In my earlier post I referred to your step-father as your father-in-law. My apologies for the inaccuracy.
Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Morris Galloway <[email protected]> Sent: March 31, 2012 3/31/12 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Photography in public places ([email protected]) Lurker Galloway crawls out from under his rock to comment on Doctor Theriault's legal analysis of public photography and the police. Exactly like his photography, it is precisely thought- out, clearly executed, and devoid of ambiguities. Which should remind all that he is apparently as good at law as at photography and bike riding. Not that anything needs to be added, but I can't help myself, so I press on -- The police, to a man (or woman), started life as a person first, and was trained in a skill-set that taught them they should expect the public to obey, and yet would face frequent defiance. So they are taught to enforce compliance, using the gun you see, or the back-up gun you don't see unless things go horribly wrong, and finally the 'weapon-retention system' which is police jargon for the 6" Benchmade knife you will never see until they are in a desperate fight for their lives, trained to use it to "cut you off of the gun" by severing your arm so severely you cannot grasp anything, or if that fails, they then open up your belly so you can concentrate on holding in your intestines, while they get away. Granted that is somewhat graphic, but all should realize them's the facts, and that is the situation. So, next time we all consider challenging the police, or sheriff's deputy, keep that in mind before embarking on mindless escalation. Of course a lot of you will wonder what possible background I could have to suggest such things, and I offer therefore to answer my 'criminal law phone' when you are put in jail in my county in the bread-basket of central America. Don't worry, my office is just south of the jail, it is the last sign you see before going inside. Just remember the phone number. We accept collect calls from Pentaxians. Other than that I'm going to play with the photos I just took of my step-father's 99th birthday party taken a few hours ago. If anything is half good enough (which I doubt) I might post something. Dad is in a neck-brace, because two weeks prior to today he lost his balance and fell head-long into the wall, breaking his neck. It would have certainly killed him except he is fortunate to be an orthopedic surgeon and realized what had happened on the way to the floor. He held is head in place with both hands, and told the caregivers not to move him until a neck-brace was obtained. Oh, he was a Nikon guy, but I'm bringing him around. (Yes, he was lying face-down on the bedroom floor, and told the caregiver "I've broken my neck. I've got a bi-lateral cervical fracture. Don't move me until you call 911 and get a neck brace." How's that for thinking quickly?) Galloway, Re-lurking now. -- 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.
