[kj] OT: Man held as terrorism suspect over punk song

[iPat]

actually, the taxi driver didnt report him. After dropping off the
fare, the driver was stopped by a person unknown who asked about his
last fare. This was said by the head of the taxi firm on Radio today -
i only heard it while waiting for the new album to be uploaded to the
iPod and its superb which is why i rejoined the list to see the
responses.

On 4/5/06, FLIGHT BRINGER <flightbringer at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> I dont think that its paranoid at all. Look at it from the taxi drivers
> point of view: A man who resembles a terrorist get inside your cab and
> starts singing about "Now war is declared -- and battle come  down" is
> enough to arouse anyone's suspicions. Dont forget that the taxi driver could
> not hear the music and probably would nt have heard of the Clash song.
>    Its not as though a person got into a cab started singing along to a song
> that the driver could hear or was familiar with. And the passenger was on
> his way to the airport as well
>   I do feel that its the duty of every  member of the public to be vigilant
> and to report their suspicions.

--
Pat