Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/31

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] Real patriots don't take pictures
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Fri Mar 31 13:22:45 2006

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
> 



Replies: Reply from scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin) ([Leica] Real patriots don't take pictures)
In reply to: Message from scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin) ([Leica] Real patriots don't take pictures)