All the discussions pro and con re: the WAR...

[Wild i]

...This really brought it home for me:

Yesterday I was coming back to NYC from my weekly trip to Englewood. Riding across the bridge, traffic was kind of slow. On a clear, sunny day to my right I saw my beautiful home town. To my left, my home borough and the Tappan Zee. Looking again to my right, among the bikers and strollers across the bridge I see two soldiers in camoflage fatigues each carrying an M16. Real, live M16 rifles. I'd never seen that before. Not here. Not in my NYC. Not in my USA.

[ March 24, 2003, 02:12 PM: Message edited by: Wild i ]

[Nicholas]

i saw them when i came out of the F train in the village on saturday night. kind of freaked me too.

[And]

A friend of mine takes the metro every day to work (DC). On a daily basis she sees armed guards. It's really affecting her, bringing the war much closer to home.

[TAD]

pshychological warfare

[Cheddar]

Originally posted by 6 23:
A friend of mine takes the metro every day to work (DC). On a daily basis she sees armed guards. It's really affecting her, bringing the war much closer to home. That is the intention. What is an armed gaurd (M16) gonna do to a suicide bomber???
Shock value..disturbing nonetheless...soon they will be policing us.

[Leslie]

I see them every morining (for a year now) as I pass through the Wintergarden of the World Financial Center on my way into my building, I also see them as I pass through Times Sq. subway station getting on the 2/3 going downtown.

I suppose I am used to it at this point, but it does not make me feel "safe".

[djmarbll]

Can anyone say police state? The Novus Ordo Seclorum (New World Order) is closer than you think. graemlins/jpshakehead.gif

[Balactus]

People in Europe have been dealing with this kind of thing for ages now. America's just catching up.

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[konbit]

A lot of people probably feel much safer with the presence of armed soldiers.

[gabriel]

whatever. armed soldiers sketh you out.

feel safer my ass.

oh...and "police state"