Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/05

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Subject: [Leica] Not a police state!
From: imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)
Date: Wed Mar 5 16:23:41 2008
References: <C3F4B480.15DA3%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> <47CF3798.7030707@gmx.de>

Welcome to the future, where we've met the enemy and they be us.
Those of us born in the 40's - who'd a thought we'd end up with this?
Well at least it took a bit longer than 1984.

Fond regards,
George
george@imagist.com
www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07



On Mar 5, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote:

> It's already almost impossible to take a picture in any UK town or  
> city without it having a CCTV camera somewhere on it.
> Did anyone else notice how very well used the airport police  
> machine guns look? I spent 7 months working within the perimeters  
> of Gatwick airport a couple of years ago and never got used to it,  
> even after 30 years in Germany where all police are armed.
>
> Hey - does this make me a potential criminal - look at the top of  
> the post on the left-hand edge.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/100452-1/20070729-_MG_6225-Edit.jpg
>
> There's another here, on a bracket at the top left of the Pier  
> Apartments building
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Whitby/_MG_4380_edited-2.jpg.html
>
> Next step is to ban Google Earth! The resolution is often good  
> enough to recognise CCTV camera sites.


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