[Leica] TSA publishes poster depicting photographers as terrorists

[kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)]

Hear, Hear!


>You are all terrorist communist islamist scum.That's all the cop or
>rent-a-cop needs to know.
>
>Nathan Wajsman
>Alicante, Spain
>http://www.frozenlight.eu
>http://www.greatpix.eu
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>YNWA
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>On Sep 8, 2010, at 10:11 PM, kyle cassidy on the LUG wrote:
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>  > It just seems like a desperate grasp for a simple solution to a
>complex problem. I don't think the 9/11 hijackers needed to
>photograph the WTC to perpetrate their act, nor Timothy McVey, but
>you feel helpless thinking there's nothing you can do -- but if you
>invent something that you _CAN_ stop, create your own meter, you
>feel less helpless. Why would a terrorist take a photo on a subway?
>There's no reason I can think of, but if you can say "we stopped 324
>suspicious people on the subway this year" it looks like you're
>doing something. And people who look like they're doing something
>get re-elected. It's hard to find terrorists, it's easy to find
>people with cameras.
>  >
>  >
>  > On Sep 8, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Chris Saganich wrote:
>  >
>  >>
>  >> I suppose they couldn't imagine any other way a terrorist could
>be operationalizing his evil plot.  Their lack of imagination now
>equals my lack of confidence.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> At 02:08 PM 9/8/2010, you wrote:
>  >>>> From the Strobist blog, TSA fundamentally misunderstands
>photography & the first amendment, encourages people to call police
>when they see people taking photos:
>  >>>
>  >>>
>http://carlosmiller.com/2010/09/07/tsa-publishes-new-posters-depicting-photographers-as-terrorists/
>  >>>
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