Cal-P Wrote:
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> 3:10 PM
> Eastbound capitol corridor train 534 vs.
> trespasser in Richmond
> at MP 8.6 on track 1.
> Immediate fatality
> Various Amtraks delayed an average of 35 minutes
> passing the scene at restricted speed on track 2.
>
> My condolences go out to the engineer and
> conductor
>
> Cal-P


A moral panic is a feeling of fear spread among a large number of people that some evil threatens the well-being of society. A Dictionary of Sociology defines a moral panic as "the process of arousing social concern over an issue - usually the work of moral entrepreneurs and the mass media."