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14. Until the insane can be forced into treatment, funding is a moot point.

Fri Dec 28, 2012, 02:24 AM

Dec 2012

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Man Is Pushed to His Death Under Train in Queens [View all] alp227 Dec 2012 OP

It seems to be the new planking NoOneMan Dec 2012 #1

Or we can put a good guy with a gun . . . marybourg Dec 2012 #4

glass or more important bullet proof glass divider works better graham4anything Dec 2012 #6

Why all the fuss? Just a 4 ft metal fence is all you need. Genius! ErikJ Dec 2012 #9

4ft? The stations are like 3 football fields long. Good things cost money graham4anything Dec 2012 #15

Your posts are making too much sense! go west young man Dec 2012 #25

I have been telling people for some time Skittles Dec 2012 #3

Does that apply to this Hispanic woman? marshall Dec 2012 #20

Sometimes there's just one answer to a lot of questions. Igel Dec 2012 #23

Shhh. You are disturbing a well-worn narrative. Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #26

I was replying to Skittles, not to the OP. Divernan Dec 2012 #30

nicely observed & totally irrelevant JackRiddler Dec 2012 #24

I always stand away from the edge (Mind The Gap). closeupready Dec 2012 #7

What's going on with humanity? About the usual. JackRiddler Dec 2012 #8

60 people got killed by New York subway trains last year? Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2012 #28

Pushing is rare. Those have to be publicized. JackRiddler Dec 2012 #29

It's our socieity... ReRe Dec 2012 #10

Until the insane can be forced into treatment, funding is a moot point. Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2012 #14

The insane can be forced into treatment. Chemisse Dec 2012 #17

Just try it sometime, Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2012 #18

I will take your word for it - and give you my condolences. Chemisse Dec 2012 #31

The world has lost it's mind. SoapBox Dec 2012 #12

Something tells me... Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2012 #13

cant they put up some fencing on these platforms? Garion_55 Dec 2012 #16

Pay us a visit sometime, take the subway for a while... JackRiddler Dec 2012 #21

This incident is not a comment on the state of humanity - JackRiddler Dec 2012 #22