Man thrown off train over set list
Brandon Flowers of the Killers
A musician has spoken of his shock at being removed from a train for "behaving suspiciously" by writing a list of songs which included the band name The Killers.
Tom Shaw was travelling on a South West Trains when he began writing a list of song titles which his band The Magic Mushrooms would play at a forthcoming gig.
But the 25-year-old was approached by two security staff employed by the train company and asked to leave the train at Fareham railway station.
Mr Shaw, who works with young people with learning difficulties, said they told him he had been behaving suspiciously and asked him to explain the list he had been writing. The set list included Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand, Cigarettes and Alcohol by Oasis and Love Me Like You by The Magic Numbers.
Mr Shaw, of Portsmouth, Hampshire, said his band also intended to play All These Things That I've Done by The Killers but he had simply written "killers".
He told the Portsmouth News: "They made me get out at Fareham and when I asked what was wrong they told me to show them the piece of paper I'd been writing on. They said I'd been behaving suspiciously. I couldn't understand it. It seemed very strange as it was only a list of songs. We had a gig coming up so I was writing out what we could play. They made me explain song by song."
Mr Shaw added that the security staff told him that he had been questioned because there had been a number of arrests in the area including a man who had murdered his wife.
A South West Trains spokeswoman said Mr Shaw was asked politely to leave the train because it was busy and the officers wished to speak to him about their concerns.
She added: "We employ a team of highly professional rail community officers who work closely with the British Transport Police in protecting the security of passengers on the rail network. 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. We would like to thank the passenger for his co-operation and understanding of the need to be vigilant in the current environment."
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After totally stuffing up his travel arrangements for no good reason......She added: "We employ a team of highly professional rail community officers who work closely with the British Transport Police in protecting the security of passengers on the rail network. 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. We would like to thank the passenger for his co-operation and understanding of the need to be vigilant in the current environment."

Unless he was sitting there muttering "kill them all, kill them all..."
I bet he looked a bit "alternative" too...
We have similar bullies on the Melbourne transport system, unfortunately...
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Anyone who covers an Oasis song shouldn't be allowed to interact with society by default.
At least it wasn't Wonder-fucking-wall.
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There is something about transport staff, and more widely the civil service, that makes people believe they are some sort of police force for our minds.JimC wrote:After totally stuffing up his travel arrangements for no good reason......She added: "We employ a team of highly professional rail community officers who work closely with the British Transport Police in protecting the security of passengers on the rail network. 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. We would like to thank the passenger for his co-operation and understanding of the need to be vigilant in the current environment."![]()
Unless he was sitting there muttering "kill them all, kill them all..."
I bet he looked a bit "alternative" too...
We have similar bullies on the Melbourne transport system, unfortunately...
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Mind you, we also have a problem with drunken, violent mindless yobbos beating people up on night trains, so the Transit Police have their place...Meekychuppet wrote:There is something about transport staff, and more widely the civil service, that makes people believe they are some sort of police force for our minds.JimC wrote:After totally stuffing up his travel arrangements for no good reason......She added: "We employ a team of highly professional rail community officers who work closely with the British Transport Police in protecting the security of passengers on the rail network. 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. We would like to thank the passenger for his co-operation and understanding of the need to be vigilant in the current environment."![]()
Unless he was sitting there muttering "kill them all, kill them all..."
I bet he looked a bit "alternative" too...
We have similar bullies on the Melbourne transport system, unfortunately...
(not that they seem to do much good...)
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Fucking Wonderwall. Fucking talentless pair/bunch/set of Neanderthal arseholes. IMO, of course.BlackBart wrote:Anyone who covers an Oasis song shouldn't be allowed to interact with society by default.
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Sod off, Oasis are great.
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No, Oases are great as in:Chinaski wrote:Sod off, Oasis are great.

Oasis is shit as in:

Tuneless, I forgot to add tuneless, but that's a tautology somewhere probably.


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There's your problem right there.Meekychuppet wrote:British
Fucking THIS.BlackBart wrote:Anyone who covers an Oasis song shouldn't be allowed to interact with society by default.
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Jörmungandr wrote:There's your problem right there.Meekychuppet wrote:British

Rum wrote:Does it occur to you that you have subscribed to the model of maleness you seem to be pushing in order to justify your innately hostile and aggressive nature? I have noticed it often and even wondered if it might be some sort of personality disorder. You should consider this possibility.
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+1BlackBart wrote:Anyone who covers an Oasis song shouldn't be allowed to interact with society by default.
At least it wasn't Wonder-fucking-wall.
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Oasis .. well I did like the Beatles songs they did .......





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*snort* Right. "Glad" to see the authorities are incompetent and useless as ever. They've clearly demonstrated their "professionalism" Figures they would go after the most harmless person, instead of keeping an eye out on real threats. Nice"profiling". Is that what they learn in their training? And even if they catch someone, what do they do? They have a nice trial and throw them in jail so they can come out a few years after like nothing happened. They don't solve the problem permanently, ever.We employ a team of highly professional rail community officers...

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