Cotty, I imagine we'd be absolutely wacko over here if some terrorist bombed a subway or bus, so I understand somewhat. What I don't get is the focus on photographers. Once upon a time, I knew someone who wanted pictures inside various competitor's fast food outlets. He took along a small child or a pretty girl and just took some 'vacation snaps'. You can get almost anything you want that way and nobody can tell what you have focused on in the viewfinder. A favorite was the Yashica T4? P&S with the secondary viewfinder on the top deck. You never had to raise the camera to your eye. Just wear it. So I don't imagine that 'feeling the collar' of serious photographers is gonna do you much good. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Cotty <[email protected]> wrote: > On 30/11/09, Jim King, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>That's my take on dealing with this problem too. But how do we make >>sure that those in charge of tourism are aware >>that we are boycotting London because of harassment of photographers? >>Do we need to orchestrate a public boycott, with media fanfare and all? > > I did post the original article, although I did not intend it to be > alarmist - I intended it to be informational. Clearly those people who > will be alarmed enough to stay away when they might have otherwise come > on a visit have freedom of choice and will make their decision accordingly. > > What I would say is that the police and the city officials would argue > that they are simply out there being visible in the prevention of > terror, and seen to be doing their jobs. This level of policing is the > base 'on the street' stuff - I suspect that the police officer was out > training the PCSO > > <http://www.policecouldyou.co.uk/pcso/> > > and there are many more important and covert investigations going on of > a much more serious nature, the vast majority we all will never know > about. Playing devils advocate for a moment, if this wasn't happening > there would be plenty who would chirp up to complain that there was no > visible presence on the streets of police these days. > > London, by and large, is a relatively safe place to be, and most police > don't carry firearms, and as a Brit I hope it stays that way. If I am > visiting a large city anywhere in the world and photographing buildings, > bridges, anything you like, I would expect at some point to be > questioned by someone in uniform. At least here in London they will not > as a matter of routine cart you off to the cells to question you as they > would do in plenty of countries. > > One could argue that if these tactics had been in place before nuts with > ideals and death wishes started blowing up buildings, we might be living > in a slightly less dangerous world.... > > <flame proof suit on> > > -- > > > 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. > -- 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.
