from an old german "comic"
how members of various nationalities react to a derailment :
1) the german writes a postcard
2) the englishman continues to read his paper
3) the southern-european steals
4) the frenchman takes the opportunity to meet a lady
5) the american collects body-parts for the sausage factory in chicago
6) the russian sets of a bomb he happens to carry in his pocket
no surprise that wars would be started using any pretext !
of course , we are so much more civilized now , aren't we ?
hbg