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This is the attitude that leads to people shitting on the street and shooting up in front of police being acceptable. San Francisco is a special place.
by barry-cotter 8y ago
This is the attitude that leads to people shitting on the street and shooting up in front of police being acceptable. San Francisco is a special place.
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoI'm not defending the caper! I just don't think the incident by itself should be enough to bar the child from riding public transit. (Additional details, such as how the child was intimidated, might change that assessment.)
- barry-cotter 8y agoThis kind of shit just does not happen in Shanghai, where I live. People get pickpocketed but I have heard of exactly one incident of violent robbery in six years here and they were professionals after a great deal of money, not petty crime. Equally this just does not happen in Tokyo. You may not have defended what happened but if you don’t think it’s acceptable either my reading comprehension or your writing needs work.
- retsibsi 8y ago> You may not have defended what happened but if you don’t think it’s acceptable either my reading comprehension or your writing needs work. I think they meant 'acceptable cost' from the perspective of a parent deciding whether to let their children use public transport unsupervised. Meaning: despite the risk, it's still worth letting them roam free. (Not meaning: it's socially or morally acceptable that people sometimes intimidate and rob children.)