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Author	SinistramSitNovum
Comment	Sorry if it sounds harsh but everything I said is objectively true. The truth often is harsh yes, but that is reality and no one benefits from denying it. In fact not wanting to accept or acknowledge harsh truths is causing a huge amount of damage just now. "This feels like before-times chat and can't be applied to the current pandemic." The restrictions on passenger numbers and physical distancing on Scotrail services were officially lifted by the First Minister on the 9th of August 2021. This might sound harsh to you but if you don't like it you have to take it up with your MSP. I don't think you will be very successful but that is literally your only recourse and just because it is harsh doesn't mean it isn't true. "This feels like a very harsh way to respond to someone who is trying to communicate that they are autistic and spend their entire time on public transport trying not to have a panic attack." I am not saying reasonable allowances can't be made for the commenter. I said over and over again that if the train isn't crowded they can take as many seats as they want. Take a whole damn carriage for all I care if space allows. They can politely ask people not to sit next to them if it is crowded but if they say no then that is that, it would be unreasonable for them to demand more as they knew the score when they bought the ticket. The point is they are not entitled to decide when and if someone sits next to them in a public space. The train does not belong to them. These are truths no matter how harsh they seem.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/tquiio/with_trains_creeping_back_towards_being_precovid/i2toqw6/
Created	Thu 31st Mar 2022 9:32am
Status	normal ()

Sorry if it sounds harsh but everything I said is objectively true. The truth often is harsh yes, but that is reality and no one benefits from denying it. In fact not wanting to accept or acknowledge harsh truths is causing a huge amount of damage just now.

"This feels like before-times chat and can't be applied to the current pandemic."

The restrictions on passenger numbers and physical distancing on Scotrail services were officially lifted by the First Minister on the 9th of August 2021. This might sound harsh to you but if you don't like it you have to take it up with your MSP. I don't think you will be very successful but that is literally your only recourse and just because it is harsh doesn't mean it isn't true.

"This feels like a very harsh way to respond to someone who is trying to communicate that they are autistic and spend their entire time on public transport trying not to have a panic attack."

I am not saying reasonable allowances can't be made for the commenter. I said over and over again that if the train isn't crowded they can take as many seats as they want. Take a whole damn carriage for all I care if space allows. They can politely ask people not to sit next to them if it is crowded but if they say no then that is that, it would be unreasonable for them to demand more as they knew the score when they bought the ticket. The point is they are not entitled to decide when and if someone sits next to them in a public space. The train does not belong to them. These are truths no matter how harsh they seem.