Comments on: Where’s a Man Supposed to Piss?

By: Ernest

Ernest — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:15:09 +0000

If I catch you urinating in the Metro, Riggs, I will resort to violence. That will teach you the difference between the exercise of civil liberties and swinish behavior.

Apparently, some citizens see public urination as their inalienable civil right, some sort of affrmative action, if you will. Such citizens must be opposed by all means necessary.

By: Don't be a dope

Don't be a dope — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:37:14 +0000

There are no public toilets in D.C. because people abused the privilege and given the average resident's poor work ethic, and the ingenuity of the average DC degenerate, there is no possible way that public restrooms in D.C. would remain clean, safe, and homeless and cruising-free. Look at the Union Station restrooms and tell me how great the idea of widely-available public restrooms are.

By: Mr Pee

Mr Pee — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:50:11 +0000

Just go to mizpee.com if you need to find a clean public toilet.
Saves you all the headache!

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:47:05 +0000

I'm admittedly confused as to the purpose of this article. A quick shot on racism? Or a quick shot on politics? Might someone elucidate this for me?

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:24:45 +0000

Tony's response was a provoked defense, not any sort of celebration of "colonialism and the slave trade." He goes on to say that Native Americans were there before whites; to me, the conversation seems more historical trivia than editorializing. You seem to be the only one (Metro pisser excluded) who places himself in the historical tradition of victims of lynchings and slavery.

By: Mike Riggs

Mike Riggs — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:53:48 +0000

But I didn't mention it to assert that southerners were there first.

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:48:13 +0000

I'm unclear on this point, Riggs---you were disappointed that the guy referenced "colonialism and the slave trade in order to one-up a bigot," but referencing Jim Crow lynchings is A-OK?

By: Mike DeBonis

Mike DeBonis — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:23:28 +0000

Ah, thanks Lyn. Nice to see this get linked on the batshit-crazy racist message board.

By: Lyn

Lyn — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:14:49 +0000

I wish that the White man had kept his comments to himself and just beaten the black parasite. There's no sense in trying to reason or even talk with blacks. Also the White man sold himself short he shouldn't have been intimidated by a loud-mouth black. Poor White guy probably has not had enough experience with blacks. Those of us who live and work around them and with them know they're just windbags. Blacks make excellent punching bags and I hope the White subway rider will learn this from experience.

One more point- I am offended by the post's reference to the black as a man. There is no such thing as a black man.

By: Mike Riggs

Mike Riggs — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:54:36 +0000

Pissing in a bush instead of the metro = a fair compromise.

By: I hate public pissers

I hate public pissers — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:34:45 +0000

And I'm not talking public bathrooms (although I hate those too)...

in the Metro if one is defecating, that individual should be promptly pushed in front of the next train. If you can't hold it till you get outside to pee in bush (perfectly acceptable)...you don't deserve to be riding Metro.

Better yet, pee on the cop who will soon be awsking to look in your bag. You can make an argument that it is political speech and artful commentary on Metro's unconstitutional searches.

By: Reid

Reid — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:34:02 +0000

I think you misread him. He's saying that DC (and Capitol Hill in particular) was predominantly White before it was predominantly Black. You hear so many lectures around here about "real" "long term resident" Washingtonians, but you don't usually have to dig very far into these "real" families before you find a bunch of North Carolinian transplants. Although, you probably can't blame Mr. Pisser for thinking the way he does. The DC government (and DCPS in particular) happily bandy about a DC history that begins with the Great Migration. All well and good, but it erases generations of Germans, Irish, Greeks, Chinese, Jewish, etc. from the historical memories of our town. No ethnicity "owns" this town or its neighborhoods, and anybody who would suggest such a thing is ignorant and racist. They may be acting out this ignorance and racism out of good intentions or simple self-defense, but it's ignorant and racist nonetheless. (And obviously the same could be said for all those Germans, Irish, Greeks, etc. who segregated and then abandoned DC in part because of ignorance and racism). And seriously, don't try to turn this into a social services complaint. There are bushes right there he could have used discreetly. This guy chose to piss on the elevator because he has absolutely no respect for anything besides himself.