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   Peter Schleifer to ahk@chinet.com   
   Re: Amk NEC speed controls?   
   16 May 15 08:50:54   
   
   From: pschleif@speakeasy.org   
      
   On Sat, 16 May 2015 03:58:26 +0000 (UTC), "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 they're going to catch the bastard unless he starts taking   
   >credit for it.   
   --   
   Peter Schleifer   
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