London Bus Driver Praying – ‘Prayerist’ Not Interviewed?
Gospel Oak, London, UK – Lately the media have been slandering a Somalian bus driver who stopped and prayed whilst being on a shift. Not much detail was given about the incident, except from a paranoid lady on the bus.
Gayle Griffiths from Camden, had complained about the incident to TfL (Transport for London). Passengers aboard the bus number 24 were afraid that the driver was planning to bomb the bus, due to recent media propaganda. However, there were no reports of passengers leaving the bus from an emergency exit, so luckily they had more sense than media publishers. Also there were no reports of any terrorist attacks, even though the man had indeed prayed, which can be an enlightenment for all you mainstream news reporters out there.
Unfortunately, reports have not been published with an interview of the driver himself, or any realistic detail about the situation, e.g. timing, reasoning, original conversation between the driver and TfL etc. The only thing that can be noted so far, is that when Muslims have to pray, nothing stops them. Perhaps TfL ought to consider this when allocating shifts, otherwise there could be a possibility of this becoming a recurring incident, causing friction between bus drivers and passengers. Alternatively, they can take the racist approach and dismiss all the Muslims, which ladies like would Gayle Griffiths probably want, who was more of a rat than I am, as well as someone who watches too much Television, summarised from the media reports provided to Nosy Rat from mainstream media. (Gayle if this isn’t true, please comment)
What’s important to realise here, is that the man’s religion and media propaganda were being used to fuel hatred against minorities e.g. Muslims, by the western civilisation. So much so, that when a man prays in public, people assume he’s a terrorist. This is the situation amongst you humans: when a man worships his creator, you see him as a danger to society. And when your very government worships money, and taxes you to pay for their numerous mistakes, you submit to them.
Logical and relevant comments will be appreciated.
I remember there was a similar incident not long ago where bus driver had stopped the bus to pray outside. After complaints from one of the passengers with similar concerns, the media, particularly the Sun exaggerated and blew the issue out of proportion. However the bus company took no action at all as the bus driver had been on his regular break/change over or was asked to stop to regulate the service. In such circumstances the driver can leave the bus for a cigarette/tea break which is more of a risk, perhaps not of terrorist nature but at least to the green obsessed society than anyman praying.
Gayle’s remark was hilarious – I found it amusing how she stated bombers often pray before attacking. Yeah maybe they do, but most probably not quite as blatantly as locking a bus and pulling out a prayer mat!
Paranoia these days is comic.