Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Be realistic, Steve. The chances that someone will take photos of your child at the local city park and that they will be used as porn, or that they will result in a kidnapping are extremely remote. It is certainly tragic when it happens, but the reality is that your child is far more likely to slip in the bathroom and die of a severe concussion, or be killed in the back seat of your minivan on the way to WalMart. We used to live in Honolulu, and tourists from all over the world (especially the Japanese) would snap photos of us often. We always smiled and played along with good humor. I'm tired of the way the news media and our government continually wind us up with fear. Fear that your teeth aren't white, fear that your SUV will flip over, fear that your children will be abducted, fear of terrorism. I'm not saying we should be blind to these things, but we should keep them in rational perspective. About 6 years ago, I was photographing on a street corner here in Seattle. All of a sudden, this woman comes running across the street yelling at the top of her lungs. "Who do you think you are!? What gives you the right to photograph Native Americans without permission!?..." Turns out her grandfather was in the crowd of people waiting to cross the street. Good grief. People need to relax. It's just a photograph for goodness' sake. - --Jim Steve LeHuray wrote: > Boy 'O boy, are you out of touch and uninformed. Think pedophiles, child > pornography, child kidnapping, child slavery, etc, etc. Think scared > PARENTS. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html