Posted by Atticus on July 14, 2005, at 11:35:19
In reply to Re: And Still the Trains Scream » Atticus, posted by sleepygirl on July 13, 2005, at 15:31:08
There's always some dark note of absurdity in these situations. While the police deployed throughout the NYC underground are wearing black bulletproof vests (and some what appears to be body armor), the soldiers patrolling Penn Station with M-16s slung at their sides are frequently dressed in desert camouflage fatigues -- as if those tans and browns and little drawings of rocks on the fabric are of strategic value set against the background of all of the hot dog and bagel joints, and the stores selling snowglobes prominently featuring the Twin Towers. There's just something so bloody odd about it. Atticus
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