Oh, bother
The secret transit police who were just in the headlines for gunning down someone for the crime of being mentally ill have got a Brand! New! Job! Now people who ride mass transit in several big cities on the east and west coast (plus Houston, which is notable for having had the temerity to put in a trolley line over the pouty objections of Tom Delay) get the opportunity to be gunned down by their government for the crime of being suspicious-looking.
Oh, joy. I've been a dedicated rider of mass transit for all of my life, but it would sort of take the relaxing out of the nice relaxing ride to work and back if I had to worry about being shot because I did something suspicious like wearing an impeach the bastard button. I wonder if Tri-Met is going to try to get into this little program, and, if so, how quickly I can learn to drive a car, and how different the traffic laws are in Canada.
(link via a comment at We Move to Canada)
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Hmm. So people in Canada are... (what's that word? I used to know it.. Oh, right) "polite" to each other?
This might be an interesting cultural shift.
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Not much different at all. Just avoid right turns on red in Quebec, they're ok everywhere else.
Oh, and flipping people off is not the conversation-starter it is in the Excited Snakes.