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   Dan Cross to mrbrklyn@panix.com   
   Re: jump that turnstyle...   
   17 Jul 25 10:57:05   
   
   From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net   
      
   In article <10594pj$18a$2@reader1.panix.com>,   
   Ruben Safir   wrote:   
   >Dan Cross  wrote:   
   >> In article <104pmed$hq0$2@reader1.panix.com>,   
   >> Ruben Safir   wrote:   
   >>>Dan Cross  wrote:   
   >>>> In article <104ck3p$4q5$1@reader1.panix.com>,   
   >>>> Popping Mad   wrote:   
   >>>>>On 7/3/25 4:37 PM, Dan Cross wrote:   
   >>>>>> What next, tolerating jay walking?!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>No but jumping the turnstyle is theft of services and it prevents   
   >>>>>control of the ridership.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The horror...The horror....   
   >>>   
   >>>It is a horror   
   >>   
   >> Absolutely.  The world is falling apart because of those   
   >> dastardly (dastardly, I say!) ruffians who jump turnstiles.   
   >>   
   >>>and it is not fixed by people with bullshit attitudes   
   >>>like yours who think it is a fucking prividge to travel to work without   
   >>>be assualted.   
   >>   
   >> Again, with the assumption that someone jumping the turnstile is   
   >> automatically "assaulting" you.  Or that someone who _does_   
   >> assault you must have jumped the turnstile.  Most of the time, I   
   >> just do the normal thing and ignore other people on the train.   
   >>   
   >> The bullshit attitude is yours, sir.  If you feel the need to be   
   >> controlled, then you can also feel free to take that back to the   
   >> island with you.   
   >   
   >You are just too stupid and callus to understand that when you are   
   >transporting a few million people a day that minimumm disapline and   
   >decorum is needed to make everyone safe and comfortable.   
   >   
   >All you care about is your crap theology with a touch of hatred for the   
   >average working stiff.   
      
   You seem really angry and kind have a chip on your shoulder.  Do   
   you jump the turnstile or something?   
      
   	- Dan C.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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