The Orange Line was shut at Wellington this morning as T police with long rifles investigated a report of "suspicious activity" that turned out to be a Muslim couple praying, the Herald reports.
And then, this afternoon on the Red Line:
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Good for the Transit Police and the caller(s) to 911
By O-FISH-L
Fri, 06/17/2016 - 1:14pm
The race to political correctness here is interesting as I was talking with a 25 year-old female, African-American friend and neither one of us will ever attend the Boston Marathon again. We both had family/friends working BPD that day. Significant age, race and cultural differences between us, but we both agreed it's too risky. The grocery store is a little more necessary but I wouldn't be in any rush to a nightclub, especially a gay one. God Bless our Transit Police. We have spent tens of millions on "see something, say something" so when a Muslim couple decides to pray on a train platform a week after the latest and worst Muslim terrorist shooting on US soil, I'm glad it was investigated. I only take the T a few times a year but monitor the TPD radio. I haven't heard of any Catholic Novenas or Jewish Torah readings on the platform. Take the Muslim prayer to the Mosque, perhaps the one Menino gave you.
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By Saul
Fri, 06/17/2016 - 1:21pm
And you and your ilk are not missed.
So you don't walk through
By anon
Fri, 06/17/2016 - 4:39pm
So you don't walk through South Station where Christian conservatives are trying to push their books on people every day, eh.
I get accosted by Buddhists daily
By anon
Fri, 06/17/2016 - 9:19pm
On Long Wharf in the nice weather. Keep your damn religions to yourself.
Buddhist Monkfestation
By SwirlyGrrl
Sat, 06/18/2016 - 10:01am
It is a new thing. They seem to have discovered that we have tourists and start the day wherever the giant busloads of Chinese (in particular) unload early on, then fan out through the area.
Not so much "in your face" as very direct. However, if you give them a little money, they give you a little bracelet that wards off further convergence. My Aunt discovered this. I noticed that the ones near my office have learned to figure out the tourists versus the workers, too, and generally leave the workers be now.
As a general rule...
By Michael Kerpan
Sat, 06/18/2016 - 10:54pm
... genuine Buddhist monks are NOT supposed to accost anyone. They are supposed to stand silently, accepting any donations offered. There are supposedly folks who _pretend_ to be Buddhist monks who do aggressively solicit monetary donations. I have not encountered this phenomenon here -- but have seen some pretty suspicious supposed "Buddhist monks" in NYC.
What is "too risky"?
By Bob Leponge
Fri, 06/17/2016 - 5:46pm
What you and your friend would seem to have in common would be some difficulty applying statistics to reason about risk.
What is it? UnAmerican, that's what.
By SwirlyGrrl
Sat, 06/18/2016 - 9:54am
"We would rather air on the side of caution"
By dirtywater77
Fri, 06/17/2016 - 5:54pm
Glad to see the Herald's editors are enjoying their early weekend.
Fat Joe has that Rap career going so....
By bulgingbuick
Fri, 06/17/2016 - 6:13pm
Bang out early like a city worker, hope spell check works, there are no libel suits in Monday's mail, Howie gets a new stenographer and that Joe Battenfeld doesn't get trapped in a rotary.
The Herald's editors and staff taking
By roadman
Sat, 06/18/2016 - 2:40am
Bunker Hill Day off? Perish the thought.
To be fair
By Waquiot
Sat, 06/18/2016 - 9:15am
Compare the coverage in the Globe to the Herald coverage (front page, 3 reporters on the story.)
Thank goodness we are a 2 newspaper town.
It's 2 days later and the Herald is still reporting
By anon
Sat, 06/18/2016 - 7:47am
"air on the side of caution" . I'm guessing no one there knows what the word "err" means
I've scoured the print version several times
By Waquiot
Sat, 06/18/2016 - 12:27pm
And the phrase, correct or otherwise, does not appear. Why correct an error that didn't make it until the final cut?
Or should they have reported they way the Globe did?
Print version??? haha
By anon
Sat, 06/18/2016 - 12:54pm
the thing with online versions is that they can be corrected.
Still "air" as of Saturday 12:53
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/20...
Still wondering
By Waquiot
Sat, 06/18/2016 - 3:22pm
How many typos were in the story on the Globe's website?
But yeah, the Herald is much worse than the Globe.
It wasn't a typo
By anon
Sun, 06/19/2016 - 11:35am
It was an ignorant use of an incorrect word. And yes, the Herald is much worse than the Globe. You're right about that Waq!
Btw, still "air" as of 11:34 AM Sunday morning.
True
By Waquiot
Sun, 06/19/2016 - 1:46pm
But, once again, how much better was the coverage in the Globe? I'm not quite sure how do derive a ratio when one outlet didn't type a word on the event.
And my print version is still correct.
According to George Bernard
By SamWack
Fri, 06/17/2016 - 8:44pm
According to George Bernard Shaw, a Frenchman was once arrested for praying in Westminster Abbey. This suspicious behavior was reported by the verger, who said he had never seen such a thing before.
The magistrate asked, quite reasonably, why the French gentleman should not be allowed to pray in a church. “If we allowed that,” said the verger, “ we should have people praying all over the place.”
Thanks...
By Michael Kerpan
Sat, 06/18/2016 - 10:55pm
...for the GBS quote.
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