ok, I'll post a google translation of the article and try to improve it a little bit. here's the link anyway. this happened in northern italy, near milan. please notice that the four people involved come from four very disparate points of Italy: Verona is in the North-east, messina in the most extreme South (sicily), savona in the North west, ancona in the center (on the eastern coast). this in my opinion adds to the almost men-in-blackish weirdness of the event.
https://www.corriere.it/cronache/19...ti-31cd1748-4a3a-11e9-a7a3-5683e4dbacbc.shtml
"We are Flat-Earthers, diplomatic ambassadors outside any planetary jurisdiction". With these words four passengers between the ages of 26 and 43 have refused to hand over the documents to the carabinieri who had boarded the Intercity train, called by the conductor. The four had no ticket and - says the "Provincia Pavese" newspaper on Tuesday - they refused to be identified. Also because they didn't have identity cards. Not a carelessness, but a conscious choice. Due to the prolongation of the controls and the discussion, the Milan-Ventimiglia train remained at the Pavia station for almost an hour. The behavior of the four people (a 43-year-old from Verona, a 37-year-old from Messina, a 37-year-old from Savona and a 26-year-old from Ancona) causeed them to be reported for interruption of public service and refusal to provide ID. Let's make it clear: according to the Carabinieri, the four- all without criminal records - were perfectly capable of understanding and wanting (the correct translation is escaping me right now: they were "compos sui", in their full mental faculties). None of them - says a detective to Corriere.it - was drunk. And, as of what transpired during what was a real interrogation, (...), they were absolutely aware. In short, convinced Flat-Earthers willing to challenge the law to state their belief against science, evidence and logic.
At the Pavia station
The incident occurred while train was in the Pavia station. Here the controller ("controllore": the guy who checks your tickets on the train) asked for the tickets. But the four exhibited a laminated sheet called "self-determination", claiming them to be "subjects of international pre-juridical law", "diplomatic ambassadors outside of every planetary jurisdiction" and "states of themselves" (or "their own states"): consequently, they say, control carried out against them was an "attack on a free state pursued by the world court". That's not all. They defined themselves "citizens of the world" who had the right to free travel. Even if it is difficult to establish what the flat-earth belief has to do with getting on the train without a ticket.
The Intercity stopped
At this point the train conductor - given that the four had no intention of paying the debt - warned the railway police of Pavia. The call (still the account of the Province) was passed to the carabinieri who sent a crew of the mobile radio unit to the station. In the meantime, the Intercity stopped to wait for the outcome of the verification on board. The carabinieri, accompanied by Trenitalia staff, asked the documents from the "flat-earthers". But they were surprised when they saw the laminated "self-determination" sheet. The flat-earthers' eyes showed no shade of a doubt. The four men were taken to the Carabinieri place where they were identified and reported. They left on foot, headed for no one knows where.
https://www.corriere.it/cronache/19...ti-31cd1748-4a3a-11e9-a7a3-5683e4dbacbc.shtml
"We are Flat-Earthers, diplomatic ambassadors outside any planetary jurisdiction". With these words four passengers between the ages of 26 and 43 have refused to hand over the documents to the carabinieri who had boarded the Intercity train, called by the conductor. The four had no ticket and - says the "Provincia Pavese" newspaper on Tuesday - they refused to be identified. Also because they didn't have identity cards. Not a carelessness, but a conscious choice. Due to the prolongation of the controls and the discussion, the Milan-Ventimiglia train remained at the Pavia station for almost an hour. The behavior of the four people (a 43-year-old from Verona, a 37-year-old from Messina, a 37-year-old from Savona and a 26-year-old from Ancona) causeed them to be reported for interruption of public service and refusal to provide ID. Let's make it clear: according to the Carabinieri, the four- all without criminal records - were perfectly capable of understanding and wanting (the correct translation is escaping me right now: they were "compos sui", in their full mental faculties). None of them - says a detective to Corriere.it - was drunk. And, as of what transpired during what was a real interrogation, (...), they were absolutely aware. In short, convinced Flat-Earthers willing to challenge the law to state their belief against science, evidence and logic.
At the Pavia station
The incident occurred while train was in the Pavia station. Here the controller ("controllore": the guy who checks your tickets on the train) asked for the tickets. But the four exhibited a laminated sheet called "self-determination", claiming them to be "subjects of international pre-juridical law", "diplomatic ambassadors outside of every planetary jurisdiction" and "states of themselves" (or "their own states"): consequently, they say, control carried out against them was an "attack on a free state pursued by the world court". That's not all. They defined themselves "citizens of the world" who had the right to free travel. Even if it is difficult to establish what the flat-earth belief has to do with getting on the train without a ticket.
The Intercity stopped
At this point the train conductor - given that the four had no intention of paying the debt - warned the railway police of Pavia. The call (still the account of the Province) was passed to the carabinieri who sent a crew of the mobile radio unit to the station. In the meantime, the Intercity stopped to wait for the outcome of the verification on board. The carabinieri, accompanied by Trenitalia staff, asked the documents from the "flat-earthers". But they were surprised when they saw the laminated "self-determination" sheet. The flat-earthers' eyes showed no shade of a doubt. The four men were taken to the Carabinieri place where they were identified and reported. They left on foot, headed for no one knows where.