Tom Walker wrote:
>
> Eva asked,
>
> >Shouldn't we try whatever we can?
>
> Eva,
>
> Have you ever laid down on the tracks to stop a moving train? If you had,
> you wouldn't be telling people it's so easy. Sure, if everyone laid on the
> tracks together, the train would have to stop. But those who lie down first
> are alone -- totally alone and totally vulnerable. The pronoun "we" is a
> plagiarism of courage.
[snip]
Jay could *rightly* reply to this that the train might
not have enough distance to stop before hitting
the people, no matter how good the will of the train's
crew.
We also know that many governments order their
police and soldiers to shoot "their own people", and
the bigger the crowd the easier to hit the target.
But there's also another angle to this: if you
lie down *between* the tracks, you have a chance that
the train will pass *over* you (unless either the
maintenance people have not done their job well,
or their supervisors have had "scrapers" installed
on purpose).
\brad mccormick
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