Careful where you write your set lists ...

[OldGit]

"Man thrown off train over set list"
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.......
[url="http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=152618656"]http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp...entid=152618656[/url]

[Mog]

Good job he wasn't Brazilian!!

[Jase]

Not surprised with a setlist like that!

[Marvin]

[quote name='Jase' post='778986' date='Mar 18 2010, 06:40 PM']Not surprised with a setlist like that![/quote]
+1 to that.
And what an awful band name, I think there's already a 'The Magic Mushrooms' isn't there?

[Cat Burrito]

He was on our local news. It was an odd story to say the least

[thepurpleblob]

This falls into that whole gamut of being arrested for photographing WH Smiths, wearing a hoodie or any other such reprehensible behaviour. On the one hand I'm pleased that the security dudes are on the ball but there does seem to be an undercurrent of "Jobsworth" tw*ts involved.

I have some involvement in the heritage railway scene (no I'm not a trainspotter before you say anything) and you should try taking a picture of a train in some places. You'll be nicked or thrown out within seconds of the CCTV operators spotting you. If you get mugged on a station nothing happens of course.

[rasher80]

could've been worse, imagine the uproar if he'd been doing some Carcass covers!!

Genital Grinder or Malignant Defecation anybody?

[Rich]

Blimey. Seven posts into this thread and nobody has yet said "political correctness" or tried to blame it on Gordon Brown. This must be some sort of record.

[Duarte]

[quote name='rasher80' post='779601' date='Mar 19 2010, 11:36 AM']could've been worse, imagine the uproar if he'd been doing some Carcass covers!!

Genital Grinder or Malignant Defecation anybody? [/quote]

Or Cannibal Corpse covers...

...."Entrails ripped from a virgin's c***" anyone?

Edited March 19, 2010 by Duarte

[thepurpleblob]

[quote name='Duarte' post='779657' date='Mar 19 2010, 12:28 PM']...."Entrails ripped from a virgin's c***" anyone?[/quote]


Go on then, but can I have it with a side salad??

[davidmpires]

if he was a Jedi nothing would have happened to him.

[Stylon Pilson]

It's political correctness gone mad. I blame Gordon Brown.

S.P.

[Stylon Pilson]

[quote name='davidmpires' post='779669' date='Mar 19 2010, 12:34 PM']if he was a Jedi nothing would have happened to him. [/quote]

"These are not the song titles you are looking for."

S.P.

[Vibrating G String]

In my opinion almost nothing creates more fear and "terrorists" than increasing security. I think it happens subconsciously but when you create authority you create a tension in society that will find a release somehow. People charged with finding evil will always lower their standards until they find someone who fits. In this case it's writing a bad, scary word.

Shortly after 9/11 someone on an airplane told a stewardess that another man on the plane was writing in Arabic. That was enough to get him taken off the plane at gunpoint in handcuffs, had his clothes cut off his body and was laid on the tarmac for the better part of an hour. The real terrorists got a victory, the scared masses felt at least we're doing something to stop those people so it's a win win all around, everyone's happy.


Here's a classic study that addresses some of the psychology behind this sort of thinking, at least how I see it.
[url="http://www.prisonexp.org/"]http://www.prisonexp.org/[/url]

[Vibrating G String]

Hmm, I thought I was in Off Topic. That might be a bit heady for General Bass Discussion

[beardybass]

[quote name='Rich' post='779655' date='Mar 19 2010, 01:25 PM']Blimey. Seven posts into this thread and nobody has yet said "political correctness" or tried to blame it on Gordon Brown. This must be some sort of record.[/quote]

That's 'cos it's got nothing to do with political correctness, it's just f***ing stupid!




























probably is Gordon Brown's fault though.

[Bloodaxe]

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='779591' date='Mar 19 2010, 11:28 AM'][b]I have some involvement in the heritage railway scene[/b] (no I'm not a trainspotter before you say anything) and you should try taking a picture of a train in some places. You'll be nicked or thrown out within seconds of the CCTV operators spotting you. If you get mugged on a station nothing happens of course.[/quote]

You're not alone! (GWS C&W Dept.)

I draw the line at gricing though.