Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is really a reply to Dr. Ted's post re going to a longer lens. He is forgetting a law of nature, first formalized by a man named Murphy, which in this case says that if you step back and lengthen the lens, a phalanx of warm bodies will come between you and what you are trying to shoot. Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you. On Aug 8, 2012, at 3:20 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: > > On Aug 6, 2012, at 5:08 PM, Phil Forrest wrote: > >> What he said, for the most part. >> >> Phil Forrest >> >> >> On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 15:06:14 -0700 >> "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net> wrote: >> >>> What I said..... if you are doing something lawful by taking >>> pictures, and the police do not want you taking pictures, they give >>> you an order to stop. When you do not stop, they arrest you for >>> disobeying an order, not for (legally) taking pictures. >>> >>> They ALWAYS have the last word. >>> >>> Except in court...... I am sure more to follow..... > > Are you both suggesting that a police officer > has the authority to "order" citizens to stop doing lawful activities: > walking, shopping, riding a bicycle, sitting on a park bench, watering a > lawn, etc. > and then arrest them if they don't follow those orders? > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information