tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post6405688700166221479..comments2024-03-29T13:08:53.495+01:00Comments on W-wa Jeziorki: Death on the tracksMichael Dembinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05657728002439035765noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-3290148435467082492010-11-11T22:41:34.533+01:002010-11-11T22:41:34.533+01:00Curiously railway suicides are not evenly distribu...Curiously railway suicides are not evenly distributed. One third of those in Britain happen on twenty miles of line between London and Slough. (Admittedly Slough, Southall, etc are pretty dismal - but not the worst places.) <br /><br />And coincidentally my new assistant at work completed (as a student) a thesis on prevention of railway suicides. (I was tempted to suggest that it's easy: the railway company can sponsor that Swiss assisted suicide clinic.)White Horse Pilgrimhttp://transylvanianhorseman.typepad.com/whitehorsepilgrim/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-40085964612201150382010-11-10T09:49:55.570+01:002010-11-10T09:49:55.570+01:00What a miserable way to die: under a Radom-bound t...What a miserable way to die: under a Radom-bound train... Not Orient Express, not Shinkansen, not even Lajkonik Intercity - just a random and dull osobowy do Radomia. <br /><br />And revealing it is - it demonstrates clearly what suicide is about - unbearable necessity of being that makes you end it here, now, on a wet November day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-25393286945120477052010-11-09T23:44:55.035+01:002010-11-09T23:44:55.035+01:00I have never given much thought to what kind of su...I have never given much thought to what kind of suicide I would choose for myself, but at a casual review of the options, public, or any other kind of transportation, would not be high on my list. However, those who do make that choice are likely telling the world: "Look! Look what you made me do!" I would assume that mostly not much consideration, or even thought, is given to that poor train driver involved, but the target must be society in general*. Hanging from a light fixture in the living room must be taken as a reproach to the family, flying airplanes into tall buildings a criticism of US policies, getting run over by bulldozers in Gaza is anti-Semitic, riding on a horse up Somosierra canyon is Polish longing for any kind of attention, slaughtering Christians in Iraqi churches is fast track to getting your hands on numerous virgins in Heaven, and assisted medical just being trendy. There's lots more, I'm sure.<br />* or PKPRyszard Wasilewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04821477721630986388noreply@blogger.com