From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 15-Apr-15 11:18, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >> On 15-Apr-15 08:30, 866013149e wrote:   
   >>> Amen to that. I've always suspected the FRA's requirements are   
   >>> driven by an anti-passenger rail agenda.   
   >>   
   >> "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained   
   >> by stupidity."  --Hanlon's Razor   
   >   
   > Ok, you can't keep repeating that.   
      
   Repetition doesn't make it untrue.   
      
   > Anyway, stupidity isn't the explanation. If I had to go with a   
   > one-word simplistic explanation, I'd say cowardice: Fear of   
   > Washington in fighting and criticism if a signal death occurs that   
   > wouldn't have if FRA had stuck with American buff-strength standards   
   > instead of implementing European standards.   
   >   
   > Still, it's wrong to point the finger at FRA (and ICC before that).   
   > It's never really the administration's fault. It's Congress.   
      
   I'd point the stupidity label at Congress; they're the ones that set up   
   the regulatory framework to consider each mode separately, and they're   
   the ones taking bribes^W"campaign contributions" from the freight   
   railroads and airlines in return for killing off passenger rail.   
      
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