aargon wrote:going a little off topic, but have you seen the skit they play at the stations to warn you of any suspicious terriost/bomb activities. I cracked up laughing when i watched it.
Its so unrealistic - and the guy had a fake scar on his eye, wearing a cap -what a laugh.
I did however did pay a lot more attention to anyone holding a bag in the train - which was about 90% of the women on the train.
It's not very good, is it.
It seems to say that this sort of criminal is easily picked out of the crowd - someone 'suspicious-looking' , ie scar, cap, and backpack.
In fact , in reality, what really happens is the exact opposite. 9/11 terrorists wore business suits and traveled first class on those doomed flights.
If something similar were to happen on our trains, and say, a business brief case were left on the floor of a crowded train during peak hour, who would really know it's not spoken for? Particularly at the line hubs where you get huge crowds leaving train, while another huge crowd enters... who at that point leaving the train bothers to keep track of other people's belongings, while those entering are oblivious to the fact that the briefcase owner has already left the train.