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Both are mass public transport systems. Both require the choice to use them. Both are not rights just privileges. Both are potential targets for terrorist.

Take a taxi, bike or car if you don't want your bags checked.

Before the "oh it will take a long time excuse" when I lived in Japan my 70 year old housekeeper rode her bike 23 miles to get to work. If there was a mass public transport system I doubt she would care less if they took a couple of seconds to check her bags.

Otherwise what is so unreasonable about checking bags to have the privilege to ride on a PUBLIC subway system?

The "KGB" will need reasonable probable cause if you do ride your OWN bike or car.

If you use the subway just be sure to hide the drugs on the body and it should be Ok.

"The "KGB" will need reasonable probable cause if you do ride your OWN bike or car."

Wait a sec....you choose to drive your "own" car, driving myself is a privilege not a right. I also use public roads and pay taxes to the public to drive "my own" car (sort of like i do for the metro)

It seems like driving my own personal car meets the same criteria you are using for "securing" subway. Actually my house meets the same requirements.

Are my children going to have the same argument with someone when cops in NYC are going to be taken off murder cases, drug cases, etc and told to spend all day going door to door seeing if people are dumb enough yet to submit to a search of the house?

(Of course refusal to allow entry will make you an apologist or someone with something to hide. What's 30 minutes to run a few dogs in your house, I'm sure you Japanese house keeper wouldn't mind)