Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, Scott - I'm getting to be as paranoid as the next guy, but I think you're giving them far, far too much credit. This isn't planned out intimidation of the general populace, it's "security" provided by idiots whose idea of a law enforcement agent is Melvin Purvis. On 3/31/06 2:24 PM, "Scott McLoughlin" <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote: > Paul, > > Your logic is flawless, except they are NOT afraid of photography. I > wince every time someone says that the authorities are "paranoid." > No, they know exactly what they are doing. The point is to intimidate > the general populace, plain and simple. > > Remember Sherlock Holmes - "when all the other possibilities have > been removed, the remaining possibility, no matter how unlikely, must > be the truth." :-) or I guess that should be :-( in this case. > > Scott > > PHC wrote: > >> My point is, why should someone need pictures of a station or a train >> or whatever in order to walk onto it with a backpack full of >> explosives? And if they do, why not use a phone camera? >> >> If someone really wants reconnaissance pictures of a public place they >> will get them, and I hardly think a chap with a (comparatively) large >> camera, standing still in one place for minutes at a time, obviously >> taking pictures, is going to be on terrorist recce duty. Still, I >> guess the security staff have got to have something to do. >> >> It seems that all over the world authorities are scared of photography >> and, sensitive areas aside, assuming they've done nothing to be >> ashamed of I don't understand why they should be. >> >> P. >> >> ******* >> Paul Hardy Carter >> www.paulhardycarter.com >> +44 (0)20 7871 7553 >> ******* >> >> On 31 Mar 2006, at 14:00, Don Dory wrote: >> >>> I think that it would be a strong possibility that there were pictures >>> found. The security forces around the world have all had the same >>> reaction >>> to eliminate picture taking around high value sites. In the U.S through >>> some strong protest most public spaces can be photographed now but >>> that was >>> probably realization that a small digital could take pictures that the >>> security would never see. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >