About that violinist on the derailed train many were so quick to pillory. . .

[haele]

124. Okay, I guess I'm a bad, bad person just like her.

Back when I was 16 and wanting to be a professional musician, if twitter was around, I would have tweeted something similar right after I got myself together at a crash site if my $7000 viola was left behind.
Now-a-days, if I was in her situation and didn't have that $7000 viola with me, I would have been making snarky comments about AMTRAK and probably Gomez Addams as I would be heading back to the crash site to see how I could help survivors.
I'm not the type either jumping in heroically like the first responder heroine or piously rocking and weeping like the noble victims in the media.
I'm sardonic, a bit of snark helps me center quickly, then get to the work that needs to be done.
So I'm just as bad as she is.

Unlike a lot of people who are judging her actions, I have been in a disaster. I've been the survivor. I've had to be a rescuer when I was hurt myself. There is no level in victimhood - you're either a victim or not. There's only a magnitude of damage.
I know there's a wide f'n range of reaction, and those reactions have not a damn thing to do with that person's actual morals, ethics, or personal strengths and flaws.
While her comments may have been in bad taste - well, guilty as charged, myself. I've said worse under stress.


Haele