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Avalon Sparks

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15. Shame...

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 02:21 AM

Mar 2016

I've always felt very safe in Germany riding the trains. In Munich and also Chemnitz and Leipzig, evan late at night. I haven't visited in over two years so I guess things have really changed.

I spent a week in Cologne three years ago and felt perfectly safe wondering around...so sad.

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Germany rail company introduces women/children only train cars [View all] Liberal_in_LA Mar 2016 OP

I would not mind cars like that on Amtrak in the US Person 2713 Mar 2016 #1

Multiply that by 100 in areas with a lot of new immigrants from northern Africa, especially. Warpy Mar 2016 #3

I agree that classes -- on this and similar topics -- would be an excellent idea. pnwmom Mar 2016 #4

You know what those arab/north-african teenage refugees do all day? DetlefK Mar 2016 #6

You just described most adolescent males, planetwide Warpy Mar 2016 #11

I don't wear short skirts and I am not buying a fucking gun Person 2713 Mar 2016 #9

Same here Warpy Mar 2016 #12

Shame this has to be done. 840high Mar 2016 #2

Japan does this on commuter trains be because there are a lot of creeps. nt Lucky Luciano Mar 2016 #5

This is common... a la izquierda Mar 2016 #7

Japan and India both do this Recursion Mar 2016 #8

What is needed is 1939 Mar 2016 #10

DU loves these (unless it's Haredi doing it) MisterP Mar 2016 #13

It's sad that women can't be comfortable elsewhere. athena Mar 2016 #14

Shame... Avalon Sparks Mar 2016 #15