Well I was shitting bullets this morning.
I get on the train at Central to take me around to Kings Cross and they announce that the train will not stop at Town Hall.
At this point I notice in the vestibule with me were 3 Arab looking (long beards, funny hats) men each with a back pack on.
They start jabbering to each other in Arabic and 2 of the three got off the train at Central.
The guy left stands there as we move along. The train slows through Town Hall and he pulls out of his pocket a single A4 page that has lots of Arabic writing and seems to be a religious pamphlet.
He starts reading it out loud, but quietly to himself.
I swear I thought I was a goner!
He then puts the paper away and pulls out the mobile phone and I am now thinking of Niki and the kids...
The train pulls into
I stay on and go thru to the Cross and wonder if there is something happening... but turns out it was a fire that caused the station closure.
I feel strange that I jumped to that conclusion straight away this morning. I am very against this “all Muslims are terrorists” slant the media have been spruiking, but when you get confronted with things you do start to think “is this it?”
6 comments:
Very interesting post there Clay. I would almost be inclined to say something to be honest - whilst you think you may have been over reacting to this situation, the way you describe it must make me wonder if perhaps you witnessed a 'dry run' or something?
Facinating to see how people's attitude changes when they're put on the spot though...
I'm more freaked out over the change in font!
yeah i know... the base of this post was the email i sent to you earlier today... seems as though when i copied a plain text email to html it changed the font to courier or something... wierd huh.
[edit] = fixed the font!
how'd you know it was a 'religious' pamphlet?
Good point given that I cant read Arabic, but trust me... the guy looked like a practising Muslim and the paper had ornate borders and symbols on it and he was chanting (quietly) to himself...
I'll take a punt and say it was from the Koran.
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