More important is the fact that you’ll unlikely encounter a situation like

This on the subway in the first place. Subway crime is up, but you’re still incredibly unlucky if you happen to find yourself near anything like this.

So, yeah, you’re right - you’re not powerless to defend yourself…in the incredibly unlikely event you’re in a situation requiring that choice.

Although I’m with Tuck - you see someone acting erratically but not directly aggressively, doing nothing is the best way to diffuse it.
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Posted: 03/31/2024 at 08:22AM

“a subway car full of innocent people has to live at the mercy of the -- JMHoo 03/30/2024 10:52PM

You are so easily manipulated ** -- 111Balz 03/31/2024 07:37AM

Please move to NYC, Baltimore, or DC ** -- MasterRusty 03/31/2024 09:26AM

And yet, you’re willing to live at the mercy of a rapist for a THIRD time. ** -- Blah 03/31/2024 01:29AM

What do you suggest those innocent people do? ** -- WaxHoo 03/30/2024 11:37PM

Exactly what they did is the best course…the man is obviously in -- Tuckahokie 03/31/2024 06:53AM

Yes, exactly. ** -- WaxHoo 03/31/2024 08:31AM

Yes. But if someone were to take him down, -- BocaHoo91 03/31/2024 07:32AM

More important is the fact that you’ll unlikely encounter a situation like -- hoolstoptheheels 03/31/2024 08:22AM

Unlikely encountering doesn't stop liberals from doing stuff. -- ryno hoo 03/31/2024 09:53AM

Nobody advocates doing nothing about crime on subways. -- hoolstoptheheels 03/31/2024 10:25AM

Wrong. ** -- ryno hoo 03/31/2024 11:14AM

That’s why Donald Trump never took the subway. First, it’s beneath him … -- Blah 03/31/2024 06:22AM

Isn’t the subway beneath all of us? ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/31/2024 08:32AM

Not in Chicago ** -- CMUHoo 03/31/2024 08:55AM

A real hero would choke the sumbitch to death. ** -- 81_Hokie 03/31/2024 01:11AM

Most of them voted for this, so they should sit there and take it. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/30/2024 11:41PM

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