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

[FLIGHT BRINGER]

"But the cabbie rang police after he heard the song which includes the line: 
"War is declared and battle come down"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4879918.stm


>From: iPat <pmdavies at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 
>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>
>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
><gathering at misera.net>
>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Man held as terrorism suspect over punk song
>Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 22:29:29 +0100
>
>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
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