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In Reply to: Bridge Or No Bridge posted by geezerrocket on April 27, 2015 at 11:16:07:

Your anger is completely understandable. Unless I'm mistaken, the railroads pretty much take the position that they have to cover their @sses, and assume the whole thing was the employees' fault on the train. Off they all go for the obligatory drug test, and pity the poor sap who smoked a doobie with his buddies on the weekend, even if he was deadheading at the time. And even if you're squeaky clean, your record is marred, not to mention your psyche.
While you're not wrong about the selfishness, however, I think it might be more accurate to say that the impacts on others don't intrude on their awareness than to say they have no regard for them.
Some time ago, I had an exchange with an inmate about this same subject. Said inmate stated that he had always thought about the consequences to others when contemplating self destruction, and I told him that proved that he wasn't too far gone. I suspect that all a suicide sees is a massively potent means of instant (and hopefully painless) destruction. I think all they see is a train, and it never occurs to them that there are people on that train who will be severely traumatized by their actions. I just don't think it's on their radar.
FWIW, however, I'd observe that hardening your heart against those poor kids harms you far more than it does them. Doing so is a habit that's far too easy to fall into when you're repeatedly hurt by the actions of others, and once formed, it's a very difficult habit to break. I can attest that the consequences of not breaking it far exceed any price a person would want to pay.
Don't ask me how I know this.

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Edits: 04/27/15

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Topic - Palo Alto & the kids who stand in front of trains - LWR 08:48:36 04/26/15 (13)

Didn't We Cover This About A Month Ago? - geezerrocket 15:05:44 04/26/15 (10)

I'm disheartened by your vitriol... - Gak! 18:58:06 04/26/15 (9)

RE: I'm disheartened by your vitriol... - geezerrocket 19:39:54 04/26/15 (8)

Not so tuff for the train guys - LWR 19:52:59 04/26/15 (7)

How Would You Know? - geezerrocket 21:07:25 04/26/15 (6)

Who said "bridge"? - LWR 07:02:59 04/27/15 (5)

Bridge Or No Bridge - geezerrocket 11:16:07 04/27/15 (3)

FWIW... - Todd A. 15:33:39 04/27/15 (1)

You Some Good Points. - geezerrocket 18:27:37 04/27/15 (0)

Never mind - LWR 11:48:40 04/27/15 (0)

And a few more thoughts - LWR 10:56:17 04/27/15 (0)

You know...... - Winston Smith 14:02:23 04/26/15 (1)

An Asian looks at this - LWR 14:36:41 04/26/15 (0)

Follow Ups

FWIW... - Todd A. 15:33:39 04/27/15 (1)

You Some Good Points. - geezerrocket 18:27:37 04/27/15 (0)

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