From a strike discussion board on the BBC website:

Added: Thursday, 22 December, 2005, 20:08 GMT 20:08 UK

I'm quite schocked about the numerous angry reactions after the strikers. Strike is something that definitely seems not to be in American culture. Rather kind of "Shut up and Work !"
People are angry because they have to walk (what a challenge !), because they're gonna be late to their dear work and so on. Work is not everything in one's life ! The human ones take it easy and are happy to get a change, meet people, walk outside rather rather than speeding underground. Lots have rediscovered NY. But robots only selfishly think about their own work and the money loss. There's a whole world beyong work and money ! Know it !

Aymeric, Paris

Despite the obvious exceptions to this argument, I like the idea of New York being populated by more "human ones" and fewer selfish robots (no, I don't mean subway workers). Also, if you missed Andrew Stettner's op-ed in Newsday—"City Strike Really Class Warfare"—it's really worth reading.

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