kissing 'banned' at English train station

[Dr Mindbender]

:confused: :mad: Fucking middle england strikes again...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4638304/Kissing-banned-at-railway-station.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01296/kissing-railway_1296614c.jpg

Kissing banned at railway station: No-kissing signs have appeared in the taxi rank at Warrington Bank Quay Station forcing lovers to use designated areas only. Photo: MANCHESTER EVENNG NEWS SYNDICATION


The means an end to passionate platform scenes like the one between Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in the 1945 film Brief Encounter.
No-kissing signs have appeared in the taxi rank at Warrington Bank Quay Station forcing lovers to use designated areas only.
The signs were erected after concerns that passionate embraces were causing delays for commuters with more passengers being attracted there.
Warrington Bank Quay is believed to be the first in the country to put up such signs.
Ruth Sargeant, 38, who uses the station to travel to Manchester, said: "It's ridiculous. I don't see the point of having a no-kissing area, surely people are entitled to say their goodbyes."
And Tom Hall, 25, another commuter, said: "It's daft. What are they going to do if they catch couples kissing, fine them?"
In the film Brief Encounter, which was filmed at Carnforth station in Lancashire, the doomed lovers played by Johnson and Howard, say their final goodbye at a railway station.
The no kissing signs are part of the £650,000 station refurbishment funded by Virgin Trains, Network Rail, the Northwest Regional Development Agency and the Department for Transport.
They are working in partnership with Warrington Borough Council's plans to improve the forecourt.
The idea of no-kissing signs was first suggested by Colin Daniels, chief executive of the Warrington Chamber of Commerce.
He said: "It was all a bit of fun. But now Virgin Trains have agreed to put them up as part of the refurbishment.
"They may seem frivolous but there is a serious message underneath."
Virgin say the station has become "increasingly busy" since the introduction of their Pendolino trains between London and Glasgow and Super Voyager trains between Birmingham and Scotland.
A Virgin spokesman said: "It's just a quirky thing, it's nothing more than that.. It's a light-hearted way of getting the message across.
"We are trying to tell people not to wait too long in the drop-off, but we don't mind people waiting there for a short time."
Asked how the no-kissing rule would be enforced, he added: "We will apply this sensibly."

[thinkerOFthoughts]

wow that is pathetic :( England sure is going down the shitter.

[Invincible Summer]

There should be a massive kissing protest at the station

[thinkerOFthoughts]

There should be a massive kissing protest at the station
Woot!!! makeout fest!!!!!!!:blushing::tt1:

[People Power]

and i thought the US was fashist
:lol:

[Rjevan]

Wow, this seems to be a new trend. I know of a school in Austria where kissing was banned (though I think they might have unbanned it now) and I remember of a thread here about kissing banned in an ...US? (don't remember exactly) ... school.
Now it has outspread to train stations in the UK.


There should be a massive kissing protest at the station
Haha, I agree. :lol:

[Mindtoaster]

Didn't they state it is just a bit of a joke by the train station?

[Zurdito]

^^^yes, and it seems to have little to do with "middle england" sensibilities, and more to do with telling people to hurry up in the taxi que.

[eisidisirock]

Pretty sick. God shave the queen.

[Invincible Summer]

Didn't they state it is just a bit of a joke by the train station?

Yeah, but it struck me as PR babble.

[Dr Mindbender]

Woot!!! makeout fest!!!!!!!:blushing::tt1:


nah, i say lets have a full blown public anal sex fest! :laugh: :tt1:

[Qayin]

Wow england. Epic fail

[Bilan]

This pissed me off so much. I mean, for fucks sake, people whine about the stupidist things.

[Pawn Power]

This is obviously going to lead to more kissing-- mostly out of spite and opposition.

Moreover, the 'no kissing' sign looks hilarious. :lol:

[CommieCat]

Now we know where Virgin Trains got its name from...

Anyway, assuming this is all legit, its pretty silly.

Although, I can understand kissing being discouraged on trains; its a bit of an invasion of personal space when a couple is sucking each other's faces and your a foot away from them. A bit like someone having a loud music device or a mobile with some crazy ear-piercing ring-tone (of course, only when you're trying to read!) or someone having a REALLY loud conversation where they happen to comment on ALL their personal problems etc.

Or maybe I'm just jealous I don't get the opportunity to be a commie rebel and break the law. Whatever.

[rednordman]

nah, i say lets have a full blown public anal sex fest! :laugh: :tt1:
LOL:lol: Give them something to really complain about.

[NecroCommie]

I am speechless... Wow England... :confused:

[Hit The North]

nah, i say lets have a full blown public anal sex fest! :laugh: :tt1:

Extremist :glare: ;)

[Brother No. 1]

No matter how are they try they may actually increase the rate of kissing. We humans some times bend or break the rules and dont care for it. for we know what we are doing is right.

[Cult of Reason]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01296/kissing-railway_1296614c.jpg

Surely the red lines should be on top of the kissing image, not the other way around?

[Pogue]

Extremist :glare: ;)

fucking reformist

[PRC-UTE]

who cares? I don't support this, however different cultures have different standards about what is considered acceptable. some cultures don't kiss at all.

[Dr Mindbender]

who cares? I don't support this, however different cultures have different standards about what is considered acceptable. some cultures don't kiss at all.

i fucking care.

the point is this is an affront to our human rights and freedom of emotional expression. I dont want some little hitler barking at me for enjoying the rights that the right wing pundits say i should be so grateful for. Now they want to take these away?

[Kamerat]

This is some fascist bs.
Surely the red lines should be on top of the kissing image, not the other way around?

If the red line had been on top of the kissing image you would not have seen what they where doing. It could have been 'You are not allowed to stare at each other'.

[black magick hustla]

i fucking care.

the point is this is an affront to our human rights and freedom of emotional expression. I dont want some little hitler barking at me for enjoying the rights that the right wing pundits say i should be so grateful for. Now they want to take these away?

oh cmo n, this is as irreleva nt as a trai n statio n prohibiti ng pi nk shoe laces

[Dr Mindbender]

oh cmo n, this is as irreleva nt as a trai n statio n prohibiti ng pi nk shoe laces


um no its not.

Kissing is an emotional response. I dont want anyone telling me to curtail or control my emotional responses (within reason, obviously i would stop short of public full blown sex but i'm not keen on prohibition of that either).

[Floyce White]

The Washington DC subway system calls its drop-off parking areas "Kiss & Ride."

[Sendo]

laugh it off until you have a reason not to. My god, do you think any one is actually going to enforce this? If so, then there's a problem. This is like your parents telling you to be careful/not get piercings/study hard/don't do dirty dancing...it's a joke. Just roll your eyes and move on. Can you imagine some weenus actually going to one of those bobbies "excuse me sir, but I do believe I've spotted a couple o' wankers breaking the law by coming into contact with each others' lips! Give 'em a bit o' the old heave-ho, eh guv'nor?"
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(I know I know. I'm doing a Yank doing a bad impression of foreign nationalities and cultures. It's supposed to be ironic)

[NecroCommie]

um no its not.

Kissing is an emotional response. I dont want anyone telling me to curtail or control my emotional responses (within reason, obviously i would stop short of public full blown sex but i'm not keen on prohibition of that either).

It is not. Kissing is a cultural thing, (as proven by the fact that kissing is not part of some cultures, and at same cases considered distasteful) and is therefore learned. You can just as easily learn away from kissing, since it is not a biological automated response.

And if you would prohibit full blown orgy, what basis do you have to allow kissing? After all sex is just a kiss taken a bit further.

Well not as if I cared, since it is not my country, and I never kiss in public anyway.

[Herman]

It is not. Kissing is a cultural thing, (as proven by the fact that kissing is not part of some cultures, and at same cases considered distasteful) and is therefore learned. You can just as easily learn away from kissing, since it is not a biological automated response.

And if you would prohibit full blown orgy, what basis do you have to allow kissing? After all sex is just a kiss taken a bit further.

Well not as if I cared, since it is not my country, and I never kiss in public anyway.

Fine, let's take away kissing in public... let's also take away shaking hands, patting the back, looking directly at another person, accents, fashion...

It's all a cultural thing, like you said. Might as well abolish those.

[Pirate turtle the 11th]

fucking reformist

I c wut u did their