On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 06:47:39 +0900, Ernest Schaal
<eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:

>in article ad4hgvgc82osiqbmc3t2qve08mnkeso811@4ax.com, Michael Cash at
>mikecash@sunfield.ne.jp wrote on 7/7/03 6:18 AM:
>
>> On Mon, 07 Jul 2003 05:26:10 +0900, Ernest Schaal
>> <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:
>> 
>>> If chikan is not the rule, then why do the commuter trains have special cars
>>> for women only 
>> 
>> I thought these were still somewhat of a rarity...but then again, I
>> don't ride the trains. Have these become the norm now?
>
>I have seen them in a variety of cities, so I assume they are now the norm.
>
>> 
>>> and why are there all those posters telling women to complain
>>> if they are molested?
>> 
>> 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?

I'm from BF Tennessee. Until I came to Japan my primary exposure to
choo-choos was freight trains. Passenger trains were nowhere to be
seen.





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