Playbill
December, 1971
Not too long ago, during a one-week period, there were more Americans killed by gunfire in New York City than in South Vietnam. What's most surprising about that statistic is the fact that nobody seemed surprised by it--perhaps because New York and South Vietnam have been growing more and more alike for so long now. New York had junkies first, but Saigon led the way in terrorist bombings. Manhattan may have fallen behind in racial incidents, but not by much. While fraggings run ahead of police m...
