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In reply to the discussion: Terrorists would never attack subways or trains. Who ever heard of such a thing? [View all]grahamhgreen
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Terrorists would never attack subways or trains. Who ever heard of such a thing? [View all]
FrodosPet
Sep 2014
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I'm afraid I can't. Ineligible (unless you can cover my back surgery and have some connections)
FrodosPet
Sep 2014
#2
I plan on taking an Amtrak to Chicago, maybe in early December, maybe next year
FrodosPet
Sep 2014
#12
You're still more likely to have a car accident on the way to or from the station.
Electric Monk
Sep 2014
#5
You are absolutely right! The chances of ME personally dying from terrorism are pretty small
FrodosPet
Sep 2014
#13
I've seen posts ridiculing the notion that subways would be terrorist targets
pinboy3niner
Sep 2014
#16
Anywhere people congregate, or any bottleneck is a potential target. This isn't BreakingNews™. nt
Electric Monk
Sep 2014
#19
Republicans have done more damage to train travel and public transportation than terrorists could...
tenderfoot
Sep 2014
#11
The fact that it's not that far fetched is why it's being used to scare you..
SomethingFishy
Sep 2014
#14
You want to stop them? We have been killing terrorists for 11 years now.
SomethingFishy
Sep 2014
#20
If it's so damned easy, why have we spent a fucking trillion on homeland security?
cali
Sep 2014
#26
No, you're wrong, because every proposed mitigation measure has a cost.
Donald Ian Rankin
Sep 2014
#40
Attacking, even threatening to attack, electric powered public transit will get more people to burn
KurtNYC
Sep 2014
#35
35 times more likely to be killed by the police than in a terror incident-especially if you're black
hobbit709
Sep 2014
#36
The police and security presence in Chicago based public transport has been stepped up.
MohRokTah
Sep 2014
#42