William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gonz"
Subject: Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing
I dont understand the mindset either. Perhaps its a reaction to the
tendency of today's media to sensationalize everything. You know, the
typical story of a child that gets abducted, was last seen playing in
the playground with other kids. And the media focuses attention on
why no one stopped the stranger with a camera that was seen lurking
around earlier. This on-air mock trial and conviction sticks in
people's minds and the presumption of innocence is gone the next time
someone with a camera is seen anywhere near a playground/school.
You may not understand it, but judging from a few of your recent
comments, you agree with it, to the point of defending a law that pretty
much makes it a crime to point a camera at the wrong person.
The law is good. It means that I dont have to go to jail for beating
the crap of some creep for harrassing my kids, I can just call the cops,
bye bye creep. I'm not gonna call the cops just because there's a
photographer at a football game taking pictures of the cheerleaders.
You mentioned in another post "In this case, the greater good of society
takes precedence." with regard to driving. I consider taking out of
circulation Jeffrey Damler types good for society. Even if it means
that occasionally an innocent photographer is asked what he is doing.
William Robb
