Jan 17, 2010: Free Country

[DanaC]

We had a recent spate of attacks on taxi drivers (mainly Moslem) in our town, because someone spread a rumour that the black ribbons many of them have on their cabs (hanging off the rear bumper) were to show support for the Taliban and Al Qaeda. In the end the police had to print statements in the local newspaper, explaining that they were actualy charms to ward off evil whilst driving. Basically their version of a St Christopher.

In the letters page of the paper, people were still pissed off. They shouldn;t be allowed to have those charms on their cars, they said; this is a Christian country and they should do more to fit in.