On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Scott Loveless <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm not disagreeing with you, Frank. It's crap legislation. But > western democracies have been in the habit of passing shit like this > at increasing frequency for the last decade or so. I have no reason > to believe that a demonstration and/or strong objections from the > folks who are about to be on the receiving end of this is going to > make any difference. It's going to pass and the police are going to > abuse it. They're going to use it against journalists, citizen > photographers and anyone else who gets in their way. They'll use it > in non-terrorism cases to arrest and prosecute people who have > documented the police doing something wrong. They'll claim that they > thought the guy speeding without insurance was a terrorist when they > got caught beating the crap out of him and, chances are, the courts > will let them get away with it. > > You can argue the law's merits, or lack thereof, but it's about to > happen. And free people shouldn't sit down and take it, before or > after the fact. <Sigh...> Yeah, you're right. It'll pass and the action you propose might at least let them know (after the fact) that shutting out the press isn't in anyone's best interest (even their own). cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
