"Robert Morpheal" <morpheal@sympatico.ca> wrote
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>> Tunnels are lit at both ends; if there's no exit, it's a cave or a trap.
>
> You were in the middle of the tunnel with two trains, about to collide,
> head on, where you were standing. That is a perfect analogy for many
> situations in real life, as it is lived today. You could go in either
> direction, but damned if you do and damned if you don't.
There are solutions to every problem. In this case it would be to lay down
on the tracks. Trains have a huge clearance. When the trains collide they
will rise up and tend to one side or the other on impact. If you lay on your
back you can see if they are coming back down on you, and try to get out
of the way. If you survive this long, get up and run like hell either way,
before the fuel catches on fire. You have a miraculous advantage over the
trains- they are obeying simple laws of mechanics, you have a mind and
instincts going for you. There are great stories of people surviving avalanches
and other disasters, because they continued to act intelligently, and did
not resign to an imaginary fate. You might die, you might get injured, but
you always have a chance. People in tail sections of airliners have survived
horrific crashes. Never say never, and never resign yourself to an imaginary
fate. Death will get you eventually. But to stand there in the middle of the
tunnel and say philosophically, "I guess this is it, man, it's been real." is
silly. It is false pride which makes a man quit trying, because he is afraid
he might lose.
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