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These are my people.
As someone who enjoys living in
the Upper Midwest, I find it difficult to deal with
what some people here try to make into
"controversies." It is one part humorous, one part
mind blowing, and all part stupid. While we try to
appear somewhat "with the times," I fear we are
showing just how incredibly backwoods we are.
Let us take a small gander at a
recent news item that got more coverage than it
should.
Earlier this year, over the
course of two days, two men were struck and killed
by trains here in Fargo. These were separate
incidents, in different areas. The only thing
connecting them is that both men were drunk as hell
and stumbled into the path of a train.
My train of thought (see what I
did there?) would lead me to think about the
drinking epidemic that seemingly is sweeping this
area, and has been for quite some time. I mean,
entertainment is limited here. You either a)
scrounge for something to do, b) make your own fun,
or c) drink yourself down. I would think that we
should address this area a bit. Perhaps entice some
new entertainment facilities to open up.
Instead, what do we debate?
Maybe we should put up walls
around the train tracks so this doesn’t happen.
Think about that statement.
Really think.
No, I’m dead serious.
Let us put up MILES AND MILES
OF FUCKING WALLS TO PREVENT DRUNK MORONS FROM
GETTING HIT BY TRAINS.
Now let’s put up walls so drunk
morons can’t fall into the Red River, like that
idiot college kid last year. Oh, and walls around
the streets so they can’t get hit by cars. Maybe
some walls need to be put over windows in places
higher than street level so drunks can’t fall out of
them.
I have NO SYMPATHY for someone
who gets so drunk they get hit by A FUCKING TRAIN.
Do you realize how hard it is to get hit by a
train? You almost have to be TRYING. Unless
Snidely Whiplash is involved, avoiding trains isn’t
a problem.
I especially love how people
say things to try and justify it. The one that I
love is that the one intersection with the railroad
tracks is "a blind intersection, you couldn’t see a
train coming." Now, I personally have never had a
problem seeing a train coming. I could almost
understand if you were talking about it being a
"blind intersection" if you were in a car, and there
WEREN’T GATES AND FLASHING LIGHTS GOING OFF.
However, if you are walking along a railroad track
and (1) don’t see the train, (2) don’t see the
flashing lights, (3) don’t hear the warning bells,
(4) don’t hear the train whistle, or (5) don’t hear
THE TRAIN ENGINE ITSELF, you probably deserve your
fate.
I can’t wait until the next
legislative session.
StretPharmacist is a lot like the Undertaker: A
gimmick that should have never gotten over, but was
taken to unbelievable heights. Also, he is
constantly injured. |