Is It Becoming Less Safe To Travel By Bus?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38788073

A few days ago there was a knife attack and now these sexual assaults.

[Gromit]

TfL is not a Government body.

[Sqad]

Gromit

\\\\\Transport for London run the capital's public transpirt services. If you are not prepared to accept their figures, then there is no debate. \\\

That is a ridiculous statement to make....accept my figures or *** off. Of course there is room for debate.
I'm off to my Club now.

[Gromit]

Sqad,
They are not my figures. They are the figures of the people who have to sort out the crime on public transport. And by their reckoning, there is less crime.

[mikey4444]

Gromit....a small word of caution if I may be so bold. The last time something like this happened, we nearly lost Sqad for good, and I for one, would miss him.

[Gromit]

I have no desire to drive sqad away. Just that I disagree with him on this occassion. I'm sure it will pass and we shall all be moaning about the new site later :-)

[ummmm]

Mikey - Sqad left because his credentials were being questioned and the person just wouldn't accept Sqads answers.

[Peter Pedant]

as Maria Antoinetta might say

why dont you walk ?

[Peter Pedant]

// .accept my figures or *** off. Of course there is room for debate. I'm off to my Club now. //

this is all a bit modern and Trumpic innit ?

Didnt Trump demand/insist that his figures (" alternative figures" ) on the number of people at his inauguration were better ( and greater ) ?

and "Sqad off to his club"
can I offer an alternative explanation ( since we are at it ) that it is not a nice English Club on the riviera that Sqad is going to for a flood of pink gins but in fact is a pole dancing club ?
hur hur hur have fun Sqad !

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

Before you accuse me of losing my memory perhaps you had better read what I put.
///A few days ago there was a knife attack ///

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit
/// A young male was repeatedly stabbed in 1993 while he waited for a bus. It's nothing new. ///

That's got nothing to do with travelling by bus, might as well say "a young male was stabbed while on his way to catch a bus".

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

/// Thinking safety is getting worse because of two headlines in a week is not scientific or going to be right. It is an opinion based on a false perception. ///

Oh! so with your reasoning one could say "It is false to say that it is no longer safe to holiday in Tunisia, after all there has only been one terrorist beach attack.
I bet the survivors would not only disagree with you, but will not choose to holiday in Tunisia again.

[Canary42]

The Doomsday Clock has advanced - so ANY form of living is becoming less safe.

So the answer must be YES.