Man detained after singing along to 'London Calling' by The Clash

[quaoar]

Good thing for him he wasn't singing any of those songs by that known terrorist Cat Stevens -- like 'Peace Train' or 'Morning Has Broken.'

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/04/05/clash.terror.reut/index.html?section=cnn_latest

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- British anti-terrorism detectives escorted a man from a plane after a taxi driver had earlier become suspicious when he started singing along to a track by punk band The Clash, police said on Wednesday.

Detectives halted the London-bound flight at Durham Tees Valley Airport in northern England and Harraj Mann, 24, was taken off.

The taxi driver had become worried on the way to the airport because Mann had been singing along to The Clash's 1979 anthem "London Calling," which features the lyrics "Now war is declared -- and battle come down" while other lines warn of a "meltdown expected".

Mann told British newspapers the taxi had been fitted with a music system which allowed him to plug in his MP3 player and he had been playing The Clash, Procol Harum, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles to the driver.

[Peter Frank]

1. The freedom of the thought police is on the march...

I wonder if Sting will join the "Thought Police".

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. At least he wasn't singing "Spanish Bombs."

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. Or "Stay Free."

Were gonna hit the town
We’ll burn it fuckin’ down
To a cinder

[Poll_Blind]

3. Procol Harum? This man is no terrorist! (grin) n/t

PB

[400Years]

4. the cab driver should have to apologize