Don't run if you "look a bit foreign."

[Richard]

British subway posts sign warning travellers not to run on concourses and platforms if you "look a bit foreign"

http://www.rrbbs.com/cgi-bin/bbs/thread.pl?2-1316



HAHA.

[Gabu]

What if you look really foreign?

[KEmperor]

Well, it's just common sense not to run if you are wearing a big coat.  You'll get all sweaty!

[Speed of Sound]

Well, it's just common sense not to run if you are wearing a big coat.  You'll get all sweaty!

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

What if you look really foreign?

Then we'll just execute you on the spot.

[The Man From G.O.P.]

Seems like common sense to me.

[Storebought]

Why would an innocent man run from the police? Better to stand his ground, and unload (self-)righteous indignation at being needlessly harrassed.

[minionofmidas]

Trying to catch a train, obviously.
Notice that it doesn't even say, don't run from the police.

[John Dibble]

Notice that it doesn't even say, don't run from the police.

Which let's face it was the problem - if the police want to talk with you you stop and talk.

[Peter]

Notice that it doesn't even say, don't run from the police.

Which let's face it was the problem - if the police want to talk with you you stop and talk.

A lot of the police patrols are presently plain clothes officers, so people could think they are getting mugged if a number of officers converge on them at once.

[Everett]

Wow. That really cracked me up.

[minionofmidas]

Notice that it doesn't even say, don't run from the police.

Which let's face it was the problem - if the police want to talk with you you stop and talk.

A lot of the police patrols are presently plain clothes officers, so people could think they are getting mugged if a number of officers converge on them at once.

Of course, that is exactly what I think when a number of officers converges on me - plain clothes or no plain clothes.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Just thinking but I look a lot more "foreign" than the guy that got shot.

[TexasPatriot2024]

You know that you always wonder in the back of your head, "what are those kids running from?" when you see a group of teens peeling out of a park. Its the same principal. You see an arab man running like a rabid dog is after him, you wonder whats going on. You put 2 and 2 together and you might jump to the conclusion that something bad is going on.

[Jake]

Just thinking but I look a lot more "foreign" than the guy that got shot.

Learn to walk

[J. J.]

It is a hoax:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/tubesign.asp

I will add that it's not a good idea to run from the police in any county.

You might remember the 2000 incident in Philadelphia, just before the GOP convention.