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SanAndreasX said:
LegitHyperbole said:

I wish I had never seen the video, I thought he had punched her a few times and then she slumped over and I didn't understand, it wasn't until I seen the pool of blood that it clicked that she was stabbed. This has affected me greatly, It still pops into my mind and I feel sick for those few moments where she was shocked and confused, they way she reacted is hard to get the head around and the indifference of the other passengers.

Much of American cities needs more law enforcement, like a lot more. I used to think a police state was a bad idea but a temporary one might be what's needed like the push in the early 1900s to rid the country of gangster violence. 

A police state is still a spectacularly bad idea. Once such power is given, it is almost never given up voluntarily. It often takes years of urban warfare to get someone to relinquish that kind of power, and all too often the end result is that the police state continues under a different group of people.

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither." - Benjamin Franklin. 

And they never receive that temporary safety, either. Instead, they're exposed to even more danger. 

Yeah, you're right and Franklin was right. However there are times when SOMETHING needs to be done, a plan needs to be formed as was the case when Americas founding father's were alive with issues of those days and things change massively, they could never have envisioned transport running almost automatically under the ground right through the night at all hours. I'm sorry but safety needs to be taken into account. 

Now, as @SvennoJ said getting to the route of the problem would be ideal but that would span decades of work and planning. We in Europe didn't get there over night and we are still faaaar from having some perfect system implemented, it's far better imo but in that gap something radical is needed for sealing the problem to avoid more violence and death. I do understand your point and it's right, Aitport security never went back to the way it was before 9/11... idk, the answer and I'm a avid reader of dystopian Sci Fi so I know all the risks and all the pit falls but when attempting to solve a problem, you have to start somewhere.