question last Monday about all the Russian fires.

Why do you think I would answer your questions? It's not worth my time: I prefer to answer questions related to the discussion of facts, but you usually start discussing me personally because you don't have any arguments to discuss the topic.

London, British fire safety standards, 2017, 72 died:

[thaiophilus]

1 hour ago, Moses said:

 I prefer to answer questions related to the discussion of facts, but you usually start discussing me personally because you don't have any arguments to discuss the topic.

London, British fire safety standards, 2017, 72 died:

 

Whataboutism is not "answer[ing] questions related to the discussion of facts." It's the strategy of responding to an accusation with a counter-accusation instead of offering an explanation or defense against the original accusation.

[PeterRS]

8 hours ago, Moses said:

I prefer to answer questions related to the discussion of facts

Oh really? That has never been the caase in the past. In this and several other threads I have asked your views on a whole series of facts. In the one above it related to the facts about fires in Russia. But then to you inconvenient facts are simply not facts. They are statements to be glossed over, obfuscated and called downright lies. No one actually believes you!

[Moses]

11 hours ago, thaiophilus said:

Whataboutism is not "answer[ing] questions related to the discussion of facts." It's the strategy of responding to an accusation with a counter-accusation instead of offering an explanation or defense against the original accusation.

Now I know why in this thread appears list of fires in Russia. Thank you.

[Moses]

Global list of devastating fires in 21 century

[Moses]

11 hours ago, thaiophilus said:

strategy of responding to an accusation with a counter-accusation instead of offering an explanation

You cannot argue the facts what both cases Grenfell and Hong Kong has similar base: buildings were constructed by British fire safety standards, both fires occur during renovation, in both cases fire was in tall buildings. And London case even more worst: 72 died in one building, while in HK 155 in 6.

So it is trend, not "whataboutism".