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**Soadiassy** · 03-30-2010, 08:47 AM

While I agree that the police presence is almost always only seen in Manhattan I was wondering what that is based on - simply a reassuring 'presence' that the NYPD wants to demonstrate or maybe there is a belief that this is the most effective means of action (after all we can't have every entry way onto the train manned).

It seems that, at least in the and against the US, terrorists have chosen symbols over numbers every time. Whereas a train might be easy to hit and crowded in Brooklyn they appear to want things like "Grand Central" or "Times Square" - I'd probably suspect that a terrorist planner will pick a named subway stop over some random "77th st". It would then makes sense that they'd have cops in those places, the rest as much of us unfortunately have to accept, rests on the shoulders of the straphangers that a guy with big cylinders of liquid might be riding next to.

As for the OP I feel for the victims. Nobody deserves that and I hope Russia investigates and works to prevent further attacks rather than pursuing symbolic demonstrations of force as they had in the past.

03-30-2010, 08:47 AM	#8
Soadiassy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 420 Senior Member	While I agree that the police presence is almost always only seen in Manhattan I was wondering what that is based on - simply a reassuring 'presence' that the NYPD wants to demonstrate or maybe there is a belief that this is the most effective means of action (after all we can't have every entry way onto the train manned). It seems that, at least in the and against the US, terrorists have chosen symbols over numbers every time. Whereas a train might be easy to hit and crowded in Brooklyn they appear to want things like "Grand Central" or "Times Square" - I'd probably suspect that a terrorist planner will pick a named subway stop over some random "77th st". It would then makes sense that they'd have cops in those places, the rest as much of us unfortunately have to accept, rests on the shoulders of the straphangers that a guy with big cylinders of liquid might be riding next to. As for the OP I feel for the victims. Nobody deserves that and I hope Russia investigates and works to prevent further attacks rather than pursuing symbolic demonstrations of force as they had in the past.
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