The solution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

I thought this was going to be good, like the guy schools him or something. Instead he awkwardly ignores him and flips through his book while clearly not actually reading the words on the page. Lame.

Who recorded this? If it was someone in on it with him I'm surprised that he let the video of his failure to reach the net. His problem is that anyone that has ridden for years has learned to ignore the real loons let alone a fake.

Scary. This is funny until he brings a whole block of kitchen knives onto the train and makes a bloody mess of someone you know. We have a deranged population living among us.

That's great. Methinks the dude in the blue sweater is very skilled with his hands and knows how to defend himself. He also figured out pretty quickly that Bloody Loco can't fight.

Oh, somebody just went on the NYPD's radar.

Bloody Tampon would make a great spokesperson for Abortionists.

Disgusting piece of shit, if it wasn't for him being "loco" enough for probably carrying a knife or a gun, he should have gotten stomped out.

Greatest fundraising ad for the National Rifle Association. EVER!

Why, because he should be shot for saying crazy stuff?

Because he should be shot the moment he physically threatens anyone on the subway. Because this video probably turned away a hundred thousand tourists from around the world. For the $104 a month I pay to ride the subway plus the taxes I pay for the police, EMS and state mental institutes to lock up these defectives, I expect my money's worth. So if folks like their food stamps and medicare payments and state employee pensions, they had better look the other way and allow those of us who write the checks every April 15 to take care of our own personal safety. Otherwise we join the millions of other New Yorkers who are taking our skills and capital out of this sinking ship of a state. By the way, Texas, Florida, Washington and New Hampshire do not have state income taxes and residents of those states do not have to pay the NYPD $340 for a pistol license.

Why does everyone (pro-gun, Conservative types anyway) assume that this guy (or anyone who acts like an ass) is on some kind of welfare, and you pay for his food stamps, etc? What does that have to do with anything? You think there aren't idiots who have jobs? You think there aren't taxpaying mentally ill? And the way to deal with situations like this is with DEADLY FORCE immediately. If Sweater Guy had shot this dude, guess what, HE would have gone to jail. Why is everyone being armed a solution?

Because there's a 20% chance that a person in US is?

And? There's a chance anyone is anything. What does being crazy on the subway have to do with being on food stamps?

I'm not saying I agree with the intimations made. Just pointing out what the odds are...

Right. I know, it wasn't your statement. It's just this Instant Reaction; OH THIS PERSON IS LIVING ON MY TAXES!

I think my point was missed entirely. I was not implying that the emotionally disturbed person in the footage was on food stamps, but that voters who would like to see the continuation of such social spending should recognize that productive tax payers fund those programs. It is in the interest that the less-well-to-do residents of this state not vote for officials who alienate the tax payers to the point where they engage in cost-of-living "arbitrage" and move to another state.

Even though NYS has gained population since the last census, the middle and upper income residents are moving away and we lost two Congressional seats. We're about to default on our debt through state bankruptcy and screw over every public servant with a pension and Bloomberg still wants to devote resources to a 2nd Amendment battle against the rest of the country? Against the states that will most likely be asked to bail is out? Why should the taxpayers of Texas subsidize a state and city with a markedly different view of the right to keep and bear arms?

As for the "disorderly conduct" incident how would you have handled it if Mr. Loco escalated his hostility? There's no cellphone reception in the tunnel with which to notify the authorities. Some subway lines have an intercom system but what if we were on the B or D line and there wasn't any communication with the crew? We would be trapped in that cage with that animal. This is one of the reasons why our highways are clogged because people don't want to deal with this garbage. I wince every time tourists on the subway are subject to terrible behavior of teenagers at the time when schools let out. I'm surprised there are still tourists who risk entering the subway system let alone stray from the major sightseeing spots but i digress.

And what if 911 dispatch were notified? To prevent the suspect from escaping, NYPD would tell the conductor to pull into the station and keep the doors locked until a unit plus backup plus an ambulance got there. Who knows how many commuters, tourists and their kids this guy could've slashed in the ten minutes it takes for the authorities to arrive at the scene? At best we can hope for someone with pepper spray or a coordinated tackle by the passengers if this guy turns violent.

Many New Yorkers will passively accept his presence as a fact-of-life of the modern city. I refuse to accept that view. Civil libertarians may argue that the homeless and mentally defective have a right to free movement and I respect that. But I and every commuter also have the right to defend ourselves against these individuals should they become a threat. Our public officials should recognize who pays the bills and whose interests should be looked after.

Why does everyone think he's mentally ill? He's just an insecure thug puffing himself up. You don't have to be mentally ill to be an asshole. I've seen white redneck men, proud NRA members, do this same thing.. Idiocy and the desperate insecure clinging to 'male pride' transcends race.

My comment about food stamps was in regard to a different thread. I don't know how it ended up in this one.

If there's one thing I've learned growing up in NYC it's that less than 1% of the Bloody Locos out there ever actually do anything. It's always all talk talk talk. The folks you have to really look out for don't run their mouth. They just stab you.