Good point Bob. OT Warning: Another point is that men generally have to act as children don't exist in public. Try smiling at a child, without smiling an "I'm a friendly guy" smile to the mother first. We all know what happens. The mother will act like youre a freak. Most likely the child will act similar. This is sad, so sad. And this worries me a lot more, than that I have to be careful when photographing in public. We are teaching our children that 50% of the population are potential danger. How does that affect a child? This really frightens me.
"People need to be educated that it IS possible to photograph children without being a pedophile." I would go a bit further. I would say that we should educate people that it IS possible to show interest towards children without being a pedophile. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that pedophile men (or woman) do not exist, or don't represent a problem. In my work as a social worker, I know they do. But I am afraid that the way we are treating this problem, we are doing a lot of harm towards the children we are protecting. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Shell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23. oktober 2005 16:17 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing > > > On Sunday, October 23, 2005, at 10:11 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: > > > Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I'd > >> be terrified to shoot photos anywhere in the UK if there was even a > >> remote possibility that a child might wander into the image. > > > > A friend of mine recently visited the Glasgow Science Museum and > > asked if he was allowed to take photographs. The friendly lady said > > that > > he was welcome to take pictures... "But please DON'T photograph any > > children!" > > > > Raving mad, the lot of them. :-/ > > > > > > The sad thing is that a lot of really wonderful photographs will never > be taken because people are scared to take them. People need to be > educated that it IS possible to photograph children without being a > pedophile. > > Bob >
