[fdupress]

The juxtaposition of "this is how it's done because otherwise those that fight fires impose restrictions that those that build don't like" and "construction workers Vs firefighters" seems to be undermining your point...

In mature industries, there absolutely are plenty of regulations in place to make sure that builders don't make responders' life harder. That doesn't mean that the responders aren't needed, but the fact that the software industry as a whole decided to go all "response is the only thing we need for most things" is evidence that it is not mature.

[dasil003]

Sure, any point can be undermined by overgeneralization and bad analogies.

The nature of software and physical construction is different.