Edit post

Edit your reply below.

Post Body
Enter your post below.
[quote user="JRPett"] <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> Bucyrus:</div> <div></div> <blockquote> <div style="clear:both;"></div> Yes I agree there should be no discussion of politics and that means no discussion of Amtrak, HSR, or any other form of nationalized passenger rail.  These topics do not belong on a forum about trains.      </blockquote> <div style="clear:both;"></div>   </blockquote>   Why should there be no discussion of Amtrak, HSR, or any other form of nationalized passenger rail? Politics mean politics. Words mean things. These were all just from one topic:                                 "Given the political climate in Wisconsin and Walker's attitude toward the "great unwashed", I would suggest the the last person to leave Wisconsin turn the lights out."                    and                "From the prank call Walker unknowingly participated in....he comes off sounding like a toy for the ultra-right ultra wealthy....not much of a original thinker at all."                       and   "Walker may well be toast after all this." - this statement was made immediately after the preceeding quote, so it appears to me to be more than just "rail" related.   and   "Walker March 1: 43% approve ; 54% disapprove Scott March 29: 32% approve; 52% disapprove Kasich March 23: 30% approve; 46% disapprove Looks like the people in those three states have strongly turned against the policies of the governors they elected just five months ago."               and               "Leadership is not always popular. To bad there are not more people like these guys." followed up with: "Let me know if you still feel that way in ten years."          I guess that I must not be a master of the obvious. What do the preceeding statements have to do with Amtrak, HSR, or any other form of nationalized passenger rail? They are political opinions and statements. Pure and simple. And that's what gets threads locked. --John in WI   <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] <o:p></o:p> John, You ask, “What do the preceding statements have to do with Amtrak, HSR, or any other form of nationalized passenger rail?”  I would say that all of the statements you cite have a lot to do with HSR.  They are all expressions of disdain for someone who refused to fund it.   <o:p></o:p> My main point was in reacting to the comments made by poster Hamltnblue.   While he objects to any political discussion, I don’t think he sees discussion of public rail as being political.  Granted, it doesn’t have to be political if it is limited to discussion about hardware, routes, etc.  But it is indeed political if it is about needs, future expansion, and funding, which it most often is.  In fact HSR in particular is so political, that I do not regard it as being about trains.  It is the “Chevy Volt” of rail transportation.  It is not about serving a public need.  It is about a public obligation to save the planet.     <o:p></o:p> As I mentioned in a post on the previous page, it is easier for public passenger rail proponents to see no politics in their advocacy while complaining that those with the opposite view are violating the rules of the forum.
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag