On 13/2/09, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed: > Nanny States like Britain need to get >their heads out of their asses before their people pull them out.
Interesting. I walk the street yet I am not required by law to carry any ID. I drive in my car and yet I am not required by law to carry my vehicle documentation with me. In my private life I have never once been confronted by anyone, private or official, and told I couldn't do something. Even last night when I was filming in a large town (story: soldiers dressed in uniform being refused entry by door bouncers to some clubs/ pubs because of dress - filming a group including an actor dressed in military uniform from a discreet distance, with a radio mic on the actor to pick up audio of entry refusal). A beat policeman wandered up (seeing me standing in a doorway with the camera on my shoulder) and with a smile asked me what I was doing and where I was from. I said 'ITV Meridian and doing some filming for a feature on town centres' (truth). I asked him what the police incident van was for (that I had earlier seen parked around the back of a building) and he told me they were swabbing for drugs at some clubs as part of a new initiative welcomed by said clubs. I said I thought we (ITV) had filmed an item on that subject in the past. He did not ask to see my ID (I carry a press card when working) and we joked how if there was any fracas going on worthy of filming he would give me a shout. The nanny state here is killing me ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- 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.
