On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:06:01 GMT, "Douglas D. Anderson"
<dda@rr.rochester.com> wrote in message
<Jbh%d.105984$H05.82834@twister.nyroc.rr.com>:
>"Robert Morpheal" <morpheal@sympatico.ca> wrote
>>> 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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