Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Or, God forbid, H5N1 mutates to the point where it's spread from human to human - do you want to be protected by the folks who told us afterwards that no one could have predicted that a plane would be flown into the WTC, or that Katrina would breach the levees? On 3/31/06 2:33 PM, "Barney Quinn" <bquinn@sgi.com> wrote: > > > BD, > > I don't wish death, disaster, or tragedy on anyone. Not even people whom I > don't > like or disagree with. I particularly don't want to see any more disasters > inflicted upon the USA. We've had more than enough trouble of late. But, > that > said, > given the response to Katrina and given what has (or hasn't) happened about > New > Orleans I hate to think what would happen if a Bhopal-like event happened > here, God > Forbid it ever would. > > I was asking myself this morning what would happen if, again God Forbid, > Iraq > was > hit by a truly huge and destructive earthquake. I have no clue except to > say > that I > doubt that it would be pretty. > > Barney > > > > "B. D. Colen" wrote: > >> Imagine a Bhopal-like event in, say, Chicago... >> >> On 3/31/06 1:37 PM, "Barney Quinn" <bquinn@sgi.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> BD, >>> >>> You're right, but it's a whole lot easier and cheaper to hassle innocent >>> people >>> taking a few happy snaps then it is to protect chemical plants, something >>> which >>> takes a lot of work, expense, concentration, and - gasp - might put you >>> in >>> the >>> position of having to tell a community or a business they can't do just >>> exactly >>> what they want to do. >>> >>> Barney >>> >>> >>> >>> "B. D. Colen" wrote: >>> >>>> Well, actually, if I seriously needed photos of a particular place, and >>>> I >>>> was aware of the way people are being hassled, I might well use a 4x5 >>>> on a >>>> tripod with a darkcloth, wearing a Tilly hat, Mephisto shoes, and a >>>> Domke >>>> photo vest, with a Parker 51 in one pocket , a fifth of single malt in >>>> another other, with a Leica IIIf hanging around my neck - because who >>>> would >>>> think that a 'bad guy' would be so obvious? Of course I might well have >>>> a >>>> digital camera of some sort inside the 4x5...:-) >>>> >>>> Seriously, the whole thing is idiotic - if someone wants these sorts of >>>> images, they're going to get them. Period. I'd like to see a fraction of >>>> the >>>> time and attention being wasted on making sure that none of us take >>>> photos >>>> of some run down courthouse in East Buttbleep, or the Port Authority Bus >>>> Terminal applied to securing chemical plants and ports. Until that's >>>> done, >>>> we're screwed - pure and simple. >>>> >>>> Back to working on my new website. >>>> >>>> On 3/31/06 11:01 AM, "bruce" <bruce@ralgo.nl> wrote: >>>> >>>>> If that bothers you, Frank, imagine what they get-up-to from outer/ >>>>> inner space (satellites) ................ Google, but far more >>>>> efficient + telephone listening etc. etc. >>>>> >>>>> B. >>>>> >>>>> On 31-mrt-2006, at 17:54, Frank Filippone wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I get hassled all the time with a 4x5 view camera. Why would any self >>>>>> respecting honest to goodness no-good-nik ever use a 4x5, on a >>>>>> tripod, with >>>>>> a dark cloth, taking 10 minutes to shoot 1 piece of film of a >>>>>> sensitive >>>>>> subject? >>>>>> >>>>>> If I were a no-good-nik, I would use a digital camera from a moving >>>>>> car to >>>>>> minimize my exposure. What is wrong with the official idiots >>>>>> acting as our >>>>>> protectors? How many times I have been chased off shooting a >>>>>> public place >>>>>> with my 4x5, to watch some tourist go up and happy snap the same >>>>>> image? Why >>>>>> is one more subversive looking than the other? >>>>>> >>>>>> If taking pictures is not approved of, what do our elected >>>>>> officials think >>>>>> of the thousands to millions of pictures already taken of the >>>>>> building? >>>>>> Amateur pictures, professional pictures, printed pictures, >>>>>> newspaper images, >>>>>> even building plans.... they are all public already... >>>>>> >>>>>> Maybe it speaks to the relative brightness of our officials versus the >>>>>> brightness of the bad guys. I have yet to hear of a terrorist cell >>>>>> getting >>>>>> caught because they took a picture of anything....... >>>>>> >>>>>> Frank Filippone >>>>>> red735i@earthlink.net >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> -- >>> Barney Quinn, Jr. >>> (301) 688-1982 (O) >>> (240) 535-3036 (C) >>> (877) 220-0981 (P) >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Barney Quinn, Jr. > (301) 688-1982 (O) > (240) 535-3036 (C) > (877) 220-0981 (P) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information