On 2010-02-27 00:55 , William Robb wrote:
The fact that in Britain a street photographer who has done no wrong can
be arrested for "antisocial positioning of a camera" should scare the
living shit out of anyone who leaves their home with a camera strap
around their neck.
or provoke us to do more to raise awareness of the issue ...
not too long after 20010911 i went to see Utah Philips, now dead, a
truly beautiful man who spent his life spouting sensible things that
many would label crazy, antisocial or even traitorous; in one tangent he
addressed the then-topical notion that George W. Bush propounded -- that
citizens should spy for the government ,- e.g. delivery people, meter
readers, plumbers, etc. should seek out and report any suspicious
activity on behalf of the government
so Utah gave us all buttons that said simply "SPY", and encouraged us to
wear them as badges of our presidentially-sanctioned status; i had mine
for years on the strap of my Canon PowerShot G3; aside from the many
chances i got to answer questions about the button, it was also useful a
few times when i was challenged about photos i was taking -- i could say
that the president had asked me to spy, so i had special authority to
take pictures of this industrial lot (or whatever)
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