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Antimatter Man
Join Date: May 2004
Location: that interweb thing
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B-b-but it might be sacrilegious... or dangerous!
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Originally Posted by Martin Van Buren, Governor of New York, 1830(?)
“Dear Mr. President: The canal system of this country is being threatened by a new form of transportation known as ‘railroads’ … As you may well know, Mr. President, ‘railroad’ carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of 15 miles per hour by ‘engines’ which, in addition to endangering life and limb of passengers, roar and snort their way through the countryside, setting fire to crops, scaring the livestock and frightening women and children. The Almighty certainly never intended that people should travel at such breakneck speed.”
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Originally Posted by Dr Dionysys Larder (1793-1859), professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, University College London.
“Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.” —
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