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Subject: [Leica] IMG: the episode in which Hoppy becomes a criminal
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Wed Apr 23 15:15:03 2008
References: <000101c8a549$4c7ac8d0$6b01a8c0@dadquad>

On Apr 23, 2008, at 6:52 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> Folks, some more pictures and a tale. While waiting to collect my  
> child from
> school I walked along a footpath adjacent to a railway station  
> photographing
> some clouds over the wire fence surrounding the property. I crossed  
> through
> the station walkway (open to all), shot some more from the opposite  
> footpath
> then walked back through the public access  to exit. I stopped and  
> made a
> single photograph of the clouds since there were less poles in the  
> way.
> Within 60 secs a rail employee moved quickly to me and told me that
> photography was forbidden. I was completely surprised by this patent
> foolishness. However, I explained that I was taking a picture of the
> beautiful clouds.

ahhhh, but they were smoke signals Hoppy, not clouds...
used by terrorists since the internet is so closely monitored.

clear now why they are so antsy?

Steve



> To no avail! Sir, all photography is forbidden on our
> property. It is against the law!
>
> This is a public thoroughfare, a school on one side , shops the  
> other and
> the actual station platforms below. I would say several thousand  
> people per
> week use it. Heaven forbid that any of them might have evil camera- 
> phones
> for clandestine pictures of the dirty tiles and rubbish bins or other
> national security assets sited there. Not seeking any confrontation  
> I left
> this worthy and fearless guardian of freedom to his patrol and  
> agreed to
> follow his ridiculous directive. Tonight I have actually located the
> department's policy explicitly permitting me to use my camera there  
> as an
> amateur and within limits and naturally requiring that I follow  
> sensible
> guidelines, not flashing the drivers etc. Yet it also tells me that  
> I must
> obey every directive from their employees or they may detain me for  
> arrest
> by a policeman. Even worse, should you have permission under their own
> policy to take photos within their property, it is VERBOTEN to post  
> any
> pictures on the internet in case terrorists look at them. I'm not  
> making
> this up. What unbelievable nonsense. So there it is. This  
> foolishness so
> incensed me that I fell compelled to share the product of my blatant  
> and
> appalling offence with you here. I shall burn in hell, then for  
> these links.
> To compound my offence, these were taken with a fast fifty AT f 5.6!!
>
>
>
> <http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/96037500>
>
> <http://tinyurl.com/6fhkou>
>
>
>
> Oh and thank heavens this defender of national security did not  
> detect the
> photo of the scene of the crime, else I might still be handcuffed or  
> left
> beaten next to their Coke machine. Sssh, there's  a Senorita! But  
> you can
> clearly see the location of their coke machine which every extremist  
> maniac
> will be sure to pinpoint for a suicide bombing.
>
> <http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/96037503>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6r2pc8
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoff
>
> <http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] IMG: the episode in which Hoppy becomes a criminal)