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Re: Teen's legs severed trying to 'hop' train
Author: Well I'll be...
Date: 09-07-2011 - 09:08
Scott Schiechl Wrote:
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> Folks, please lets have some compassion here. A
> young girl has had her life tragically changed.
> Yes she made a mistake and will pay for it for the
> rest of her life.
>
> Also, it is an urban myth that lawsuits inevitably
> follow this kind of incident. I live in
> California near the "Capitol Corridor" (San
> Jose-Sacramento). It has a high incidence of
> trespassers, mostly young people, being killed or
> maimed since it runs through a heavily residential
> area. With all those incidents you would think it
> would be deluged with lawsuits. Not so. Few
> lawyers would even agree to take the case and then
> only to try and recoup medical expenses. Also,
> the media often reports the filing of a suit but
> usually misses the dismissal several months
> later.
>
> On the meantime, pray for this girl and her
> family.
Holy crap, someone on a RR board FINALLY has compassion and speaks common sense (and common decency) about a tragedy. You bet your a*s I'm using a fake name to post this. EVERY TIME someone is hurt, disfigured, or killed, I have to read "Darwin" comments, lawyer comments, or "I'm a superior railfan, therefore, I know it all and would never do something so dumb" comments. Here's the truth: Any of us who are in our 40's (some younger, most who are older) played around RR tracks and trains when we were kids. That is, IF trains were in our neighborhood. If not, then as kids we did STUPID things---and we lived to tell about it, luckily. But not all of us are so lucky, and this person did something dumb but she is NOT a "Darwin candidate". I can't even begin to imagine what her parents, siblings, grandparents, relatives, and classmates are feeling right now. I wish these asinine holier-than-thou comments would stop----but they won't. We'll keep reading the Darwin comments, because a lot of railfans are idiots. Not all, but many are. I hope this knocks some sense into those who like to mock others who are hurting and grieving.
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> Folks, please lets have some compassion here. A
> young girl has had her life tragically changed.
> Yes she made a mistake and will pay for it for the
> rest of her life.
>
> Also, it is an urban myth that lawsuits inevitably
> follow this kind of incident. I live in
> California near the "Capitol Corridor" (San
> Jose-Sacramento). It has a high incidence of
> trespassers, mostly young people, being killed or
> maimed since it runs through a heavily residential
> area. With all those incidents you would think it
> would be deluged with lawsuits. Not so. Few
> lawyers would even agree to take the case and then
> only to try and recoup medical expenses. Also,
> the media often reports the filing of a suit but
> usually misses the dismissal several months
> later.
>
> On the meantime, pray for this girl and her
> family.
Holy crap, someone on a RR board FINALLY has compassion and speaks common sense (and common decency) about a tragedy. You bet your a*s I'm using a fake name to post this. EVERY TIME someone is hurt, disfigured, or killed, I have to read "Darwin" comments, lawyer comments, or "I'm a superior railfan, therefore, I know it all and would never do something so dumb" comments. Here's the truth: Any of us who are in our 40's (some younger, most who are older) played around RR tracks and trains when we were kids. That is, IF trains were in our neighborhood. If not, then as kids we did STUPID things---and we lived to tell about it, luckily. But not all of us are so lucky, and this person did something dumb but she is NOT a "Darwin candidate". I can't even begin to imagine what her parents, siblings, grandparents, relatives, and classmates are feeling right now. I wish these asinine holier-than-thou comments would stop----but they won't. We'll keep reading the Darwin comments, because a lot of railfans are idiots. Not all, but many are. I hope this knocks some sense into those who like to mock others who are hurting and grieving.
