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Whenever I see "the out loud rapper" I can't help but think it's for attention.
Oh, it's for attention, and for shock value. Kind of a way to be "in your face" without getting in your face. Try "singing" along, and see what kind of look you get!
Question: How many of you posting on this thread would welcome Police interaction to stop all these issues from occurring? How far should the Police go to deter these things from happening in the future?
Not gonna happen. Doesn't really sound like anyone's doing anything illegal - it's just the decline of our culture.
I really feel for you people as I read these posts. I can't even stomach going to the Wal-mart in our small town because these types of people repulse and annoy me so much. Can't imagine being crunched in like sardines with them. I couldn't do it. I'd be in the nuthouse before too long.
This thread should be stickied, in my humble opinion.
Especially for those of you looking to visit our city and um... experience our rail system.
Especially for people like my daughter and other young people here in our small town that have watched too much "Sex and the City" and think living in New York is always such a glamorous experience.
The last person I saw playing his music on speaker in the subway was a white guy blasting doo-wop. So no, it's not ALWAYS black people and rap. Which is what you were getting at.
Actualy, I looked it up, and it is considered fraud to claim an animal is a service animal if it isn't.
And you need to be able to describe exactly what services that dog provides, because we are allowed to ask. If your dog, service or not, acts like it is a nuisance or a threat to other passengers, we can also stop the train and have the transit police escort you off.
While it may be "considered fraud", mta employees are only permitted to ask whether it is a service animal required because of a disability. You may not ask for certification, papers, or proof of any kind. You are not permitted to ask what the disability is (that is a violation of the ADA). And I suggest that if you do have the person and service animal removed from the subway because YOU don't think the animal is performing a service, then you personally as well as the city are subjecting yourself to a civil lawsuit.
"You may have the service animal removed from your facility when that animal's behavior poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others -- only. You may NOT make assumptions about how a particular animal is likely to behave based on YOUR past experience with other animals."
http://www.health.ny.gov/nysdoh/ems/policy/07-01.htm
This link specifically states only 2 questions you may ask: Is this a service dog OR does your animal have legal allowances and Is the service animal required because of a disability.
Anything else you ask is violating the rights of the disabled person under the ADA.
Throw me off your train because you don't like how my dog is behaving and I will make it a federal case. I expect my dog to be aware of what is going on around me, specifically anything my dog perceives to be a threat to me since I cannot hear what is going on.
The last person I saw playing his music on speaker in the subway was a white guy blasting doo-wop. So no, it's not ALWAYS black people and rap. Which is what you were getting at.
It's not! saw a guy singing Megadeth's "Train of Consequences" once. he certainly was no Dave Mustaine!
And then some just sit there mumbling, With no headphones....
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