Re: Someone killed in Melbourne Loop this morning?

[gonoNOCRAP@bigpond.com]

On Wed, 26 May 1999 18:40:07 +1200, David McLoughlin
<davemcl@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz> wrote:

>Doug Mason wrote:
>> 
>> I was told that you are not allowed to tell passengers that someone had
>> been killed, or anything like that, and just to say 'that due to a
>> technical fault this train will yadda yadda yadda'.  If you go telling
>> people someone has been killed it may upset a few people.
>
>
>Political correctness gone totally mad. Don't even the newspapers report
>when someone has been killed in a train accident like this nowadays?
No they don't report these things for fear of copycat suicides
Fine if you want to commit suicide then go to a secluded place and
blow your brains out, but remember when you do it in front of a train
someone has to live with your demise forever.
Paul Johnston (a disgruntled driver)