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unique_passive t1_ja71jmo wrote

Reply to comment by MultiGeometry in Shipments of contaminated waste to resume from Ohio train derailment site by WhoIsJolyonWest

Strict federal guidelines on rail keep entire countries and economies functioning. The EU would be a mess without good rail. Rail was one of, if not the primary reason that Australia even decided to form a federation in the first place.

The US having a failing railway system is a sign that its infrastructure is that of a second-world nation.

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GeekFurious t1_ja7132h wrote

Reply to ‘That’s my neighbour’: Mariupol residents’ shock at Putin’s parade line-up | Ukraine by madrid987

This may surprise some people but... it's possible that everyone talking to the press about this story thinks they are 100% correct about their assessment. Because there may very well be "good people" on the Russian side who, after Mariupol fell under Russian control, "helped" the family and showed them kindness.

Not everyone in Putin's murder machine is a cold-hearted Soviet Union wannabe. And so, when shown kindness, people who have suffered may truly believe they are now "on the right side."

OR, possibly and simply, the parents did what they felt they needed to do in order to keep their kids alive.

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boringhistoryfan t1_ja70r1g wrote

Reply to comment by loopsygonegirl in ‘That’s my neighbour’: Mariupol residents’ shock at Putin’s parade line-up | Ukraine by madrid987

Thing is, i can still imagine them saying that if it was just adults. Indeed many did. But once you have kids? And the occupying power can threaten those kids?

Even if the parents are eager to fight, hate collaborating... I can't hate them for it. They aren't the ones facing risk here. Their kids are too. "I would fight" is that much harder to say when your child is also in the power of the one you want to fight. When that power can threaten to kidnap or murder your child as much as you.

I imagine most parents, if forced to choose between their country and their children will choose their children. And I would never blame them for it

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TJR843 t1_ja70pav wrote

Reply to Shipments of contaminated waste to resume from Ohio train derailment site by WhoIsJolyonWest

Capitalism dictates this must continue. If two more trains full of toxic materials derail in East Palestine within the next year, and it's just as bad, guess what happens? More trains carrying toxic materials will ride the same line within a few weeks after those. The profits must continue, people be damned.

They will put out minimal aid with the only goal of that aid being staving off an increase in collective class consciousness. The population of East Palestine is small, but there are more than enough to stop any trains moving through the town if they wanted. That is what they don't want them or us to realize.

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loopsygonegirl t1_ja70kiq wrote

Reply to comment by boringhistoryfan in ‘That’s my neighbour’: Mariupol residents’ shock at Putin’s parade line-up | Ukraine by madrid987

> what else would you do?

I think quite some people would naively answer this question with 'I would fight'. The whole gun ownership logic in the US is based on that rational. From the safety we are in, it is quite easy to imagine we will be brave and resist. But in the end of day most of us (at least I know I will be) are cowards with just the will to survive/live, even if it means betraying ourselves/country.

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EmotionalSuportPenis t1_ja6zxck wrote

Reply to comment by Affectionate-Park-15 in Medical services plane crashed in Nevada, killing 5, after apparently breaking up mid-flight, NTSB says | CNN by 5xad0w

Icing should be pretty easily detectable in the PC-12, though, and I'm not sure Pilatus even sells any of them without ice control systems. Not to say it couldn't be a factor, but the pilots are trained and the planes are built to deal with it, and they tend to fly in icing conditions a lot.

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