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Posted by pdxGREEN on August 01, 2001 at 12:28:40 from (172.181.28.50):
Mr. Taylor, you obviously have a deep resentment for law enforcement officials, I must wonder if this is part of resentment for authority in general? As a former law enforcement officer, I highly resent your accusations about the two officers involved in this tragic accident. I also take offence to your wild accusations about law enforcement officers in general. The two officers in question where simply doing their jobs, I find it hard to believe they where being malicious. It is reported by several sources that the steam engine had damaged the street, should the officers ignore this simply because it was a 1918 tractor? I’m sure that you would support a police officer writing a ticket to someone who drove a modern track type tractor down the street, damaging it. You can sit back and second-guess these officers all you want, but you where not there. Is it possible there where citizen complaints about the damage? At this point I don’t think any of us have all the facts to form an educated conclusion as to who is to blame. It is reported in several news sources that this tractor had problems in the days immediately before the accident. As yet, I haven’t seen any reports as to what these problems where. If the problems are what caused the accident, then responsibility lies solely upon the owners-operators of the tractor. If the boiler was low on water, this also was the responsibility of the owners-operators. In the expensive rebuilding of this machine, was some corner cut in the name of cost savings? Did this lead up to the accident? Was there a problem with some gauge, so that the operators didn’t know what was going on with the boiler? Was some safely device inoperable? Again, we simply do not have all the facts. I hardly see where a logical person could blame this accident upon two police officers doing their job. Myself, I am not overly familiar with steam engines. I understand the basic concept as to what they do, and how they work, but that’s about it. Is it possible that boilers made in 1918 should be retired? Maybe they require so much attention that it is unsafe to operate them in public, I honestly don’t know the answers. However, I know it wasn’t the police officers that caused this accident. The sign of a logical man is that he examines all the facts, and determines a position or answer only after this process. The sign of an illogical man is one who knows only part of the story and acts as you have. It looks to me like you have used this tragic accident as your chance to spout off your resentment towards police officers. This is an internet message board relating to old tractors, not a political forum. I suggest that you take to heart the old saying “Never Discuss Politics Amongst Friends”
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