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(Some Booted Brit) Amusing Man kicked off train for writing down the titles of songs and artists, including "The Killers" and "Take Me Out"   (nme.com) divider line 59
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question_dj [TotalFark]
2010-03-17 04:19:54 PM
I'm sure they just detained him for having crappy taste in music.
 
chemical_angel
2010-03-17 04:31:35 PM
question_dj: I'm sure they just detained him for having crappy taste in music.

Done in one.
 
Unixfreak
2010-03-17 04:43:35 PM
question_dj: I'm sure they just detained him for having crappy taste in music.

Nothing but net on that one. And we're done here!
 
Walker [TotalFark]
2010-03-17 06:22:21 PM
Nanny train.
 
SithLord
2010-03-17 06:42:49 PM
The RIAA patrols trains now?
 
Inibrius
2010-03-17 06:48:10 PM
question_dj: I'm sure they just detained him for having crappy taste in music.

/came here to say that
//you win sir!
 
BobNesta420
2010-03-17 06:48:59 PM
FTFA: "During a routine high-visibility patrol back in early March, they talked with a passenger on the platform at Fareham station. The team clarified the nature of the individual's business, were satisfied with his explanation and the man went on his way."

The spokesperson then thanked Shaw "for his co-operation and understanding of the need to be vigilant in the current environment."

Sounds like the story here is that everyone involved behaved rationally. I didn't think it could actually happen, but wow, there it is.
 
sleep lack
2010-03-17 06:49:06 PM
the British railway system is a complete nightmare generally. Not surprised this sort of thing happens.
 
pippi longstocking
2010-03-17 06:49:41 PM
I don't know why you morons give up your civil liberties so easily, and not even for something in return...except for more stupidity.
 
CavalierEternal [TotalFark]
2010-03-17 06:49:50 PM
Is this the thread where all the AC/DC fans and hipster douches come to rag on The Killers and Franz Ferdinand?
 
FedExPope
2010-03-17 06:51:16 PM
I don't care how rationally everyone may have acted in the situation. It's still bullshiat. farking "need to be vigilant in the current environment" my ass.
 
TheMega
2010-03-17 06:52:22 PM
CavalierEternal: Is this the thread where all the AC/DC fans and hipster douches come to rag on The Killers and Franz Ferdinand?

Looks like you're the first douche to show up. Enjoy your vinegar and water martini.
 
TsukasaK
2010-03-17 06:53:13 PM
BobNesta420: Sounds like the story here is that everyone involved behaved rationally. I didn't think it could actually happen, but wow, there it is.

Nah, rational would be not stopping random people for things they have written on a notepad.
 
FedExPope
2010-03-17 06:54:13 PM
Oh, I need to add: What dumbass farking terrorist has a piece of paper with instructions written out on it, in plain sight for everyone to see?! It's becoming increasingly clear that people need common sense by enema.
 
rvagirl81
2010-03-17 06:54:36 PM
Not even surprised. My friend's wife got pulled of the DC area Metro and questioned for reading a bioterrorism textbook. She was a biowarfare/bioterrorism master's student at a local university. Ridiculous.
 
WFern
2010-03-17 06:54:38 PM
BobNesta420: FTFA: "During a routine high-visibility patrol back in early March, they talked with a passenger on the platform at Fareham station. The team clarified the nature of the individual's business, were satisfied with his explanation and the man went on his way."

The spokesperson then thanked Shaw "for his co-operation and understanding of the need to be vigilant in the current environment."

Sounds like the story here is that everyone involved behaved rationally. I didn't think it could actually happen, but wow, there it is.

I can't agree. They behaved rationally after the fact. He shouldn't have been bothered to begin with.
 
Devil's Playground [TotalFark]
2010-03-17 07:00:14 PM
Coming soon to a country near you. This is what happens when we trade freedom for security.

punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com
 
PJMurphy
2010-03-17 07:01:54 PM

"Excuse me, but why are you writing violent phrases on that paper?"
"They're band and song names. I'm a musician."
"Oh, okay. Thanks. You can go now."

OR



"Hey, there's a guy over there writing violent phrases on paper"
"Don't worry about it, it's probably noth..BOOM!

Remember, this happened in a country that had people blow up on public transit not long ago. I think that this is pretty much a sensible precaution.
 
TsukasaK
2010-03-17 07:02:12 PM
FedExPope: It's becoming increasingly clear that people need common sense by enema.

Ok, it's like.. I want to see it? But at the same time, I don't want to see it.
 
BlaineIsAPain
2010-03-17 07:04:52 PM
Somebody told me
That you had a song list
That looked like a death list
That I had in February of last year...
 
glmorrs1
2010-03-17 07:05:45 PM
CavalierEternal: Is this the thread where all the AC/DC fans and hipster douches come to rag on The Killers and Franz Ferdinand?

I thought that The Killers and Franz Ferdinand were douchey hipster bands. Mostly because the only people I know that listen to that crap are hipsters. And douches.
 
BesiktasBoy83
2010-03-17 07:07:43 PM
They should have kicked him off the train for having bad taste in music lol.
 
Skyrmion
2010-03-17 07:08:14 PM
Welcome to Obama's America.
 
KajakPro
2010-03-17 07:09:11 PM
PJMurphy: "Hey, there's a guy over there writing violent phrases on paper"
"Don't worry about it, it's probably noth..BOOM!

I love those new bombs with writing activated fuses....
 
TsukasaK
2010-03-17 07:11:43 PM
Skyrmion: Welcome to Obama's America.

*looks up at the link*
*notes that it says (some booted brit)*
*sighs, adding another moron troll master baiter to the ignore list*
 
Bennie Crabtree
2010-03-17 07:12:39 PM
Wow. I can ahrdly believe that I was alive in the 1990s, a decade when this news story would have been considered science fiction. And the statements by the security personnel are still without any merit, but somehow the fantasy is lost on both them and the reporter.
 
LewDux
2010-03-17 07:14:16 PM
upload.wikimedia.org
Blew them before you
 
bugmn99
2010-03-17 07:14:50 PM
"The team clarified the nature of the individual's business, were satisfied with his explanation made him pick up that can and the man went on his way."

FTFTFA.
 
lordargent
2010-03-17 07:27:00 PM
CavalierEternal: Is this the thread where all the AC/DC fans and hipster douches come to rag on The Killers and Franz Ferdinand?

I'm an AC/DC fan, I'm also a Killers and a Franz Ferdinand fan.

/or rather, I'm a fan of selected songs from all of the above named groups.
 
uberdose
2010-03-17 07:31:36 PM
question_dj: I'm sure they just detained him for having crappy taste in music.

What, The Killers and Franz Ferdinand? Two bands you probably liked until other people started listening to them?
 
BobNesta420
2010-03-17 07:31:54 PM
TsukasaK:
Nah, rational would be not stopping random people for things they have written on a notepad.

WFern:
I can't agree. They behaved rationally after the fact. He shouldn't have been bothered to begin with.

I agree that the staff freaking out about what this guy wrote on a notepad was extreme and irrational. I think I was referring to the actions of the cops and, more remarkably, the passenger. Cop says "sorry to bother to you, hope you understand." Passenger says, "sure, no worries." And everybody goes about their day. Usually that sort of thing escalates into something ridiculous, followed by an even more ridiculous lawsuit citing emotional distress and other kinds of nonsense.

People just have a tendency to erupt into "This is an outrage!!!" kind of behavior, and it's refreshing to see someone not make a big deal out of a minor misunderstanding.
 
Krieghund [TotalFark]
2010-03-17 07:38:34 PM
How can I turn this minor incident into free publicity for my band?
 
uberdose
2010-03-17 07:39:53 PM
bugmn99: "The team clarified the nature of the individual's business, were satisfied with his explanation made him pick up that can and the man went on his way."

FTFTFA.

Ha! Video game references.
 
eddie van heinous
2010-03-17 07:50:28 PM
SithLord: The RIAA patrols trains now?

If it was the RIAA they would have fined him for thinking of the music in his head without paying royalties.
 
Dreadskull
2010-03-17 07:51:11 PM
I like AC/DC and Franz Ferdinand, but I think the Killers are derivative drivel.

No matter how overplayed that "take me out" song is, you have to admit it's a pretty good track.
 
trixter_nl
2010-03-17 07:55:50 PM
SithLord: The RIAA patrols trains now?

RIAA and MPAA are on the board drafting ACTA, the UK is also one of the ACTA states. So yes, yes they do patrol the trains in the UK :)
 
self destruction
2010-03-17 07:59:11 PM
CavalierEternal: Is this the thread where all the AC/DC fans and hipster douches come to rag on The Killers and Franz Ferdinand?

Don't put AC/DC fans and hipster douches in the same bracket
 
Canned Tamales
2010-03-17 08:19:58 PM
BobNesta420: FTFA: "During a routine high-visibility patrol back in early March, they talked with a passenger on the platform at Fareham station. The team clarified the nature of the individual's business, were satisfied with his explanation and the man went on his way."

The spokesperson then thanked Shaw "for his co-operation and understanding of the need to be vigilant in the current environment."

Sounds like the story here is that everyone involved behaved rationally. I didn't think it could actually happen, but wow, there it is.

What is that you're typing there? Step this way with the nice officer, please.

I guess it's rational for country where citizens have all the liberty of maximum security prison inmates, which is where we're all heading anyway.
 
NightGuard
2010-03-17 08:20:54 PM
BlaineIsAPain: Somebody told me
That you had a song list
That looked like a death list
That I had in February of last year...

It's coincidental
It makes you look mental
Now police are gathering 'round

/Would have voted for this, had voting been enabled.
 
davidphogan
2010-03-17 08:24:00 PM
Has anyone made fun of his taste in music yet? It would be funny if someone did.
 
pope183
2010-03-17 08:25:47 PM
i got kicked off a bus once...

when i was singing along to that song "ima rape and murder, then sodomized this dumb biatch sittin next to me on the bus lord help me jesus, don't judge me blues"

member that one ? hells yeah
 
Sifora
2010-03-17 08:29:05 PM
So, what is with all the random bolding in the article?

I am confused. I know it's just for skimming purposes, but it reads like the writer is randomly shouting.
 
Mock26
2010-03-17 08:34:03 PM
Bunch of Farkin' idiots. Franz Ferdinand is dead! He was killed in 1914 and he most certainly was NOT a musician!

:-D
 
StreetlightInTheGhetto [TotalFark]
2010-03-17 08:42:06 PM
rvagirl81: Not even surprised. My friend's wife got pulled of the DC area Metro and questioned for reading a bioterrorism textbook. She was a biowarfare/bioterrorism master's student at a local university. Ridiculous.

My friend and I studied for our intro ionizing radiation class by quizzing each other on symptoms of radiation poisoning in a coffeeshop. We hadn't really slept for the previous 24 hours so we got kinda loopy and giddy in the descriptions. On the plus side, for some reason, we got this huge section of the coffeehouse all to ourselves.

What your friend's wife went through was kind ofridiculously pathetically stupid, though. Kind of reminds me when Dubya's folks wanted to halt publication on a paper that some researchers wanted to publish on weaknesses in our water/food supply that could be exploited by terrorists... because you know, no one with malicious intent could POSSIBLY think of those on their own.

Sigh.

/did he have "Anarchy in the UK" on the list?
 
inelegy
2010-03-17 08:46:00 PM
Hmmm . . . I should try this next time I fly but instead use some choice Muslimgauze titles.

/or not
 
chemical_angel
2010-03-17 08:55:50 PM
Mick Jones is still dead.
 
genner
2010-03-17 09:11:03 PM
PJMurphy: "Excuse me, but why are you writing violent phrases on that paper?"
"They're band and song names. I'm a musician."
"Oh, okay. Thanks. You can go now."

OR


"Hey, there's a guy over there writing violent phrases on paper"
"Don't worry about it, it's probably noth..BOOM!

Remember, this happened in a country that had people blow up on public transit not long ago. I think that this is pretty much a sensible precaution.

Not what happen! He was kicked off the train and then questioned. Was he refunded his money? How long did he have to wait for another train? This was more of a imposition then simply asking the guy a question and it was completely unfounded.
 
Nem Wan
2010-03-17 09:25:09 PM
Why and how is what someone is writing in a notepad on a train readily noticed and read by others? HD cameras? Someone standing right next to you and reading it, and you don't tell them to fark off and mind their own business? I don't understand how this even came to police attention.
 
gaslight [TotalFark]
2010-03-17 09:26:15 PM
Ummm...wow. Now, the article is hardly from the Times or the Telegraph or Guardian, but wow. The July bombings were horrible, as was 9/11 but it's no excuse to turn off the brain.

This makes sense how?
 
Day_Old_Dutchie
2010-03-17 09:39:22 PM
Geez, Britain, your "officials" are PARANOID.

Oooooh! Might be a TERRORIST.
A scary, scary terrorist!

Scardey-cat citizen. Please mister government official, please save me from the TERRORISTS. I'm so, so TERRIFIED!!! I'll give you ANYTHING! Please protect me!!

Government Official: Anything? How about your FREEDOM and PRIVACY? I'd REALLY LOVE to take that away. Since I'm so big and important, it makes me feel MORE big and important when I know these sorts of things.

Scardey-cat citizen. OH yes. That seems fair. Here, you can even frisk me right now. And here's my bank account numbers, and I'll get my medical records and my DNA sample for you! Just make those scary TERRORISTS go away!

Government Official: **DROOL!**
 
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