Muslim forced off tube after using iPad 'suspiciously'
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[quote]The man was apparently told to leave the Piccadilly Line train near Finsbury Park last night after he switched off his tablet device when the commuter looked at it.Witnesses described how the man appeared shocked before getting off the train at Wood Green station, despite other commuters rushing to his defence.
One onlooker, who asked only to be named as Jonny, said several people on board called the abuser racist, but he was unfazed.
The witness, from Wood Green, said he felt "sad and angry" by what he saw, but described the reaction from other commuters as "heart-warming".
Describing the row, he said: "There was a guy stood up, dressed smartly with a man bag.
"He wasn't being overtly aggressive but he had clearly taken offence to something another passenger had done.[/quote]
[url]http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/muslim-forced-off-tube-after-commuter-complained-he-used-ipad-suspiciously-a3133436.html[/url]
I'm glad that the other passengers stood up for the man
So guy got spooked by iPad screen turning off?
Man, talking about overreaction.
Looks like ISIS is winning.
So i guess this is what a post Paris Attacks is like for Europe.
Look I know there must be this terrible sense of paranoia after such trauma, but one must know that every piece of technology could be turned off..
[QUOTE=coolgame8013;49280381]So wait, this man is a "racist" for turning off a tablet??
Sheesh so many people these days are willing to find just any excuse, to be offended by anything and everything..[/QUOTE]
Read again... :v:
[QUOTE=coolgame8013;49280381]So wait, this man is a "racist" for turning off a tablet??
Sheesh so many people these days are willing to find just any excuse, to be offended by anything and everything..[/QUOTE]
I know reading is hard but the accuser is being called that because he had a problem with a muslim turning off his iPad
[QUOTE=Ragekipz;49280358]Looks like [I]right wing nutcases are[/I] winning.[/QUOTE]
Fixed. This shit really is getting ridiculous.
I support the other commuter, If you see something you should say something.
[QUOTE=Stolons;49280450]I support the other commuter, If you see something you should say something.[/QUOTE]
See what, someone using an iPad? And then force them off the train?
[QUOTE=Stolons;49280450]I support the other commuter, If you see something you should say something.[/QUOTE]
Today, I learned that a lot of people are xenophobic
[QUOTE=Stolons;49280450]I support the other commuter, If you see something you should say something.[/QUOTE]
While that may be true, one shouldn't just cry wolf at every mundane thing such as an iPad.
The other man thought it was suspicious and did what he thought was right. There should be no shame or fear about speaking up.
[QUOTE=Stolons;49280513]The other man thought it was suspicious and did what he thought was right. There should be no shame or fear about speaking up.[/QUOTE]
How is switching your tablet off when someone is looking over suspicious? It's called getting some fucking privacy.
[QUOTE=Stolons;49280513]The other man thought it was suspicious and did what he thought was right. There should be no shame or fear about speaking up.[/QUOTE]
You have to draw the line somewhere. I draw it at what this guy did.
How the fuck is turning off an iPad even remotely suspicious?
[QUOTE=Stolons;49280513]The other man thought it was suspicious and did what he thought was right. There should be no shame or fear about speaking up.[/QUOTE]
Somebody turns off his iPad once he notices you're not minding your own business and he has to act cool about it?, otherwise you gonna call the police and force him off the train?
[I]gtfo[/I]
[QUOTE=Ragekipz;49280358]Looks like ISIS is winning.[/QUOTE]
All ISIS is doing is alienating all muslims because it's them who are getting shit on
9/11 shit all over again.
Was probably watching tranny porn. I wouldn't want anyone seeing that either.
what goes on in peoples minds these days
"oh man he didnt want me looking at his ipad he MUST be a terrorist"
[QUOTE=Stolons;49280513]The other man thought it was suspicious and did what he thought was right. There should be no shame or fear about speaking up.[/QUOTE]
Lol what a joke, the man should have the right to privacy on his iPad, maybe that's why he turned it off. Nothing happening.here except discrimination, what if a non muslim guy did the same thing with the ipad? Would you think he was right then?
Yeah people are going crazy.
This is just fear that's taking people over. This should be adressed effectively.
A muslim using an iPad is not a terrorist...and I have no fucking idea why people would think so..
[QUOTE=Rumbler;49281264]Yeah people are going crazy.
This is just fear that's taking people over. This should be adressed effectively.
A muslim using an iPad is not a terrorist...and I have no fucking idea why people would think so..[/QUOTE]
People did this same shit after 9/11. So many Arab taxi drivers were getting assaulted in NYC. Look up "Howard Stern 9/11" on YouTube. People are calling in saying "Fucking towel heads" and so on and others calling in saying that taxi drivers were getting beaten up...things like that. People use fear to do this shit all the time.
[QUOTE=Ragekipz;49280358]Looks like ISIS is winning.[/QUOTE]
Nah.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;49280653]All ISIS is doing is alienating all muslims because it's them who are getting shit on[/QUOTE]
that's isis' goal. it's a strategic method that's been utilized by numerous terrorist groups over the years. you perpetrate an attack that results in the oppression of your target demographic; as alienation and tension builds, it pushes members of that demographic to become more and more disenfranchised, and more and more likely to join radicalised causes.
isis is [I]kinda[/I] winning. but hopefully the people calling out the bigot helped a little bit.
[QUOTE=Stolons;49280513]The other man thought it was suspicious and did what he thought was right. There should be no shame or fear about speaking up.[/QUOTE]
So you're saying that being a complete cunt is fine as long as you think you're in the right?
[QUOTE=Psychokitten;49280635]You have to draw the line somewhere. I draw it at what this guy did.
How the fuck is turning off an iPad even remotely suspicious?[/QUOTE]
IEDS can be remote detonated through cell phones.
Still being a paranoid priss.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;49280653]All ISIS is doing is alienating all muslims because it's them who are getting shit on[/QUOTE]
What do you think drives men to join and fight for the Islamic State, though? It's not neighborly love.
That's so childish, reminds me of my mom giving me a strange look and making dumb questions just because I happened to change to another window on my computer just as she was walking by
if switching your phone screen off when somebody (aka my boss) looks counted as terrorism I'd be on on every watchlist known to man
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