NYC: DIE-In on the subway - GREAT PHOTO.....

[jackstraw45]

The woman reading a magazine is priceless...

[prodigal_green]

1. CLASSIC New York picture

I love it.

Even though I would have been able to see the towers spewing smoke on September 11 (I take the #7 train and it is elevated for most of the ride), I was busy reading "Me Talk Pretty One Day." I didn't find out what happened until I got to work. It never even occurred to me to look up, despite the commotion around me.

[candy]

2. Hysterical!Thanks for posting it.

[TNOE]

3. You gotta love these guys

Ha - I salute them!

[Renew Deal]

4. You just beat me too it. They were all arrested. Story here:

http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/111328/index.php

[truthspeaker]

8. arrested for what? did they pay their fair?

They have as much right to ride the subway as anyone.

[eleny]

16. They have as much right to die in the subway as anyone, too

Edit to add :hi:

[Zorra]

9. They were arrested. Why? The Bu$h era American Police State.

We can't let them get away with this.

They'll be coming for us next.

[madrchsod]

5. but isn`t this what new york is all about?

at least that`s what i`ve always imagined a typical citizen of new york looks upon things....

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. Look at the lady...

she's just sitting there reading like this is an every day occurance. Funny.

I LOVE NEW YORKERS!!! :loveya:

[BurtWorm]

14. She's thinking, "If I just keep reading they won't hit me up for money."

True story! :evilfrown:

[ET Awful]

18. Yup, New Yorkers are a funny lot :)

A friend of mine and I (he lived in Manhattan, I was visiting) were riding the subway once, he'd been telling me how oblivious New Yorkers were. . . as in they ignore anything that doesn't directly effect them. I asked him what he meant and he proceeded to start jumping up and down screaming obscenities at the top of his lungs.

NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON ON THE TRAIN EVEN LOOKED HIS DIRECTION. It was actually pretty damned funny.

[sui generis]

7. there are some days I looked like that on the way home from work

many rivers under the bridge ago.

[Calm Like A Bomb]

10. That woman seems pretty symbolic of the American public, by and large.

She's confronted with the reality of what's being done in her name and can't be bothered to look.

Just my .02

[jackstraw45]

11. C'mon, US Magazine, with hot gossip, ranks over politics

with 90% of Americans, especially on their way to work.

Thank goodness, I'm not in that 90% (wasn't part of the 92% in 10/01 either).

[Calm Like A Bomb]

12. All I'm saying is...

that picture looks like a metaphor for what's going on right now.

If I were on the train I would probably be minding my own business, too. But that doesn't change the way I initially perceived the picture.

[jackstraw45]

13. I agree with you...I was being kind of sarcastic...

kind of...as an ex-New Yorker, I sympathize with the woman. Although your thought was my first thought as well. Perfect symbol of half of Americans with their heads up their asses.

:)

Really is a GREAT photo.

[Calm Like A Bomb]

20. Apparently, my sarcasm detector is outta whack!

I think all the unintentional irony from the RNC has seriously messed it up.

[BiggJawn]

15. I'd had said "Hey, gotta extra sign?"

But I'm no NewYawker...

[Rambis]

17. I'm sorry I thought this was America: Diane Chambers

Why can't they ride the subway?

[Shopaholic]

19. Uh--okay--they paid their fares and they obviously weren't bothering anyon

so why were they busted? I mean, last time I was on a NYC subway, there was guy there jacking off in the back of the car but I didn't see anyone leading him away in handcuffs. This seemed like a peaceful protest to me (the die-in, not the guy jacking off). Welcome to Amerika!

[Bucky]

21. I applaud their patriotism, but shouldn't they have removed the Clearasil?

Their faces look gross. Wipe off the zitcream, dudes!! You're representing your families when you're in public. Jeeze...