Re: News about fire on train near Linden Blue Mountains

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"pdwyer" <pdwyerNOpdSPAM@ecn.net.au.invalid> wrote in message
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> Well don't go yelling about the cops. Think Ladbroke. People
> died there because they were trapped. I bet your average copper
> lacks the psychic ability to tell if a train's about to burst
> into flame.
>
> I'd say they did what they did because they thought it was the
> best course of action under the circumstances. In the wrong kind
> of circumstances, actions like these could save lives.
>
> This time it was overkill. Maybe next time they won't be quick
> enough.

Sounds about right to me. Better to overreact than underreact.

Dave