One of the things is that you do not even need to have a camera. People
are often stopped just because they are walking. What are you doing
walking, no one just walks (unless you are wearing the proper exercise
clothing, then you are invisable). It has happened to me on several
occassions. Then, I had to stand around until they run an ID check on me
that comes up negative. So who has been stopped on general principles
and a criminal check run on them while driving down the street? I never
have, but it has happened maybe ten/twelve times when I was walking. I
used to be a very serious walker, I have a pair of hiking boots that
have more miles on them then many folk's car does. Now, I live in the
mountains and can not walk the trails <sigh>.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
"Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof"
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DagT wrote:
Den 20. okt. 2005 kl. 17.48 skrev E.R.N. Reed:
graywolf wrote:
"Dangerous perverts wandering around your district..."?
Guys, think back to the last pizza guy who delivered to your house.
Was he by any chance a pimply faced teenager himself? So he went to
the football game and took some photos of girls... Dangerous
pervert that he was... Good thing the cops were on the job...
Mrs Reed, I suggest you lock the doors and crawl under the bed,
maybe you will be safe there. However watch out for the dust
bunnies they are dangerous indeed. And by the way, the guy is not a
dangerous pervert until 12 members of a jury and a judge say he is.
Until that time you are guilty of libel, and he can and should sue
the shit out of you.
I am quite aware that the particular individual isn't guilty of
anything until the jury says so, and if you read my comments you'll
note I carefully said IF he is, then ...
And IF all he did was take some harmless pictures of girls at a
football game, he shouldn't be "harassed" (obviously) just like Shel
shouldn't.
All I've been trying to say is, MAYBE it got as far as it did
because his pictures and his story were not as innocent as you guys
would prefer to assume.
Odds are that any pizza delivery guy isn't dangerous, or a pervert,
or a dangerous pervert. A small chance exists that he is. (And IF he
is ... insert my "dangerous pervert" remarks here. They don't apply
to the vast majority of harmless, law-abiding citizens, even the
ones who deliver pizza and attend football games.)
Odds are any guy pulled over for a missing licence plate isn't a
mass murderer. But at least one was.
Odds are any quiet fellow who keeps his apartment so messy it smells
bad, isn't a serial killer and cannibal. But at least one was.
Odds are any strangely-dressed characters walking down the street
don't have a kidnapped teen girl in their group. But at least one did.
Are you going to disbelieve that these situations actually occurred,
just because they're rare?
Odds are much larger that you get killed in a car accident one day,
but we still drive cars and cross the streets.
I´ve got three small boys and I worry a lot about them, but I prefer
to worry about those things that have the highest probability and not
by the things that the tabloids are concentrating on.
I also like the fact that I can take a walk with a camera without
being harassed by people who see ghosts in broad daylight. I think
that is an important freedom.
DagT
