Re: "Drought in the west" (nothing new to see here, except...)
Author: OneMarketPlaza
Date: 06-16-2021 - 07:18
Attn: David Dewey
“Well, aren't you the positive note here? Following your logic, nothing should be saved; placing locomotives in parks creates an attractive nuisance and possible liability. Scrap everything,”
David, you clearly are incapable of reading and comprehending. I said put it in a museum or scrap it. What you stated is your own opinion that I didn’t state. There are a great number of things that we cannot save. If we can’t scrap it. Keep pictures, etc.
“forget the past, it is behind us and not important! Well, that is one sure way to repeat mistakes (which we seem to be doing anyways).”
As stated before, pictures, written history, museum. But if this junk cannot be managed correctly, or it causes unnecessary delays, expenditures to risk, scrap it/museum. Quite simple.
“I hate to tell you this, but without history, there is no future.”
Who’s perspective of history? For examples, this country has a horrible past that many don’t want to talk about, such as Native Americans and Reservations and how manifest destiny ruined this land. What of this history? What about all the racism that was attached to railroad management, segregation in passenger cars? Steam today and the white washed history of UP and others don’t tell the full history. What history do you want to tell?
“You would hate my life, I live in an older house, filled with much older stuff, that is used almost everyday.”
I don’t care what you do David. Corporations on the other hand have social responsibilities to the public and responsibilities to shareholders. History is nice, but what does it do for making stuff go today?