On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 06:16:59PM -0600, William Robb wrote: > > Interesting thought, but if the terrorists know that they will be harrassed > if seen skulking > around carrying a big camera, would they not disguise themselves as ordinary > families on > vacation or some such, and use a less auspicious camera?
That was exactly my thought. But, of course, none of the so-called "precautions" are anything of the kind; it's just that people feel they have to do something to avoid feeling helpless. A couple of weeks ago I was harassed by a couiple of security guards on the gate of an organic foods farm about twenty miles from here. They told me I wasn't allowed to photograph their sign outside the gates. I suggested that as I was on a public highway, and the whole purpose of the sign was to attract the attention of people driving past the facility, I was quite free to take any photograph that I chose. They eventually decided that it was OK as long as I stayed off their driveway. I was quite prepared to take that one as far as necessary, but I stayed polite and non-confrtontational, and there was no need to escalate the issue. It turned out to be a pretty crappy photograph, but that's not the point :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
