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London Tube Dangerous for Technophiles?

Posted by Zonk on from the don't-look-suspicious dept.

TsukiKage writes "Traveling on the London Tube is dangerous these days, it seems - and not because of terrorists. Quick as ever to try and protect against the attack that has just happened, zealous police will detain you at the drop of a hat." From the article: "The next train is scheduled to arrive in a few minutes. As other people drift on to the platform, I sit down against the wall with my rucksack still on my back. I check for messages on my phone, then take out a printout of an article about Wikipedia from inside my jacket and begin to read. The train enters the station. Uniformed police officers appear on the platform and surround me ... They handcuff me, hands behind my back, and take my rucksack out of my sight. They explain that this is for my safety, and that they are acting under the authority of the Terrorism Act."

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  1. Re:the defense of liberty by polarfox · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I really do hope that this will not happend in finland, except there is a new copyright law incoming.
    Well, never gona stop copying songs from my cds to my mp3 player. And I'll never let anything stop me from carrying anything from laptop case to plastic bag on my back.

    Go to jail, be an activist.
    Don't go to jail, be a rebel.

    I'll go for rebelling if it comes to that.

    PS. I suck in writing my thinking... I'll stop now :)

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  2. Due to excessive bad posting by Ranger · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the fuck? I've never seen this before. It's been a while since I did an anonymous post. Is it this story?

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