Ernest Schaal wrote:
> in article ad4hgvgc82osiqbmc3t2qve08mnkeso811@4ax.com, Michael Cash at
> mikecash@sunfield.ne.jp wrote on 7/7/03 6:18 AM:

>>Ummm.....Because 1) so many of them don't 2) it's easier than putting
>>forth an active police presence and 3) gives the impression that
>>something is being done about the problem?
>>
>>If that ain't the answer, then I'm stumped.
> 
> You don't see them in the US, do you?

Out of curiousity though, how many US cities have mass-transit subway 
systems comparable to those in Japan or with London, Paris etc? NYC? 
East coast only?




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