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Did you read the article? The sentence OP objects to is the lead-in to a conductor on a trip telling him about how rail passengers were encouraged to help reduc
by giaour 2y ago
Did you read the article? The sentence OP objects to is the lead-in to a conductor on a trip telling him about how rail passengers were encouraged to help reduce the native population. It's a bit of context for an anecdote, in an article that is entirely compared of lightly contextualized anecdotes.
- timr 2y agoYou could remove the sentence I quoted, keep the thing from the conductor about bison, and it wouldn't make a difference to the story [1]. It's a "lead in" only in the extremely literal sense that the one sentence comes before the other one. [1] It might even work better, since it lets you draw your own conclusions about the anecdote. Not everything needs to be a lesson.
- BadHumans 2y agoI agree that the story flows better without it but I'm saying it is not irrelevant like you claim. It is bad writing if nothing else.