From: Keith Whaley
Drew wrote:
> Igor Roshchin wrote:
>> Ouch...
>>
>> http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200912090794
> Hmm... I was stopped with a colleague by a Mall Cop in a mall in Austin
> TX, we had set out with cameras to wander round downtown but decided to
> go to a mall to find a watch repair shop to get a battery for my
> colleagues watch. She asked us why two guys were wandering round a
> mall carrying DSLR with 'big' lenses. We explained the situation and she
> just asked us to make sure we did not take pictures in the mall and then
> told us where we could get a good view across the city. Actually she
> was a very nice lady...
>
> Andy.
I simply cannot uderstand why folks get freaked out by cameras of ANY kind!
I grew up with cameras around, and having them shoved in my face by relatives...
What the H... are they so paranoid about?
Where's the law that says you can never take photos of 'this or that'? Or, him
or her?
It's mostly a power trip. "I'm a cop, and you have to do what I tell
you." If you refuse to obey you're resisting arrest.
Anything that is not compulsory is forbidden.
Partly it's because the courts adopted a policy that it's ok for cops to
break the law as long as they have good intentions. Then that policy
gets expanded to private cops.
Then to private armies.
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