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(Why is this suddenly a featured debate?)
I agree, but not for the reason given by the OP. Beheadings are rare on buses, even (especially?) in
Canada. Muggings however aren't, and are in fact a fairly serious and endemic problem on bus
services in every urban area in the world. Buses need some form of air marshalls, maybe even just on
a few buses to get the message across. The only problem of course is that this is a considerable
expense when you consider the other running costs of the bus (fuel, driver, that's about it). Still,
would be very nice. |
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That was such horrid news. And I agree.
There should be security procedures when travelling by bus. They have Security at airports, so why
not Buslines. It would at least help prevent scenarios such as this from happening in the future.
Also, TTC drivers are frequently harassed, spit on, etc. So I think that drivers of public
transportation vehicles should have plexiglass booths. Many taxicabs do. |
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Though I was first tempted to think "Only one attack... Show me 20 and maybe I will agree.", I
remembered that one attack caused a war in the Middle East... So, here is my say:
I agree with Hidell in the fact that we should not have mini airport security terminals on public
buses. Speaking of which, quoting our friend on the other side.... "We just need to accept that we
live in a world where bad people exist and bad things can happen. The exact same thing could have
happened to someone sitting in a cafe or walking through a park. " Saying this you are implying that
we should totally ignore them? Action is required.
The only reason one should disagree with this is that it would be harmful to society, which it is
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I think that anyone who takes Greyhound-operated buses in Canada and the US is probably thinking the
same thing after discovering that an innocent young man who was quietly listening to music was
stabbed and then beheaded by another passenger on one of these buses. It makes little sense to make
passengers go through cumbersome security checks at airports, when no such precautions are taken in
the case of ground transportation.
There is a far greater risk that we will fall victim to a random act of violence than a terrorist
incident when traveling. The image of a passenger in rural Manitoba being decapitated and then
having the attacker wave the deceased man's head in one hand and a butcher's knife in another should
illustrate in the most horrific and dramatic terms why security needs to be improved in the case of
ground transportation.
It should be noted that passengers and the driver did all that they could in this case. The bus
stopped along the Trans-Canada, near the community of Portage La Prairie (Manitoba) and after 37
passengers fled the coach, a handful returned and tried to intervene. Unfortunately, they were too
late and the victim's head had already been "sawed off," according to one of the eyewitnesses. |
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31 Jul 2008 18:12
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