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Is it safe to travel by bus in broad daylight?
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Dare I say it again?
What is this......................?
And no it did not happen in my day.
Dare I say it again?
What is this......................?
And no it did not happen in my day.
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Yes, it's safe to travel by bus in broad daylight.
Of course, this vicious attack is a horrible and bizarre case, and the victim very likely doesn't feel like it's safe. And the attacker, IMO, will very likely try something like it again if he's not caught.
But statistically your chances of making it through your next daytime bus journey without being attacked are borderline certain - just as they were before this happened.
Of course, this vicious attack is a horrible and bizarre case, and the victim very likely doesn't feel like it's safe. And the attacker, IMO, will very likely try something like it again if he's not caught.
But statistically your chances of making it through your next daytime bus journey without being attacked are borderline certain - just as they were before this happened.
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Yes, they killed people rather than just rendered them unconscious years ago.
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I've travelled by bus in London for 40 years.
I have seen drunken revelling, I've seen arguments and fights (on including me), I've seen a woman lose her shoe whilst getting off and I've seen an entire top desk terrorised by a pigeon.
I may one day see a terrorist attack. I may one day see someone stabbed, murdered, robbed or die from natural causes.
It is, however, safe to travel by bus...
In the same way that it's safe to take a bath at home, despite the number of people who die as a result each year (21 last year according to the Dept of Trade and Industry: http://www.humanics-es.com/burns.pdf).
I have seen drunken revelling, I've seen arguments and fights (on including me), I've seen a woman lose her shoe whilst getting off and I've seen an entire top desk terrorised by a pigeon.
I may one day see a terrorist attack. I may one day see someone stabbed, murdered, robbed or die from natural causes.
It is, however, safe to travel by bus...
In the same way that it's safe to take a bath at home, despite the number of people who die as a result each year (21 last year according to the Dept of Trade and Industry: http://www.humanics-es.com/burns.pdf).
triggerhippy
/// So, no strangulations or buses in the 50's? ///
/// John Reginald Haliday Christie, an ex-special constable, was a sex killer and psychopath. He gained his sexual gratification through rape, murder, and necrophilia. He would make his victims unconscious, and then strangle them while performing necrophilia. He actually admitted strangling one of his victims during intercourse. Although, baby Geraldine Evans was clearly disposed of as a screaming baby, who, without a mother would arouse suspicion. In the 1940s and 1950s this man killed at least five prostitutes, his wife, a female lodger and her baby daughter. He also kept a collection of clipped pubic hairs, some of which did not match any of his known victims. Christie was not a popular man, seemingly respectable but not liked. As a teenager he had been nicknamed "Reggie No Dick" because of his sexual
inadequacy ///
Blimey all that on a bus in broad daylight, I always thought it took place in 10 Rillington Place between 1943 and 1953.
/// So, no strangulations or buses in the 50's? ///
/// John Reginald Haliday Christie, an ex-special constable, was a sex killer and psychopath. He gained his sexual gratification through rape, murder, and necrophilia. He would make his victims unconscious, and then strangle them while performing necrophilia. He actually admitted strangling one of his victims during intercourse. Although, baby Geraldine Evans was clearly disposed of as a screaming baby, who, without a mother would arouse suspicion. In the 1940s and 1950s this man killed at least five prostitutes, his wife, a female lodger and her baby daughter. He also kept a collection of clipped pubic hairs, some of which did not match any of his known victims. Christie was not a popular man, seemingly respectable but not liked. As a teenager he had been nicknamed "Reggie No Dick" because of his sexual
inadequacy ///
Blimey all that on a bus in broad daylight, I always thought it took place in 10 Rillington Place between 1943 and 1953.
sp, i have witnessed any number of fights, two women who lamped one another because one wanted to get off the bus first, then there are the drunks, the lowlifes shooting up their drugs and yes in broad daylight, and of course the bastards who get on for free because they badger the driver until he/she gives in. Bring back the bus conductors, they can sort this out in a trice.
sp1814
/// In the same way that it's safe to take a bath at home, despite the number of people who die as a result each year (21 last year according to the Dept of Trade and Industry: http://www.humanics-es.com/burns.pdf).///
And that doesn't include the 'Brides in the Bath'.
/// In the same way that it's safe to take a bath at home, despite the number of people who die as a result each year (21 last year according to the Dept of Trade and Industry: http://www.humanics-es.com/burns.pdf).///
And that doesn't include the 'Brides in the Bath'.
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em10
I think you've hit on something that I can't verify, but suspect is true - people are generally getting ruder on public transport. We have all become extremely insulated and it seems that tempers now flare up a lot quicker than in the past.
The assualt raised by AOG is extreme, and without knowing any more details, my guess is that the bloke must've been 'on something'. However, what I've noticed on buses and tubes is that we cocoon ourselves in our own little worlds.
We watch films on their iPads, listen to music on their mp3 players and read books on their Kindles - all of which prevents us from interacting with our fellow travellers.
I think you've hit on something that I can't verify, but suspect is true - people are generally getting ruder on public transport. We have all become extremely insulated and it seems that tempers now flare up a lot quicker than in the past.
The assualt raised by AOG is extreme, and without knowing any more details, my guess is that the bloke must've been 'on something'. However, what I've noticed on buses and tubes is that we cocoon ourselves in our own little worlds.
We watch films on their iPads, listen to music on their mp3 players and read books on their Kindles - all of which prevents us from interacting with our fellow travellers.
