Looks like in the past few posts Mr Samuel Lee had stirred up
another issue. I appreciate his curiosity in exploring do-not-board
(off service) trains to see slidings and etc, but here being
Singapore and even if this is not Singapore, certain rules in
society have to be followed.
Lets take crossing the road, just like that, yes there are no
signs saying you cannot cross the road at some places, but crossing
the road by looking left and right and left again versus crossing
the road using your ears only versus, crossing the road not looking
because you will hear a horn before you start to run and miss any
car coming towards you. Which is the safer method, taking you can
choose any of the three.
While the staff spent extra effort trying to ask people out of
the train during the Discovery session, you added their workload by
boarding the train, knowing fully as a train enthusiast that you
should not do so. Can you still say that you are a train
enthusiast? Quite similar to Japanese train-nuts who open
their tripods on the platform, shout and scream at passengers,
staff and other trains to get out of their cameras and
photographs to get a 'clear' shot!
Regarding ill-intending persons able to participate in events
like Discovery and open house to plan their ill-intending acts, why
not think about this, they can remain in the comfort of their
hideout using only pictures that the visitors posted to plan their
attack? Same as what Willis is trying to tell you guys here,
refrain from shooting pictures and videos for a while, is to let
the heat die down, no new photos for those persons to work on
etc.
Remember the good-intentions that some members put forward here,
they are not being paranoid or what, but to keep ourselves out of
the trouble, before trouble catches up with you for doing
something. There are no solid rules or regulations saying
no photography, yes no signs either, but knowing
that persons as early as 2006 have been caught and questioned in
detail about photography at stations, terminals and
interchanges, would make you think whether you should consider
these advices.
Thank you for reading through.
