From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Peter Schleifer  wrote:   
   >"Adam H. Kerman"  wrote:   
   >>Peter Schleifer  wrote:   
   >>>"Adam H. Kerman"  wrote:   
      
   >>>If the bullet is confirmed, is it terrorism, or just something that   
   >>>happens in North Philadelphia?   
      
   >>Does it matter if it's terrorism? If that was enough to distract the   
   >>engineer so that he made a fatal mistake, then the deaths aren't accidental   
   >>but homicides, and the rest of the trauma attempted murder.   
      
   >It doesn't matter to the deceased, but it matters a great deal to how   
   >the public, and especially media pundits, will react. An ISIS attack   
   >on our rails is probably the only thing that would convince most   
   >Republicans in Congress to approve more funding for Amtrak.   
      
   It's not like TSA is actual funding for air travel. Given that no one   
   took credit for it, I'm ruling out ISIS.   
      
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