"Brimstone" wrote in
:


Why have compassion for someone who deliberately puts himself in
harm's way whilst damaging your property?

Whether or not you feel any compassion is probably innate; if you don't
have any, I don't suppose it's something you can learn or develop. But
whilst I can't say that I have particular sympathy with this victim (any
more than any of the roundly 2000 other people who died in Britain that day
- I didn't know any of them), I can recognise that his demise is a tragedy
to his friends and family. Can't you?

Rick.

Rick Hughes wrote:
"Brimstone" wrote in
:


Why have compassion for someone who deliberately puts himself in
harm's way whilst damaging your property?

Whether or not you feel any compassion is probably innate; if you
don't have any, I don't suppose it's something you can learn or
develop. But whilst I can't say that I have particular sympathy with
this victim (any more than any of the roundly 2000 other people who
died in Britain that day - I didn't know any of them), I can
recognise that his demise is a tragedy to his friends and family.
Can't you?

Undoubtedly it's a tragedy for his friends and family and every other poster
has said something similar. It's the individual's stupidity that has been
commented on, but you seem to be having a struggle seperating the two.

"Brimstone" wrote in
:


Undoubtedly it's a tragedy for his friends and family and every other
poster has said something similar. It's the individual's stupidity
that has been commented on, but you seem to be having a struggle
seperating the two.

You have the gift of ability to assess a person's intelligence from a
single piece of data: that he died because of one mistake he made. I can't
make the connection from such limited information. Presumably I'm stupid;
my gruesome demise is undoubtedly imminent.

Rick.

Rick Hughes wrote:
"Brimstone" wrote in
:


Undoubtedly it's a tragedy for his friends and family and every other
poster has said something similar. It's the individual's stupidity
that has been commented on, but you seem to be having a struggle
seperating the two.

You have the gift of ability to assess a person's intelligence from a
single piece of data: that he died because of one mistake he made.

What mistake?

I can't make the connection from such limited information.

Is putting yourself in the path of a fast moving, heavy train that takes a
long time to stop a sensible thing to do?

Presumably I'm stupid; my gruesome demise is undoubtedly imminent.

Who can tell.

"Brimstone" wrote in
:

You have the gift of ability to assess a person's intelligence from a
single piece of data: that he died because of one mistake he made.

What mistake?

Please don't pretend to be obtuse.

Is putting yourself in the path of a fast moving, heavy train that
takes a long time to stop a sensible thing to do?

No, plainly not. Though lots of people do; most of them survive by getting
out of the way in time.

Presumably I'm stupid; my gruesome demise is undoubtedly imminent.

Who can tell.

Can I assume you won't be posting any messages of sympathy?

Rick.

Rick Hughes wrote:
"Brimstone" wrote in
:

You have the gift of ability to assess a person's intelligence from
a single piece of data: that he died because of one mistake he made.

What mistake?

Please don't pretend to be obtuse.

I'm not, I'm trying to clarify your perception.


Is putting yourself in the path of a fast moving, heavy train that
takes a long time to stop a sensible thing to do?

No, plainly not. Though lots of people do; most of them survive by
getting out of the way in time.

Exactly and to fail to move in time is what?
..

Presumably I'm stupid; my gruesome demise is undoubtedly imminent.

Who can tell.

Can I assume you won't be posting any messages of sympathy?

That depends.

DERWENT Teenager dies 'playing' on hi-speed track out of
Paddington
Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:24:53 +0000, Rick Hughes

"Brimstone" wrote in
:


Why have compassion for someone who deliberately puts himself in
harm's way whilst damaging your property?

Whether or not you feel any compassion is probably innate; if you don't
have any, I don't suppose it's something you can learn or develop. But
whilst I can't say that I have particular sympathy with this victim (any
more than any of the roundly 2000 other people who died in Britain that day
- I didn't know any of them), I can recognise that his demise is a tragedy
to his friends and family. Can't you?

Well they should have told him that trespassing on the railway at
night was stupid thing to do and that they would be devastated if he
was hit by a train under those circumstances.

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PRAR wrote in
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Well they should have told him that trespassing on the railway at
night was stupid thing to do and that they would be devastated if he
was hit by a train under those circumstances.

Merry Christmas.

Rick.