"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
...
I wonder if being in Brooklyn kept the sailors a bit more subdued than if
they'd been in a more pastoral setting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/10/ny...html?th&emc=th


It sure would subdue me. I'd be careful where I went and what I did.
Then again, even here where we pride ourselves on being friendly and
welcoming, bad people are waiting for any opportunity to cause pain and
worse...
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/...d.html?ref=rss
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739360/posts