Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's not the intrusion of individuals in my "public" life (i.e., on the street) that I'm worried about...I've made that perfectly clear...it's the organized intrusion by 'bodies' that I'm against....and of course, I've never made the argument for ANY intrusion, individual or "organization" (government) in ANY person's private life or in their home...we're ONLY talking about photography on public streets or in clearly public area... parks, etc... the only 'gray' areas I see are restaurants and other businesses....I believe that these are private, and would allow the owner/operator to make virtually all decisions in these cases....the customers can take their business elsewhere if they don't agree with the owner's views, and the owner can decide whether or not to lose such business.... once BASIC health safety issues are met, stay out of our lives.... Professional word twisters don't bother me, as long as they don't have power over me. That's when I worry. Walt On Mon, 5 Apr 1999 09:38:56 EDT TEAShea@aol.com wrote: > << I'm sure that our 'legal-eagles' (25% of the list?) will "straighten > me out" >> > > Walt, I don't think that is possible. Your comments demonstrate a > fundamental lack of understanding of personal rights. While a photographer > has rights, people also have rights of privacy. It is particularly curious > that a person bothered by government intrusion in the privacy of lives of > individuals would not also understand the issue of intrusion of photographers > into the private lives of individuals. > > Tom Shea