[lit-ideas] Re: Violence without Horror
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:16:15 -0400
That's a 31-second ride.
The NYC subway used to be like that in the '90s -- particularly the
4 or 5 express trains on the green line. Full-throttled,
butt-clenching tunnel rockets. Then there was a big crash at Union
Square station. A driver didn't brake soon enough, and the train
jumped the tracks, smashed into concrete pillars, and killed a bunch
of people.
Now it's computerized, sedate, and safe. A synthetic female voice
advises commuters that "your safety matters to us." How boring.
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