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It seems like it would be a lot better to just pass a law banning irresponsible people from having kids in the first place.
1 posted on 10/25/2011 12:44:20 PM PDT by Krankor
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How about a law against spray painting grafitti, or a law against trespassing. Oh wait...


2 posted on 10/25/2011 12:46:39 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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The boys were known for spray-painting graffiti, . . .

Two friends survived because they were not on the tracks.

Hmmm. Does there appear to be any relationship here between personal responsibility and individual actions? Me thinks the problem isn't sufficient regulations of the railway.

3 posted on 10/25/2011 12:47:39 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier currently deployed in the Valley of Death, Afghanistan)
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although their families say when the crash happened the boys were walking back to their cars

Did they park on the RR track?/sarc

4 posted on 10/25/2011 12:50:47 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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The best way to prevent this problem is a two-step approach...

Step 1: Enforce vandalism laws, with heavy fines and penalties for perpetrators, regardless of age.

Step 2: Aggressively paint over or clean graffiti whereven and whenever it is found.

If you raise the cost of graffiti as you lower the reward (because any work completed will be removed within days), idjit kids will soon find another way to waste their time.


5 posted on 10/25/2011 12:59:55 PM PDT by Haiku Guy (Obama's new motto: Apres moi le deluge)
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The word “trespassing” takes away any possible point the families may have or want to make to lessen their grief. Very similar to the usual words of families following a fatal shooting in the ghetto: “He was a good boy, just getting his life together, singing in the choir, yada yada”


6 posted on 10/25/2011 1:02:30 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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... were trespassing on the rail yards under the interchange ... Two friends survived because they were not on the tracks.

There's not a law in the world that will stop teenagers from doing stupid stuff.

8 posted on 10/25/2011 1:05:52 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (When life gives you lemons, throw them back and demand chocolate.)
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Looks like we have 3 more finalists for the Darwin award.


9 posted on 10/25/2011 1:08:27 PM PDT by technically right
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Life is hard.. a lot harder and/or shorter if you are stupid.


13 posted on 10/25/2011 1:29:05 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (We kneel to no prince but the Prince of Peace)
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Too bad stupidity isn’t painful.

Oh, wait... in this case...


16 posted on 10/25/2011 2:17:52 PM PDT by hadit2here ("Most men would rather die than think. Many do." - Bertrand Russell)
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