More Washington Metro Stupidity

[wolf]

I'd love to watch you try, Radar. Unfortunately, because of that no photography rule, my nefarious master plan to take video of the whole event and sell it to the highest bidder amongst the news agencies, falls flat.

Originally Posted by wolf

I'd love to watch you try, Radar. Unfortunately, because of that no photography rule, my nefarious master plan to take video of the whole event and sell it to the highest bidder amongst the news agencies, falls flat.

What? You can't take pictures on the metro, either? What's wrong with that? As an aside, I too, remember the metro from the old days. It was this wondrful, very clean, streamlined system. I liked those little lights, also. I also liked knowing that I was riding underneath the Potomic River. It felt like Jules Verne or something.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by marichiko

I liked those little lights, also.

They now have computerized signs on each platform that tell you how many minutes until the next train comes. Sometimes they are turned off, or the information is not helpful, but those signs are often a real help, especially when there are delays.

Overall, Metro is great. It's just exceeding its capacity right now, and funding is a problem. They are trying to get enough money together to add more cars to each train to reduce overcrowding.

I'm not aware of photography being illegal in Metro, but it's been a year or so since I've taken pictures down there. Early 2003 I took a few of crowded trains.

[Radar]

Originally Posted by wolf

I'd love to watch you try, Radar. Unfortunately, because of that no photography rule, my nefarious master plan to take video of the whole event and sell it to the highest bidder amongst the news agencies, falls flat.

My guess is they wouldn't notice you video-taping them while they were trying to deal with us. There's also the whole "hidden video" thing. They've got cameras that look like buttons on your clothing.

Originally Posted by glatt

The trains don't get cleaned until the end of the day, which means law abiding citizens will be sitting in your grease drippings and crumbs. Your right to eat pizza stops where my right to ride on a clean train begins.

You don't have a right to ride a "clean" train any more or less than I have a right to eat pizza. Although in the end, eating food that you obtain honestly is a right, and going through life without being bothered isn't.

I swear to god when I go to D.C. I will ride the trian and I will eat and curse, and if a cop even tries to touch me I will shove his stick straight up his ass.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Radar

You don't have a right to ride a "clean" train any more or less than I have a right to eat pizza. Although in the end, eating food that you obtain honestly is a right, and going through life without being bothered isn't.

So does that mean you think you have a right to defecate on a train?

How does that saying go, "My rights stop, where your rights begin"? Something to that effect. I have the right to engage in any non-criminal activity I please. I can eat pizza, but I can't eat it at your desk and leave grease all over your paper work. I can listen to music on my headset, but I can't start blasting it at you top volume from my ghetto buster. That's called disturbing the peace. Everyone has the right to not be bothered by someone else's thoughtless behavior.

[Cyber Wolf]

Originally Posted by Radar

Although in the end, eating food that you obtain honestly is a right, and going through life without being bothered isn't.

The right to go through life without being bothered may not be a right, but it's well within my rights to react to something that's bothering me. Make your stand all you want, just be sure you and your ilk clean up and take the trash with you when you leave. It'll make more of a point if you do the eating then leave the place as clean as it was when you got there cuz it'll show people can eat and not make the place a mess. Of course, if part of the reason IS to make a mess, then I'll be cheering the cops on.

[slang]

Originally Posted by Radar

I swear to god when I go to D.C. I will ride the trian and I will eat and curse, and if a cop even tries to touch me I will shove his stick straight up his ass.

This is the funniest thing I have seen all day.

Radar, I truly appreciate your rebellious spirit. Like it or not, we share that. The reality though, is that neither of us are badasses up against the system.
Not until the Next American Revolution anyway.

Cops have a working process that, right or wrong, gets progressively more hostile with non-compliance to their "authority" and the law. You know that.

Throw in racial differences, the situation gets worse.

I'd like to get this whole event on hidden cam from a slight distance. Sure, you'd intimidate them...well, because, you're Radar...and that would also look great as a clip.

On the other hand, when they drive your head up your own ass after non-compliance, that would be an interesting clip too.

I'm sure that the mere mention of this will produce numerous factual instances that you have used force on law enforcement and walked away unharmed and a hero.

In any case, I wish you luck and share your attitude in this circumstance.

[russotto]

Unfortunately, there's another side to it. While the Metro cops would certainly be able to handle Radar, they might not want to. While they have no problem arresting 12 year olds, parapalegics, and small women for infractions of the rules, they might just look the other way at a food-eating hard-cursing person who looks like they might actually put up a decent fight.

[Cyber Wolf]

Of course, that could backfire. They've already taken some public heat for going after and taking down people like children, handicapped folks and pregnant women. Considering the press, I don't see why they wouldn't zealously taken down someone like Radar just to show they're not afraid of the able-bodied. Such a sucker might even get even more roughed up just so they can prove a point.

On my list of things to look for in the news: The pregnant lady has her baby and there's a problem with it or its stillborn and she accuses the Metro Police for injuring/killing her then unborn child.