How do you stop a train wreck? The simple answer would be to ban locomotives. The problem with this is the simple act of making something illegal only increases desire. Prohibition only succeeded in popularizing jazz music. No smoking policies simply teach people what a visible minority feels like. Making the selling of sex against the law only encourages marriage. Someone would only invent a new type of train to demolish.
We could hope for a hero to swoop in and save us from ourselves, but let's be honest, anyone who would dress up and play the part has probably seen, studied, and been involved in a few train wrecks himself. The cure and the disease often look exactly the same. Perhaps a vaccine? A shot in the caboose might seem ideal at first, but on closer examination, it seems to only leave us with a sleeker engine for our own destruction .
Gomez Addams knew the truth. We can never avoid the train wreck, the best we can ever hope for is to be in control of how and when our untimely collisions occur. Until then, you can find me in the barcar, drinking heavily and making sure my emotional baggage is securely stowed.
Dabuoy
