Pass that Forty! Drinking and Pissing No Longer Illegal On NYC Streets

[juppiter]

Originally Posted by BugsyPal

Brought to you by de Boob, City Council and Bratton: Public Drinking And Urination No Longer Necessarily Criminal Offenses In NYC: Gothamist

I have done it. It is annoying to get off a 90 minute subway ride and nobody will let you use their bathroom, even when you are a paying customer. Add more public restrooms (i suspect the reason they dont is because they dont want the homeless camping out overnight.)

[NyWriterdude]

Originally Posted by DownHillAmerica

Yes, so cowardly to want to live in a safe, clean city. Thanks for the lesson.

Cowardly and whiny. I doubt you even live in NYC.

[DownHillAmerica]

Originally Posted by NyWriterdude

Cowardly and whiny. I doubt you even live in NYC.

This is a habit of yours: literally making stuff up about people that you don't even know. I am 37 years old and have been living in one of the boroughs for 37 years. How does that grab ya?

I see you're having a hard time explaining what is cowardly about desiring a safe and clean city.

[fluttereagle]

Originally Posted by juppiter

I have done it. It is annoying to get off a 90 minute subway ride and nobody will let you use their bathroom, even when you are a paying customer. Add more public restrooms (i suspect the reason they dont is because they dont want the homeless camping out overnight.)

Unfortunately, the problem with lack of public restrooms in NYC has been going on for decades. They tried to add some in the early 90's and ran into opposition due to not all units having handicapped access.

Check out this article from 1991: In New York, Few Public Toilets and Many Rules - NYTimes.com

[HellUpInHarlem]

These crimes have always been considered low level offenses, but if "they" are out to get you, you're gonna get written up

[NyWriterdude]

Originally Posted by DownHillAmerica

This is a habit of yours: literally making stuff up about people that you don't even know. I am 37 years old and have been living in one of the boroughs for 37 years. How does that grab ya?

I see you're having a hard time explaining what is cowardly about desiring a safe and clean city.

Because you need daddy cops to make you feel "safe" and to protect you from feeling "offended".

And that is both whiny and cowardly.

Not that I think people should go out of their way to take leaks outside, but there are also not enough cops to stop this. Most of the time when people take a leak outside there is no cop around to do anything.

And if you think they can hire enough cops to stop people from urinating outside, you're delusional.

[DownHillAmerica]

Originally Posted by NyWriterdude

Because you need daddy cops to make you feel "safe" and to protect you from feeling "offended".

I know right, why should I be offended by people urinating wherever they please. Strange that any person thinks there should be law enforcement in a civilized society.

And that is both whiny and cowardly.

I know right, it is whiny and cowardly to express that one doesn't want some parts of NYC to degenerate even further into the various violent, squalor-ridden reservations that characterized it throughout the 70's and 80's.

Strange I want a society in which the defenseless, like eighty year old ladies, to whom the words cowardly and whiny shouldn't even be applied, should be able to walk in any alleyway and take any subway car at any time of the night without fear of being harmed.

But look who I am talking to, a big and brave tough guy!

Not that I think people should go out of their way to take leaks outside, but there are also not enough cops to stop this. Most of the time when people take a leak outside there is no cop around to do anything.

Oh really? I didn't know that!

And if you think they can hire enough cops to stop people from urinating outside, you're delusional.

I don't think that, nor did I ever imply that.

You got a great knack for making things up, and I've seen you do this in the past, incessantly making things up or falsely assuming things about other posters. You got one great imagination Mr. Writer Man.