Monday, March 13, 2006

Boys hit on Railway Line

Isn't it strange how the media only prints half a story? Is it really strange or is it just ineptitude? Maybe it's a case of trying to stir people up over an issue that already has the public tense at the moment?

Trains.

Now it's Trains-killing-boys.

Don't get me wrong but WHERE WERE THE PARENTS??? Why were 3 boys aged 6, 8 and 10 out roaming around rail lines after 6pm?

I feel for the parents as nobody should have to lose a child like that but the fact still remains that they weren't doing their job and I think it will be a fair bet that some arse-sucking shyster will represent them to try and wrangle some form of payout from Queensland Rail.

Interestingly enough, I have a source who tells me more about this tragic situation...

To be blunt, I am more sorry for the driver of the train who hit the boys and even more sorry for the guard who has to get off the train and go down onto the tracks and confirm that 3 boys have been killed (1 decapitated). Then, the same Police who moved the boys on earlier in the afternoon were called in to identify them. Those who have children have to be affected by this.

Some questions came up:
"Were they aboriginal?"
"Yes"

"Why were they pulled up by the Police in the first place?"
"They were throwing things at the trains going past and hitting the emergency alarm buttons on the platforms (the ones that people use if they are in trouble at the station)."

So the boys weren't exactly innocent tots out for a walk with their friends - they were causing trouble. In saying this, they didn't deserve to die in such a horrible way - or even need to die at all - but the question still remains over whether parents in general are going to be responsible for their spawn?
I think not.

It's also worth noting that this is the 3rd child in this family to die with another son being in a stolen car when it crashed. Yep - definitely children with a quality upbringing that showed respect for other people in our society.

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