Comments on: Zzzzz on the train http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/09/19/zzzzz_on_the_tr/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: HawaiiMuskrat http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/09/19/zzzzz_on_the_tr/comment-page-1/#comment-70509 HawaiiMuskrat Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:24:33 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=403#comment-70509 <p>Well, I may be 2 years late on this thread, but here's my 4-1/2 cents worth (inflation hits everything). I travel on The Bus in Honolulu 5 times a week (we don't have any trains, at least not yet...they're working on a plan) and I almost always fall asleep about 10 minutes into the trip. Let's face it, travel on a train or bus is downright BORING. And the motion of the vehicle once you get out of heavy traffic is soothing. I would guess that at any given moment in the world there are about a million people snoozing on some form of public transportation. To write a law that penalizes people for what comes naturally and happens despite attempts to stay awake (I've tried, I can't) is just UNAMERICAN and the idiots in Chicago who did this should all be lined up against a wall and severely chastised. (hah, bet you thought I was going to say "shot" -- that would not be American... although Hanging them would be in line with my ancestors in Texas, some of whom were lawmen and judges and some of whom probably slept on stagecoaches).</p> Well, I may be 2 years late on this thread, but here’s my 4-1/2 cents worth (inflation hits everything). I travel on The Bus in Honolulu 5 times a week (we don’t have any trains, at least not yet…they’re working on a plan) and I almost always fall asleep about 10 minutes into the trip. Let’s face it, travel on a train or bus is downright BORING. And the motion of the vehicle once you get out of heavy traffic is soothing. I would guess that at any given moment in the world there are about a million people snoozing on some form of public transportation. To write a law that penalizes people for what comes naturally and happens despite attempts to stay awake (I’ve tried, I can’t) is just UNAMERICAN and the idiots in Chicago who did this should all be lined up against a wall and severely chastised. (hah, bet you thought I was going to say “shot” — that would not be American… although Hanging them would be in line with my ancestors in Texas, some of whom were lawmen and judges and some of whom probably slept on stagecoaches).

]]> By: JSC http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/09/19/zzzzz_on_the_tr/comment-page-1/#comment-988 JSC Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:30:44 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=403#comment-988 <p>I know there a lot of jerks in the law and innocent is always harrased. booo</p> I know there a lot of jerks in the law and innocent is always harrased. booo

]]> By: prakruti http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/09/19/zzzzz_on_the_tr/comment-page-1/#comment-987 prakruti Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:52:53 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=403#comment-987 <p>This is so strange.. I slept many times in philadelphia local trains while coming back from work or going for work. I also slept even in paris subways overexhausted while touring.. No one ever fined me.. people get tired and have a right to close their eyes right...I thought freedom to sleep was a basic right.. may be his legs were really blocking something or were in the isle real bad..</p> This is so strange.. I slept many times in philadelphia local trains while coming back from work or going for work. I also slept even in paris subways overexhausted while touring.. No one ever fined me.. people get tired and have a right to close their eyes right…I thought freedom to sleep was a basic right.. may be his legs were really blocking something or were in the isle real bad..

]]> By: Theo http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/09/19/zzzzz_on_the_tr/comment-page-1/#comment-986 Theo Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:44:04 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=403#comment-986 <p>Men sweat, women glow. White men doze off for a second, brown men sleep "dangerously".</p> <p>(Sometimes you ticket somebody on a minor offense to have an excuse to run them through the system. The question is, were any other sleepers ticketed by this same cop as well?)</p> <p>Then agian, maybe his legs were in the isle. He needs to stop pulling a Ralph Digby ...</p> Men sweat, women glow. White men doze off for a second, brown men sleep “dangerously”.

(Sometimes you ticket somebody on a minor offense to have an excuse to run them through the system. The question is, were any other sleepers ticketed by this same cop as well?)

Then agian, maybe his legs were in the isle. He needs to stop pulling a Ralph Digby …

]]> By: gc http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2004/09/19/zzzzz_on_the_tr/comment-page-1/#comment-985 gc Sun, 19 Sep 2004 18:03:56 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=403#comment-985 <p>and here I was wondering why <b>IIT</b> students are getting ticketed in chicago! :)</p> <p>i don't think the law is a bad idea (it has to be enforced against bums), but discretion needs to be applied. revoke the ticket against bhatia, but keep the law & use it to keep the (truly) dangerous riff-raff/homeless ex-cons off the train at night. Are there no prisons? Are there no poorhouses? :)</p> and here I was wondering why IIT students are getting ticketed in chicago! :)

i don’t think the law is a bad idea (it has to be enforced against bums), but discretion needs to be applied. revoke the ticket against bhatia, but keep the law & use it to keep the (truly) dangerous riff-raff/homeless ex-cons off the train at night. Are there no prisons? Are there no poorhouses? :)

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