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    • Gwiwer posted
    Posted in News » Boy films brothers death skylarking on train

    If the government had an atomic bomb and someone managed to detonate it would you put the blame on the person who detonated it or would you blame the government for not securing it properly?

    Who has acted unlawfully in this scenario? The person detonating it. That is who I would sue if I were still alive to do so after the fallout.

    No one has taken reasonable steps to prevent it from happening.

    I would argue very firmly that they have. The train's builders and operators have taken every reasonable step to prevent it by fitting locks and installing signs to the effect that access through those doors is not permitted.

    If you were approaching a red traffic light would you want a sign there to say "Stop when red light shows" or would you carry on because there wasn't one?  The red light is of itself the signal to stop and is all that is required.  All reasonable people would know and understand that.  

    It's no different with a locked door whether that is on a train or at your home.  It means keep out whether or not there is a sign to that effect.

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    Edited 19 Jun 2014 17:27, 7 years ago, edited by Gwiwer

    If the government had an atomic bomb and someone managed to detonate it would you put the blame on the person who detonated it or would you blame the government for not securing it properly?

    Who has acted unlawfully in this scenario? The person detonating it. That is who I would sue if I were still alive to do so after the fallout.

    No one has taken reasonable steps to prevent it from happening.

    I would argue very firmly that they have.  The train's builders and operators have taken every reasonable step to prevent it by fitting locks and installing signs to the effect that access through those doors is not permitted.  

    If you were approaching a red traffic light would you want a sign there to say "Stop when red light shows" or would you carry on because there wasn't one?

    Edited 19 Jun 2014 17:25, 7 years ago, edited by Gwiwer

    If the government had an atomic bomb and someone managed to detonate it would you put the blame on the person who detonated it or would you blame the government for not securing it properly?

    Who has acted unlawfully in this scenario?  The person detonating it.  That is who I would sue if I were still alive to do so after the fallout.