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It has been suggested that we are being unseemly for criticizing Mr. Burkhardt because he has had his reputation crushed forever and therefore, he is as good as dead.  My point about terrorism or vandalism is only that, until someone at least develops a plausible theory of how the air brakes got released, one cannot rule out terrorism or vandalism being a cause.  And if that proves to be the case, Mr. Burkhardt will instantly be forgiven even if he is the top guy on the railroad.  The top guy will not be blamed for the wreck if it was caused by a malicious act.  But in the meantime, that top guy deserves all the criticism he can get.  Not only is he deflecting blame from himself, but he is also placing it on others who do not deserve it.  And he is using the media spotlight to level those false accusations.  Some people say he is actually a nice guy, and that it is just that he has lost perspective.  Maybe so, but if that causes him to place false blame, and destroy the lives of others, he needs to be called on it regardless of what his future holds.  Now, Mr. Burkhardt is telling the world that he does not believe the engineer who claims to have set sufficient hand brakes.  Based on what, does he not beieve the engineer?  Even if no hand brakes were found set, that does not prove that none were set.  And it also does not prove that set brakes were not released by someone other than the engineer.     I have no idea what the police mean when they say they have found evidence of a crime.  But I don’t recall that they have ruled out terrorism or vandalism.  And Mr. Burkhardt has also played a prominent role in the terrorism angle.  He has said that he has evidence of tampering.  And yet he has ruled out terrorism or a criminal act on several occasions.  Maybe this is just the fog of war, and the media are 100% wrong about everything to do with railroads.  But, until this all plays out, I will work with what I have, and speculate to the best of my ability.  I’ll bet that is what the people of Lac-Megantic are doing.
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