Ron Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02/25/07 12:25, Paul Johnson wrote: >> Michael Pobega wrote: > [snip] >> His policing policies are more Soviet Russia than United States of >> America. Not sure that really makes up for the fact that if you're poor >> or homeless in New York City under Gullianni or Bloomberg, you don't get >> help, you disappear. > > You live across the continent from NYC. Have you ever been to Times > Square? I visited while on a business trip in the late 90s, an it > was very nice. Nothing like /Taxi Driver/.
Yes, I have. Nice city. Wouldn't mind living there if it weren't so bloody expensive. Sales tax just adds insult to injury in that department, too. > If reverse-coddling[0] of bums, crazies and turnstile jumpers what > it takes to clean up a big city, then I'm all for it. > > [0] Note that reverse-coddling does *not* include bludgeoning and > sodomizing people with nightsticks. Therein lies the rub. I don't mind someone trying to keep New York a safe place, but I'm not quite sure abusing the accused is a good method. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

