Hey Harold, On 11/20/06, Harold Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So I was in that library last week; as usual, nobody asked for any type of > identification or anything. I've no complaint about that; I'm just noting > the fact. I've been in this library perhaps a hundred times since I > graduated, and don't recall an occasion in which I was "carded". Perhaps > the library is open to the public; I don't know. Just an FYI for anyone > interested here. > > This an interesting story, to say the least, and I appreciate your making us > aware of it, Jay. IMO, there's probably a bit of (or perhaps alot of) > useful information we're not getting here. I've seen some of the characters > who hang out in this library (me, for example!) -- and on campus, in general > -- and though the campus *feels* quite safe, there are enough homeless > hanging around to have the UCPD patrol the library from time to time. I'm > not trying to generalize about the homeless here, many of whom I talk to > regularly -- but some of my homeless friends are somewhat "touched", so to > speak. Certainly they can be distracting to anyone trying to study -- if > not downright unpleasant to be around. (Take my schizophrenic fellow, calm > on most days, punching ghosts on others.) > > What I think is important here is perhaps the most obvious: that this story > demonstrates how personal video can "fill in the gaps", to a certain extent, > on many events -- but that does not imply that video records "the Truth".
I'm not sure what you mean here. How could that video show anything but the truth. (You don't believe it to be a fake do you?) Are you saying that people might assume extra things not shown in the video? Or am I misunderstanding you? See ya > Video can certainly provide more information regarding an event, yet it can > also dramatize and perhaps skew perception of the event. By no means, > however, would I advocate suppressing this time of evidence; I simply feel > that it should be accepted with a grain of salt. It's too easy to be swayed > by video, allowing it to hold more weight than other evidence. > > My opinion, > Harold > http://somethingthathappened.com > > > On 11/20/06, Harold Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Oh, my. I've spent many long hours in that very library... > > > > Harold > > > > On 11/17/06, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > Some of you may have read how a recent California student was tasered > > > by security guards > > > lets see how the story plays out. > > > > > > Text: > > > http://www.nysun.com/article/43718 > > > "UCLA Officer Shocks Student With Stun Gun > > > A UCLA police officer shocked a student with a stun gun at a campus > > > library after he refused repeated requests to show student > > > identification and wouldn't leave, police said. The student, Mostafa > > > Tabatabainejad, was shocked Tuesday at about 11 p.m. as police did a > > > routine check of student IDs at the University of California , Los > > > Angeles Powell Library computer lab." > > > > > > Video: > > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=m3GstYOIc0I > > > > > > Now.. text is extremely important because it allows us to discuss the > > > depth and subtleties of a story. > > > > > > But just watch the video taken by a fellow student using her > > > videophone and uploaded to the web. > > > The video shows the real drama behind the incident that usually gets > > > washed over in text stories. > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > -- > > > Me ----> http://www.momentshowing.net > > > My Book ---->http://tinyurl.com/e6cap > > > SF community ----> http://RyanIsHungry.com > > > Community Capitalism----> http://HaveMoneyWillVlog.com > > > Educate ----> http://node101.org > > > Collaboration ----> http://spinxpress.com > > > Call now to activate----> 917 371 6790 -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. charles @ reptile.ca supercanadian @ gmail.com developer weblog: http://ChangeLog.ca/ ___________________________________________________________________________ Make Television http://maketelevision.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________ Cars, Motorcycles, Trucks, and Racing... http://tirebiterz.com/
